The first thing Calla notices every morning is the silence. Not real silence. The particular quiet of a house that has rearranged its furniture and is still learning not to trip over the new corners.

The Reclamation is over. The old hierarchy banners came down in the first week, training is open to anyone who turns up, and the pack eats together now whether it suits the kitchen or not. Silverpeak is changing, and every morning Calla walks the grounds and reads how much of that change has actually taken.

Wolves look at her and see a symbol nobody asked her to become. Some lean toward it. Some are waiting for it to fail. Harlan has stopped staring, which is somehow worse, and beyond the ward line the rival crowns have noticed that a pack mid-reinvention is a pack worth testing.

In a world built on instinct and dominance, the most dangerous force is a woman who chooses for herself. For every reader who was told her power was a problem to be managed.

Crowned by the Hunt is Book Four in The Moonbound Chronicles.