in cry wolf new york times bestselling author patricia briggs started a new urban fantasy series set in the world of mercy thompson but with rules of its own now read alpha and omega the novella that inspired the new series and see how it all begananna latham never knew werewolves existed until the night she survived a violent attack and became one herself after three years at the bottom of the chicago pack shes learned to keep her head down and never ever trust dominant males but when she discovers wrongdoing in her pack she has to go above her alphas head to ask for helpcharles cornick is the son and enforcer of the leader of the north american werewolves now his father has sent him to chicago to clean up a problem there charles never expected to find anna a rare omega wolf and he certainly never expected to recognize her as his matethis novella was originally published in the anthology on the prowl