Before the Academy: A Rejected Mate Shifter Romance (Direwolf Academy #1)
Ivy Rosewood
I’ve always felt like something was watching me from the trees. The pull toward the wild. The sense that I don’t belong anywhere. The way my heart races when wolves howl in the distance.
Then I meet him. A dangerous alpha with a reputation that makes even other shifters step back. Cold. Controlled. Untouchable. Except around me.
He watches me like I’m a problem he doesn’t know how to solve. Protects me when he shouldn’t. Leaves every time things get too close.
He says I don’t belong at the Direwolf Academy. Says it’s too dangerous. Says staying away is the only way to keep me safe. But when an acceptance letter arrives with my name on it, I know the truth.
Whatever I am—
Whatever’s waking up inside me—the academy is where it will be unleashed.
And the alpha who keeps walking away? He’s about to pay the price for it.
