What if the Big Bad Wolf had a twist in his tale? Scarlet Wilder's life was meant to be simple-until a night of chaos leaves her best friend dead and a guild hall in ruins. With no memory of what happened, she's desperate to prove her friend's innocence before the whispers turn into noose-tight certainty. Her search leads her to Lycan Blackwood, a scholar with secrets of his own, and to Nightshade-an elusive order that claims to understand the forces at play. But their help comes at a cost, and the deeper Scarlet digs, the more she realises the truth isn't just buried. It's clawing its way to the surface. A dark fantasy mystery blending folklore, intrigue, and a world where monsters don't hide in the shadows-they walk among us.