The Wolf at Her Door

In the Blackpine, every woman learns the rule before she is old enough to understand it: stay on the path, hide the red cloak, and never run after dark — because running is how a woman tells the Wolf she wants to be chased. Wrenna Vale, twenty-eight and done with ghost stories, has spent three years doing the opposite of forgetting it. Kael Fenris has spent those same three years watching, waiting, and refusing to take what has not been freely given. This is the grown-up version of the tale: her desire leads, his hunger answers, and every door in it is opened from the inside.