Ava;_%? (/\married into t.he Black\wood_$ werewol/_:f family. When she was %=[five‑months pregnant,` her
^ husband No@=ah was ki=lled)[ in a trap set by hunte-rs. For seve:]#n y=(ears, she single‑h\a#nded _ly= cared for[ her paralyze#$d moth er:‑i\n‑law Elean?!or, +..o_nly to- be !mocked by the enti):
re .clan.
Following th_ e+ distribution of Elea?)nor’ ,s estate, Ava inherited noth i][_ng but an_ old silver  sou([p]? spoo]!$n. % Unex#[ pectedly;, she disc\overe;*)d a ke)y an.\d a note hid den\% in,

side it. With *[ass; is
#tanc e fr(:om_? Eleano,?r’s( :old confida
\$nt, she l/e*,?a^rned that Eleano:r had +:
secr_etly fo%,!\-unded %/the?^ Silve,/[r[*] Moon Sister=hood — an underground o[-rgani-.;zation that s(@he,^ltere[d a=bandone*#% d supe:rnatural being-)s, holding assets wo$.rth over 18 mi]?llion US dollars.
Eleanor^[ had /+,l(eft :
[all the
 organiz-
atio$`n /’s right(s] and life‑ saving funds #to:? \=Ava. Her (=)seven years  /of cold indifference.  had been nothin g b\_,ut a ruse to [@`decei#ve her ow^ n b:^iological chi*ldren. Transformed fro]m a *],humili(+ ,ated widow, Ava rose to ?become th e new Speake,/]r])^ !of the:` $ order a +nd unco_ ;vered t?=he @% ;hun(ter-^ conspir@.a@cy.@ b;
`ehi(`nd her hus(band’s de__ath.