Tara, a plain sea otter, is her family’s outcast. At her sister’s wedding into Coast City’s ruthless snow leopard dynasty, they mock her and order her out. Then the Snow Patriarch bursts in, ignores the bride, and bows to Tara. He has waited three months for the genius behind a billion-buck neural patent. As her family scrambles to flatter her, Tara walks away—cold, brilliant, and finally at the top of the food chain.
