Argenti agent Darren Sumner spent fifteen years hunting werewolves, but one night of betrayal sent him from his family of assassins into the arms of werewolf Aden Richter. Neither can deny their passion nor their hunger for the other, but as Darren tries to find his place in this new world, he wonders whether desire can be enough.<br><br>Rumors of an upcoming power struggle between the packs in Washington, DC, bring the question of Darren's role to the forefront. Is he Aden's partner and a leader of the pack? Or is he nothing more than Aden's boytoy, placed outside his family? Darren struggles to prove himself as the tensions between the packs mount and Aden's ex-lover puts a plan of vengeance into action.

On the Ragged Edge of the World

August didn’t seem surprised to see him once he tracked her down to her cousin’s house. Perhaps she had predicted he had a good chance of crawling back to the familiar, trying to make his life make sense again. She had looked knowingly at his swollen eye, but she didn’t ask about it. Darren didn’t volunteer any information, either. It seemed like too much of a risk to tell a fellow hunter that he had been fighting for a position in the pack. He also did not have to do too much talking to convince her to help him. Her eyes had widened with the mention of an invitation to Oliver’s party, and when he assured her he wouldn’t interfere with her investigation, she actually hugged him in her excitement.


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