Book excerpt: Vera Caerulus is a very sick werewolf. When Vera turned eleven, her parents took her to the basement of their house and told her that they were giving her an early birthday present but the present was painfully agonizing. They tied her down to a stone slab and left her there with her sister, Ansley and some other people who were covered in white robes. When she came out of the room, her usual glow was gone. She looked nothing like the person she used to be. Neither did she felt like the same person and to top it all she couldn't shift. She was told she was too weak for that. After the first time she was subjected to the cruel things her sister did to her, her whole family relocated to a new pack. Reason? Their pack was destroyed. On her eleventh birthday, Vera lost everything. She lost her parents as they started to turn a blind eye to the pain that was caused to her. She lost her birth pack as it was destroyed and also her happy life. How long could she hold on or will she give in? Let's find out.