An Unloved Daughter Can Go Farther

From the back cover

On the eve of the coming-of-age trials, Annie's younger sister Elsa and older brother Paul argue over where to go, and their parents split themselves between the two of them. Annie, the extra child, asks to come along and is brushed off: at eighteen she still has no wolf spirit, and her mother tells her not to embarrass the family. Her needs have always been ignored, while every resource and every bit of affection is divided between Paul and Elsa.

What her family does not know is that on the night they celebrated Elsa's awakening, Annie awakened a white wolf and the Sacred Spring in the forbidden grounds. She has already been admitted to the Royal Academy three thousand miles away on its only full-ride scholarship, and a driver is booked for the capital. Until she leaves, she is still the one washing every dish, packing every bag, and cleaning up after her siblings' quarrels, blamed for a wolf-lessness she never chose.

Only twenty-four hours remain before she goes.