In a valley of the Laurentian Mountains, in the mansion known as MacPherson House, the wolf within Ayla Green stirs awake. Maybe it's the tragic drownings of her employer and her two sons that has triggered this change. Maybe the cause was the arrival of Victor St. John, a gamekeeper hired to cull the local deer population and a man whose wild, unconstrained life holds an enchanting attraction. Whatever it is, Ayla is done with being on the losing side of life. And if she has to tear out a few throats on her path to freedom, so be it.