Larkyn never knew her family, and she's been abused by everyone who claimed to love her. Cyrus has been searching for his father's killer for five years. When he receives word that a young woman has been severely traumatized by the same man who killed his father, he vows vengeance. Will Larkyn survive the trauma she has endured and accept her place amongst her people? Will Cyrus choose to let the will of fate pass final judgement? For mature readers only.

Larkyn never knew her family. Her mother told her the circumstances surrounding her birth made her important and special, but after losing her mother at an early age, she never found out what made her so different. She's been abused and neglected by her adoptive family, and she suffered even further abuse from the one person she thought would love her - her husband.

Cyrus, a pure black leopard, has been searching for his father's killer for five years. When he receives word that a young woman has been severely traumatized by the same man who killed his father, he vows vengeance. With deep physical wounds and emotional as well as psychological scars, Larkyn's trauma may make her take her final breath.

Will she survive the trauma she has endured and accept her place amongst her people? Will Cyrus take matters into his own hands or choose to let the will of fate pass final judgement? Follow Larkyn and Cyrus as they go on their journey toward their destinies.

This book is for mature readers only and is not intended for readers who are sensitive to intimate or sexually explicit material. Themes of suicide and domestic abuse are present.

Melissa lives with her loving husband of nearly 20 years, six cats (Sade, Izzi, Gabe, Mikey, Tux, and Sox), and one dog (Angel). Her mother and mother-in-law also live with them. She has been a Certified Medical Assistant for the last 7 years and loves giving care to her patients. Her love of cats gave her characters their identities. When she is not working or sitting at her desk drafting another book, she enjoys endless laughs from watching her cats run and terrorize one another. At the end of the day, no matter what has happened, she ends it with love from her family and feline fur babies.

 "I have always had a very vivid imagination, or at least that is what my dad always used to say. Reading fulfilled that imagination, and I was able to go to another place and time. It was another world I could escape to and go on an adventure without leaving my home. The more I read my favorite genre of books, the more I kept thinking, 'Why can't I write a book. I wrote poetry once upon a time, so why not write a book? So... I did.

     “My husband gave me the inspiration to take my writing skills and pair them with my experiences and my imagination and put them together to create a story. I found it to be therapeutic and it helps calm my thoughts.”