Avery grows up in a secretive sanctuary raised by ninety-nine notorious wolf outlaws whom she shielded from imperial authorities since infancy. Despite her peaceful demeanor, corrupt instructors at the regional combat academy frame her for misconduct, forcing her to crawl bleeding across gravel to amuse privileged classmates.
Suffering alone under cruel disciplinary rituals, Avery makes a single emergency distress call to her adoptive guardians. By dawn, ninety-nine fearsome alpha warlords descend upon the academy grounds in armored gunships, revealing that the rogue fugitives she sheltered for years actually control the continent's military destiny.
