Scarlet Shadow : Under the Crimson Moon
Scarlet is finally eighteen, trading her mother's suffocating caution for the overwhelming chaos of college life. All she wants is a little freedom, a chance to explore the new neighborhood her family moved to. But her first taste of independence leads her into unnerving territory, catching the attention of a silent, focused figure.
On campus, she finds grounding in the friendship of the energetic Marie, and a promising connection with Ryan, a thoughtful stranger who catches her when she stumbles.
But the friendly veneer of freshman orientation cracks wide open with the arrival of Sean, whose unnervingly placid eyes subject Scarlet to a cold, silent dissection. As she tries to focus on lectures and lunch breaks, a single, horrifying premonition tears through her composure:
Massive shoulders hunching, claws scraping stone. Fangs glinting beneath a snarling muzzle. The truth hit her like a blow: this was no beast of myth.
Haunted by the night where she awoke bleeding in a dense forest to the primal growl of a predator, Does the new, unsafe, unknown neighborhood and college campus offer a temporary safe haven, or is it merely a larger, more complex trap?...