Eve Hartlow stared at the top of her beer bottle, frustration filling her at how vulnerable she felt. She was tired of being helpless, of feeling like everyone in the world could take care of themselves except her. Even worse, she felt like she couldn’t help defend her friends, which was obvious when everyone went after Bane Kastner when he abducted Adira a couple of weeks ago. Everyone, that is, except her. The others could shift, transforming into their animals, and race off to kick the coyotes’ ass, while Eve was stuck at Adira’s cabin watching them all run off to the witch’s rescue.
Frustration filling her, Eve took a giant swallow from her beer, trying to drown out her helplessness. It was a feeling she had grown accustomed to over the years, which is why she left Willow Vale and m
