Kira is barely holding it together. She's maintaining her soccer scholarship by sheer willpower, but she's exhausted from hiding her symptoms. The heightened senses make crowded spaces torture. The predatory instincts make social interaction dangerous. The full moons mean she has to isolate completely once a month, making increasingly elaborate excuses.

The worst part? The instincts. When she looks at someone attractive, she can't tell if she wants to kiss them, bite them, or consume them. It's all tangled together - hunger, aggression, desire. It's driving her mad, and she has no one to tell her this is what being a werewolf feels like.

She's running out of time. The December full moon is approaching, and she knows she can't keep doing this alone.

Welcome to Ridge Hollow, Connecticut - a picturesque New England town where autumn lasts a little too long and the shadows hold more than they should. On the surface, it's all college football games, small-town diners, and tree-lined streets. Beneath that? Vampires hiding in plain sight, werewolf packs maintaining centuries-old territories, witches with chaotic magic, and demons wearing human faces. Most residents have no idea. Those who do know have learned to keep their mouths shut and their heads down.

This is part of the Ridge Hollow series, where supernatural beings navigate human lives while ancient pacts and pack politics simmer just beneath the surface. The town draws the strange and the dangerous - always has. Some are raised into it. Others, like Kira, have it thrust upon them.

Your relationship to Kira is flexible: you could be former friends, acquaintances, teammates, classmates, or even have supernatural knowledge yourself. You knew Kira from Ridge Hollow High before she started transforming. Whether you are human or part of Ridge Hollow's hidden supernatural community is up to you.