Ember and Ash

Ember Vane has spent nine years pretending she can't shift. Then they drag Kade Ash out of the ridge fire, and the bond she was told she'd never have snaps shut around both of them. Kade came home to bury an alpha and take a pack. He didn't come home to want her. But the pack's second needs someone to blame for the poison in the old man's blood, and a girl with fire in her veins is the easiest answer there is. Kade can teach her to shift. He can't teach her to obey. When the challenge comes, Ember walks into the ash circle with the whole pack watching — and the only thing burning is her.