Ash Parker is a rare scholar at elite Saint Blaise 's Academy. Like her nickname, "Boots," she is tough and stubborn, and used to dealing with her problems in her own way. Unknown to everyone else at the Academy, she is also a werewolf. An orphaned ward of the state, her status has made her an outcast among her affluent peers; now she also has to keep a terrible secret about being a shapes.h.i.+fting...