Author Note: Dark Illusions: The Beginning - Extended Edition has been retold, remade, and redone. The original tale went through the ringer to bring the characters to life, include lost information unknown until this edition, and enrich the entire series with a new dose of vibrancy. In the darkened city streets of Seattle, Kat finds herself running from an unseen foe. One which sounds like a pack of wolves at her heels. She doesn't for sure what's hunting her. What she knows is that when she arrived at home there were men hiding in the shadows, and they were waiting . . . for her. Heart pounding, breath gasping, primal fear driving her, she also knows that whatever hunts her? Can't catch up. In the beginning the Awakened were created. Since time began, they have existed. Always there, never seen. Shadows among shadows. Vampires with the ability to shift into wolves, retaining many of the wolf attributes. This is a tale of the Awakened and a human who got caught in the middle of a war she knew nothing about. A human who may prove to be the start of a new world.