Josie spent three years enduring secrecy and whispers at Redhaven, kept in the shadows by Alpha Deck Volan because her curvier physique and sleeping wolf embarrassed him. On Pulse Night, Deck promised to publicly claim her before the pack, only to betray her before the entire stadium by marking an agile flyer and casually dismissing Josie as just a friend. Devastated, Josie leaves for the sacred peaks of Moonridge.
High in the mountains, Josie awakens her true spirit: a magnificent golden wolf that celebrates her body exactly as it is. Returning to school radiant and powerful, she seizes the cheer captain jacket and commands the field. When a panicked Deck realizes what he discarded and begs for her return, Josie ignores his groveling to embrace Cade, the honorable warrior who stood with her in the storm.
