A blood-stained contract lies on the cold silver floor. Rowan, gripping a steel chain, thought he signed a life-and-death deal only to cure his brother and pay off loan sharks. But when moonlight floods in, his aloof employer Kael's pupils turn green, his bones exploding into a half-beast. The orc pounces—yet in a sudden reversal, the irrational giant wolf doesn't kill him. It presses sharp fangs against his glands, greedily and aggrievedly inhaling his scent.
