Richard Kerrigan is on the verge of losing hope. Fired from his job for blowing the whistle on a defect that would harm service members if used as designed, he is now blacklisted in the Chicago area. A local Serbian mobster wants Richard and won’t take no for an answer.<br><br>Garou Industries, the loup garou privately owned company, has been searching for Richard to offer him a position in the company as they value having someone with his integrity on staff. Richard relocates to Manhattan to begin his new job and stays with Julien Bellaire, his mentor, who is also Richard’s Mate.<br><br>Before they can settle in, the Serbian mobster turns up dead and a corrupt cop who secretly works for the Serbians comes to New York with trumped up charges to pin the murder on Julio. With over eighty witnesses to Julio being on an airplane at the time of the murder, the cop abandons trying to frame Julio and instead plots to murder Richard. The loup garou request assistance from the Italian mob to protect Richard which comes with some interesting consequences.

Wolf Whistle

“That’s why I have to mate on pack lands and show the pack my mark. No mark means we’re not true Mates or that I could have faked the marks. It’s a heinous crime, but there have been times when a loup garou tried to fake the mating mark and force an unsanctioned mating. The punishment for that is death. They don’t even get to fight for their life in the pit. Alexei fears that Chernof is doing that in Russia—unsanctioned or forced matings.”


“Who is Chernof?” Richard asked, his brows drawn together. “I thought I met all of the council.”


“He is the head of the Russian Council,” Julien patiently explained. “We have a Russian Council and a European Council.”


“There is so much I have to learn.” Richard sighed.


Chapter 54