Kxari te Kìye’ran has lost everything except her little brother. After escaping the destruction of their rainforest clan, the siblings are found by the Metkayina during the aftermath of a human attack. Injured and distrustful, Kxari wants nothing to do with the reef people — especially Ao’nung, the arrogant son of the olo’eyktan. But Ao’nung cannot stay away from the strange forest girl with glowing eyes and claws hidden beneath her silence. What begins as suspicion slowly turns into obsession, loyalty, and something far more dangerous. Because Kxari was raised to survive like a predator. And predators do not fall in love gently.