

Meanwhile, Jack has begun to change form erratically and learns that Grace was also bitten but never turned. Grace's parents are seldom home and never pay attention to her when they are, making it easy for Sam to spend time in her house. Same hates that Beck has changed more humans and sees only the cruelty of it. He hopes the younger members will become responsible for those who are not changing as early or as often.

In an effort to keep them safe, he changes several others. Beck knows he'll soon change for the final time and fears for the future of the pack. Beck had been a lawyer in his previous life and he owns the house the pack uses during the summer. He takes Sam in, teaching him academics during the summer months when they are human. Beck is the leader of the pack while the werewolves are in human form. They slashed his wrists in an effort to save him. Sam's parents, seeing him change, were horrified and believed he was possessed by a demon.

Beck, another werewolf, had changed him when Sam was very young. Sam is dealing with the scars of his childhood. Grace accepts him for what he is and recognizes him as the wolf that saved her. They leave the hospital without waiting for a release because Sam knows he won't be able to explain the quick healing. Grace takes him to the hospital and he is healed within minutes of being stitched up. She arrives at home to find Sam, in human form, collapsed on her door with a bullet wound to the neck. Grace attempts to stop them, saying that she has a friend in the woods taking photographs that day. Soon after Jack is mauled and apparently killed by wolves, several men gather to kill off the wolf pack. Grace doesn't realize the wolves are werewolves until after the death of a classmate, Jack Culpepper. Sam, who turns back into a boy in the heat of the summer months, sometimes sees Grace but never works up the courage to speak to her. Grace holds a special fondness for the wolves after that and looks forward to the winter months when she knows "her wolf" can often be seen hovering near her home. Sam, a wolf himself, initially watches but eventually intervenes. Grace Brisbane is about eleven when she's pulled from her tire swing by a pack of wolves, taken into the woods and mauled.
