Animals aren’t as scary as people with animal hearts. Val remembers what happened to her in a faraway city inhabited by werewolves, when Raza easily destroyed her life with a mere gesture of his hand. But why does the girl’s heart still ache for the one who caused her so much pain? And what will Val do when she realizes that it’s exactly she—once cursed by Raza—that his weakness, hidden within an apparently impenetrable armor, is still needed by him?