Raven

I'm a secret. A shadow. Hidden away by my own mother, protected by a tiger pack that isn't even mine. Why? I wish I knew. For 18 years, I've been the only panther in my world – just me and the lingering scent of fear my mother can't quite mask.

College was meant to be my escape. Lectures by day, pouring drinks at the Spy Glass by night. Not exactly living the dream, but at least I was breathing. Then she walks in, and suddenly I'm wide awake.

Another panther. Right there in my bar. My heart nearly stops. When I spot her later, about to be attacked by four vicious humans, something in me snaps. I save her, and for the first time in my life, I taste freedom. She's intoxicating. Dangerous. Everything I never knew I needed. But the moment I reach for her, my whole world crumbles.

My mother's frantic. The Alpha's furious. Everyone's desperately trying to shove me back in my cage, and I'm sick of it. No more secrets. No more chains.

I want the truth, and I want her. But in this twisted world of shifters and shadows, I'm starting to realise that what I want might get us both killed.

They say every choice has consequences. Mine might just shatter everything I thought I knew about myself, my family, and my future.

If you're looking for a typical shifter romance with a guaranteed happy ending, this isn't it. My story is messy, it's raw, and it's going to leave marks. Welcome to my world. I'm Raven, and this is how my life began to unravel.

This does not end in a HEA or HFN as it is the start of Raven's story.