The Last Stand at Lone Creek

Lone Creek is a town with a secret, and Sheriff Elara Vance is the only thing standing between its people and the howling dark. For years, she's kept the peace, her silver bullets and cold resolve a shield against the nightmares in the pines. But the new threat isn't lurking in the woods—it's in her jail cell. Cade is a weapon, a werewolf enforcer bound by a brutal pack law. His mission: silence the human sheriff who knows too much. Yet from the moment he lays eyes on Elara, with her defiant stare and a spine of pure steel, his primal mandate shatters. Her scent doesn't trigger the hunt; it ignites a deeper, more dangerous craving. Thrown together as a vengeful pack descends upon Lone Creek, Elara and Cade form a desperate, volatile alliance. In the heat of day, they plan a last stand. In the dead of night, they surrender to a consuming passion that breaks every law of man and beast. She finds solace in the very arms meant to destroy her, and he discovers a loyalty stronger than any blood oath. But as the final battle looms, Cade’s control is fraying. The beast within is rising, and the line between protector and predator is vanishing. To save her town, Elara must make an impossible choice: put a silver bullet in the heart of the man she loves, or trust the monster to save them all.