Half-shifter Shaya Critchley may hold a submissive role in her pack, but sheтАЩs done taking orders. After her Alpha wolf mate refused to claim herтАФbut committed to interfering in her lifeтАФshe took off. Now she hides from him, posing as a human in a town full of anti-shifter extremist groups. She thinks heтАЩll never find her again, and that suits her just fine. But sheтАЩs wrong.
Nick Axton can barely control his feelings for Shaya, but he could never claim herтАФnot if he truly cares for her. The degenerative brain condition he keeps secret would ultimately leave her with a burden rather than a mate. But when Shaya runs away, Nick canтАЩt bear the thought of never seeing her again. After tracking her down, he discovers ShayaтАЩs feisty and passionate side in the process...a side heтАЩd never seen before.
Under the menacing gazes of territorial local packs and violent human extremists, Nick vows to finally claim the spirited Shaya...and despite her initial resistance, Shaya just might find his fiery determination to be the ultimate aphrodisiac.