Cristina Dinca

Marked by the Unknown

For eighteen years, Luna Blackwood has lived with a secret no one will explain.

Born into one of the most respected Beta families in the pack, Luna should have received her wolf years ago. Instead, she remains human while everyone around her shifts, hunts, and belongs. Her parents love her fiercely, yet they hide the truth behind worried smiles and unanswered questions. The Alpha watches her too closely. The elders avoid her. And the entire pack seems determined to keep her in the dark.

As if that isn’t enough, Noah Nightfang—the Alpha’s son and future leader of the pack—has made her life miserable for as long as she can remember. Arrogant, distant, and impossible to understand, Noah is the last person Luna wants anything to do with.

Then everything changes.

On her eighteenth birthday, Luna begins hearing whispers that no one else can hear. A mysterious presence lurking in the shadows starts calling to something buried deep inside her. Strange visions, impossible feelings, and dangerous secrets begin to surface, forcing her to question everything she thought she knew about herself.

But the deeper Luna digs into the truth, the more she realizes she was never meant to discover it.

Now, with an ancient force watching her every move and a bond she cannot escape drawing her closer to Noah, Luna must decide who she can trust before the truth destroys everything.

Because some secrets were buried for a reason.

And whatever is awakening inside her was never meant to be found.

Ivy Sinclair has spent her entire life running.

New towns. New schools. New beginnings that never last.

Her parents have always kept secrets, moving from place to place without explanation, refusing to answer the questions that haunt her. When they arrive in the quiet town of Willow Creek, Ivy expects another temporary stop before the next escape.

Instead, she finds a town that feels strangely familiar.

At Willow Creek High, she quickly attracts attention—especially from Kael Solaris, the mysterious son of the Alpha. Feared, respected, and impossible to ignore, Kael has never questioned his place in the pack. But the moment he sees Ivy, something deep within him awakens. An instinct he can’t explain. A pull he can’t resist.

The problem?

Ivy doesn’t have a wolf.

At least, she shouldn’t.

As whispers spread through the pack and old secrets begin to surface, Ivy discovers that Willow Creek is hiding far more than small-town drama. The wolves seem to recognize her. The forest reacts to her presence. And the truth her parents have spent years protecting may be far more dangerous than she ever imagined.

With a jealous rival determined to keep her away from Kael, growing tensions within the pack, and mysterious abilities beginning to emerge, Ivy finds herself caught in a world she was never supposed to remember.

But some secrets refuse to stay buried.

And some bonds were forged long before either of them were born.

In a town built on lies, one forgotten girl may hold the key to a past powerful enough to change everything.