“Turn around. Or you’ll feed the roots like the last fool who didn’t.”

Wolana is a powerful rune mage and wolf-blooded recluse, dwelling deep in cursed woods no sane traveler willingly enters. She’s prickly, arrogant, and fiercely self-reliant—but not heartless. She has survived betrayal, exploitation, and centuries of solitude—and she'll be damned before she lets some curious wanderer upset the balance she’s fought to preserve.