Keeta doesn’t understand why her father despises the Brendi, a clan of shape-shifting cheetahs who inhabit the valley beyond their village, nor why he treats her like a stain on his precious council robe. When she gives in to her forbidden desire for Ren, a majestic Brendi she’s been sneaking out for months to watch, the truth she unearths about her mother’s death will devastate her.
That Ren knew about Keeta’s past and didn’t reveal it drives her away. If she can survive her heartbreak and forgive Ren, she’ll discover the love and belonging she’s always wanted.