Enforcer Ewan “Cal” Calder hasn’t shifted into his Scottish wildcat form in two years. He should’ve gone crazy by now, because that’s how these things are supposed to work. The governing body of all shifters, the Council, has sent him and his adopted teenage son Kit to a sanctuary in Finland. It’s a last-ditch effort to wean Cal off the morphine he’s been using to keep his cat at bay. If he doesn’t shift soon, there’s no way he’s going to retain his sanity.<br><br>Two years ago, Council security officer Derek Lamont was tentatively dating and getting to know Cal, but then he lost an eye in a tragic accident. While he was recuperating in the hospital, Cal and Kit vanished from the house they’d all shared. Derek has been searching for them ever since, traveling the world and grasping at straws because of the undeniable truth: Derek knows Cal is his mate, even though humans aren’t supposed to be able to feel the mate bond.<br><br>When Derek finds Cal and Kit at a small farm in the middle of nowhere, Finland, he feels relief. But their problems are far from over. From Cal’s guilt over the accident, to stray hunting dogs, to figuring out how to deal with the Council, things keep piling up.

Off and On Again

The bedrooms were small,which made sense,giving the square layout of the building.Kit’s room had a desk,a bookshelf,and a bed that Derek knew would be slightly narrower than an American double.The bed sizes had been weird to learn back when he’d first arrived in Europe.He’d often wondered how people who moved from Europe to the States and back coped with no linens ever fitting right.Yes,those were the things Derek’s mind went to when he had off-time or was stuck with something tedious,like staring at the screens in Council’s security room.


“I like the colors here,”he commented to Kit.The floors were the same the house,but here,the walls had some wallpaper.


“Oh yeah,Jude likes interior decorating,so he picked the wallpapers,apparently.Like,these are special ones,meant for these old houses and to be used with log walls.It’s interesting how different all the building stuff is here.”


Chapter 10