Across The Galaxy Author:Heather Hildenbrand Orphaned as a young girl, Alina Leone has spent the last few years in dusty Arizona, being raised by her guardian, Peter, and wishing for a friendship that isn?t filled with lies and deception about exactly what she really is. Just before she can begin senior year she meets someone from her past ? a talking wolf from another galaxy who won?t sto... more »p calling her ?Empress? - and in a single moment, her future is changed forever. She becomes a fugitive, on the run from the Shadows, the same monsters who killed her parents, and flees to the safety of the planet Bardawulf for refuge. But not everyone in this magically protected fortress is what they seem.« less