His secret will save them both. Social worker Selene will do whatever it takes to help a friend. But helping a friend gets her thrown into a cage by a psychotic lunatic. With all the strange things happening around her, she wonders how she got herself into this mess and how she's going to get herself out of it. She's not the only one in the cage, and the dark and dangerous hunk who shares her fate isn't an ordinary man. When she learns what he truly is, everything she thought to be impossible doesn't seem so far-fetched after all. He'll let nothing destroy their bond. Not even his evil past. The moment Nick steps foot back in his hometown, his past comes back to haunt him. Fate doesn't make things easy for him when he crosses paths with a tempting beauty who lights his wolf's spirit on fire. An enemy will try to destroy any chance of happiness, but Nick would go through hell to save one woman-his true mate. And to save her, he must divulge his secret. War is brewing in the Caedmon world. The shifters must band together against evil or risk another fallout.