Y/N didn't ask to be turned into a weapon for a Tennessee blood coven. Starving, broken, and terrified of his own predatory instincts, he collapses into the Washington mud at the feet of the Cullen family, begging for a cure to his monstrous thirst.Carlisle offers sanctuary, Edward acts as a mental anchor, and Bella knows exactly what it's like to fight the newborn itch. But it’s Clara Sterling—a razor-sharp, modern vegetarian with a dark history of her own—who becomes his physical reality. With her unique ability to ground his fractured senses, she is the only thing keeping him from tearing Forks apart.But a newborn on a diet of animal blood is a ticking time bomb. With Jasper drowning in Y/N’s agonizing emotions, the Quileute wolves tracking his every scent, and the ghosts of his Southern past hunting for their runaway soldier, the Cullens’ fragile peace is pushed to the absolute brink.Because in Forks, control is everything. And if Y/N slips up even once, everyone he is learning to love will pay the price.