A Room Away from the Wolves

After being continuously harassed by her stepsisters, Bina runs away to the city, determined to stay at the same all-girls boarding house her mother stayed in many years earlier. Her mother had been reticent to discuss her time at Catherine House, but Bina needs a place to stay, and the city seems like the right place to start anew, but when Bina arrives at Catherine House, she's filled with questions. Why does the woman in the portrait above the fireplace seem to move? Why is it that the girls cannot be out after midnight? And how did her mother's opal ring that had been buried (and paved over) years earlier suddenly turn up? There are no easy answers, and the other residents of Catherine House are determined to hide its secrets. A Room Away from the Wolves by Nova Ren Suma is a supernatural tale that is both mysterious and suspenseful.