All Avalyn ever wanted was to get away from the pain and hatred; live a normal life. Well, as normal as can be when you're a witch. All of that seemed to be going fine for the last four years, until she shows up to take her back. Oh, but she doesn't come alone, telling Avalyn she is betrothed to some strange man she drags along. When Avalyn refuses all of it, the evil she left behind is unleashed upon her, her loved ones, and the town tenfold. How is she supposed to escape this time?Charlie is a decorated soldier and the town deputy, but now he's the town disappointment. He is running scared; leaving everything he knows and loves behind. He just hasn't gone as far as everyone may believe. Living as cougar during the day and passed out drunk as a man at night he finds solace in the woods, until he is called back to rescue the one person he could never truly leave behind.