Eliza Scalia

Death's Assistant Eliza Scalia

Jake Duncan is at the top of his local high school's social pyramid yet he is still unhappy; he is attracted to the mystery and darkness surrounding the school's lead freak, a white haired, cat-eyed girl named Alba. When Jake chooses to leave his more popular group for Alba's group of social outcasts he finds something that he never expected, this group of weird kids is actually a pack of shape-shifters, each one with the ability to transform into an animal at any time they want. As his training to become a shape-shifter starts, he realizes just how mysterious Alba is. She is the leader of this pack but she won't reveal to Jake how she received her powers or anything at all about her life, a secret that haunts her every waking moment, a secret that she is determined to keep away from this new boy who used to make fun of and torture her friends every day at school. Jake later learns that these kids actually have saved lives more than once without anyone knowing, these shape-shifters use their powers to fight the drug trade along with regular crimes that are rampant in their small town. Soon after Jake joins the pack's training, they discover that one of the biggest drug dealers in the country is going to be in their town for unknown reasons. The pack doesn't care why he's coming, they are just determined to catch him by any means necessary. Determination that could end up causing more harm than good.