Lycan surgeon Roesha Carter comes to the Covington Pack to save a woman’s life. Then she discovers that her patient’s husband is the man fate chose for her. Beta Dominic Santino has spent twelve years building a life with Clara, his human wife and the mother of his two daughters. When Clara’s condition turns critical, Roesha must draw on the power of her bond with Dominic to keep her alive. The rescue exposes their connection to pack authorities, who see the bond as grounds to strip Clara of her protection. Clara has fought for her family for too long to let a tribunal decide what her marriage is worth. When an attempt to suppress the bond awakens the Hollow King beneath Covington’s hospital, Roesha and Dominic must work together to protect the pack. But saving Covington can only settle so much. Back in Chicago, Isaiah Bennett knows how Roesha takes her coffee and makes her laugh on days when she’s too tired to talk. With him, she can imagine a life she might have chosen even if she’d never heard the words *fated mate*. Dominic spent years choosing Clara. Now he has to live with the possibility that Roesha might choose someone else.
