Humans and werewolves are familiar with the adage, "Don't envy." Well, her foster parents used to recite those words to her constantly when she was a young child. Except for Anton, Adolpha has never before experienced love.

Her foster parents kept their biological parents' identities a secret, and Adolpha long ago closed that chapter. Their foster parents always treated Anton and her as if they were their own children while they lived in a home with other children, up until the night Anton changed into something else. He changed into a wolf when he intervened to stop other children from bullying Adolpha.

Anton accidentally ended the life of one of...