Born with a human body and a serpent’s tail, Willow is branded a curse the moment she enters the world. To save her from being killed, her mother abandons her deep in the ancient forest, where fourteen-year-old Riley finds her and raises her as a sister. But when Riley’s greedy foster father discovers that Willow’s fallen scales turn into emeralds, the child becomes a source of profit—and soon a living experiment.
Ten years later, Willow has grown into a colossal serpent girl with the power to heal life, command vines and roots, and summon the creatures of the forest. Revered as the Forest Queen, she finally reunites with her mother and Riley, only to become the target of an aging mastermind obsessed with stealing the serpent clan’s regenerative power for immortality.
Captured once again, Willow must fight for freedom alongside her family, former enemies, and her own kind. Yet when destruction threatens the entire forest, she chooses protection over revenge—proving that the “monster” everyone feared may be the forest’s greatest guardian.
