Blood Deep

They killed her twin. They should’ve killed her too. When seventeen year old Aldo Carvalho is murdered, his last frantic phone call to his sister threatens the century old peaceful treaty between werewolves and humans in Sao Paulo. The suspects? The untouchable sons of the city’s elite–the most powerful boys at Souza High. Reina Carvalho knows justice won’t come from a system built to protect the wealthy. It will come from her. Armed with rage and a disguise, she infiltrates their world–but her first attempt at vengeance fails spectacularly. As she gets closer to the heart of the conspiracy, alliances fracture, loyalties blur, and an unexpected connection forces her to question everything—including her own humanity. To avenge her brother, Reina must navigate a web of human corruption and ancient pack treaties, where every ally could be an enemy, and the boy she’s sworn to destroy might be the only one who knows what really happened that night. * “I’ll repeat myself, since you’ve suddenly gone deaf.” Reina stepped closer, her voice steady. “Fernando and I will be sweethearts if that's what it takes to get his confession. You don't get to decide who I spend time with.” “Continue this,” Ruiz’s eyes darkened, “and I’ll have you expelled. Your scholarship would be thrown in the trash along with your fine academic records. You’ll be gone before the first date.” The threat hung heavy between them. Reina knew he could do it–his family owned the school. But she refused to show weakness. Another daring step forward brought her close enough to catch the gold flecks in his eyes, the faint scent of his cologne. “You want to know something funny? I would've seduced you instead. But I already tried to kill you. You’d never believe I’d fallen for you.” Her gaze was ice. “So if you have me expelled, I’ll find Fernando. I’ll cry, act the victim, even endure his touch till he's helplessly, hopelessly, in love with me. And when he's mine, he’ll willingly confess every lie, every cover-up, every detail of what you all did to my brother.”