Cy isn't the mating kind. Cy Pataki doesn't get attached. He's a damn good agent who enjoys his job protecting Crescent City, but to keep it, he must mate the witch his pack lined up for him twenty years ago. David never got a choice . . . After years of training to be a perfect mate, David Reeds is in a world he doesn't understand. Worse, his future mate doesn't seem to want anything to do with someone so much younger and so very naïve. . . . and was taught he should never have one. The poor kid has been brainwashed, and Cy suspects the man David calls his mentor has motives of his own. Cy has to show David that being someone's mate can't be his only personality trait--even if that means David will realize Cy is all wrong for him. Cy just didn't realize how sexy it would be to watch David's personality emerge or how difficult it would become reminding his wolf he still isn't the mating kind. As Cy teaches David to stand on his own, he fights the urge to pull David right back. Crescent City faces a threat powerful enough to leave their city in ruins. There's an enemy operating within their borders and Cy's team must discover who before the city crumbles. Contains mature themes.