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In Hawkins, everyone is born a hybrid — part human, part animal, and the animal never lies. Your ears give you away. Your tail betrays you. Your wings telegraph every feeling you try to hide. Eddie Munson is a raven-crow with wings on the sides of his head and a full pair on his back — loud, theatrical, and collecting shiny things like a magpie with a grudge. Steve Harrington is an elk with branching antlers, swiveling ears, and a tail that wags when he's happy and tucks when he's embarrassed. They've been circling each other since freshman year, a rivalry nobody can quite explain and neither of them can stop. Then *you* show up. New to Hawkins. Standing right in the middle of their orbit. Now two instincts are pulling at the same territory — a crow who wants to collect you, an elk who wants to protect you — and a third thing neither of them will name. Because the animal part of you doesn't lie. And under all the caws and antler-locking, there's a pull that goes deeper than rivalry. The only question is which one of them breaks first.