Alleria is hideous; her claws drag on the ground as she walks, harvesting herbs for her foul-tempered guardian, Tumsa. She does as she's told, speaks as she's expected to, and lives as a timid shadow under Tumsa's gaze.But not everything is as it appears.That's the lesson Alleria learns on her seventeenth birthday when the handsome rogue Halfway Jack comes to rescue her from the foul-tempered witch. With her body cursed inside and out, she's grateful to see kindness from another of her kind.Though clear about his intentions from the start, she can't help but follow Jack and wonder... with powerful foes rushing to harness her hidden powers, is Halfway Jack a knight in shining armor who aims to keep her safe or is he really a scoundrel willing to sell her to the highest bidder?As they travel the dangerous lands of the Arallfyd, Alleria wonders if she's truly escaped the hag who held her prisoner for so long. Can she stay one step ahead of the witch or will she fall further into the hands of an enemy that would use her powers to ruin the world as they know it?Alleria is the first of three novels in a dark fantasy series about a young woman trying to learn who she is and who she can trust. an anti-hero, good vs. evil, enemies to lovers, super slow burn.