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

“I lied,” Darren said in Oliver’s flattened ear. “This is for Aden.”


With that, he dragged the blade across Oliver’s throat, the long blade pushing through the thick coat, the skin, to find the jugular underneath.


The howl ended in a gurgle, the blood gushing to the floor. Oliver’s front paws slid in the new pool, but it was already too late. The breath fluttered from his chest as his body went limp.


A black blur whipped past, too swift to make out, but Darren knew that scent. He didn’t need to look back to hear Aden landing on the other wolf, or August’s cry of shock turning to relief, or the snarls that ended the howls. He recognized the sound of flesh tearing from bone, too. He would never have thought something so feral could fill him with such relief.


Chapter 70