Origins: The Scarlet Cowl

Every bloodline has a secret. Hers has claws.Scarlett Vecchio was supposed to inherit a future-not a curse.On the morning of her first transformation, Scarlett discovers that the women of her family have carried an ancient lycan curse for generations. Her grandmother, Rossa Constentina-Vecchio, mob boss to the Vecchio Family, ships Scarlett off to a remote mountain monastery. She must learn to control the monster inside her and embrace who she is.But monsters aren't the only predators hunting in the shadows.As a rival mafia family wages war and unimaginable tragedy shatters her world, Scarlett realizes revenge demands more than anger-it demands sacrifice.Guided by an ancient legacy, a blood-red hood, and the wolf she once feared, Scarlett embraces the darkness to become something far more terrifying than the evil she hunts.Every legend has an origin.This is hers.