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

”These are superficial injuries,”Noah murmured thoughtfully as he examined the puncture wounds.


“It looked horrible,”Kit said in a small voice,and somehow Derek hadn’t seen him in the corner where he was hiding from everything.It was a miracle he hadn’t shifted,he was so distraught.


Derek held out a hand and the boy came to him,shaking with tears and adrenaline.Derek held Kit close to his side as he watched Noah and Dallas work.


“The good thing is,the dog wasn’t ready for a cat like Cal.A regular cat would’ve been dead,but Cal knows how to move and protect himself,”Dallas murmured as he examined a nasty-looking gash on Cal’s shoulder.


Noah had fetched a bowl of water and a roll of paper towels from the kitchen and helped Dallas clean up the blood that was sluggishly pumping out of several punctures.At least none of them were on Cal’s head or neck.


Chapter 14