A contract gone wrong. A target who refuses to be caught. A chemistry neither of them can control.
Rook Varyn is hired for clean jobs—quiet shots, no loose ends, no collateral. But when his latest mark turns out to be Liora Thorne, a razor-clever courier who planned their own disappearance, nothing about the hunt stays simple.
Liora isn’t prey. They’re bait—and Rook is exactly where they want him.
Forced into a dangerous alliance, the wolf-kin archer and deer-kin outlaw race across rooftops and shadowed docks, chased by hired killers and a conspiracy that reaches deep into the city’s power. Every step closer to the truth tightens the tension between them—charged, volatile, and impossible to ignore.
Rook’s code demands distance. Liora thrives on breaking it.
But as secrets surface and loyalties fracture, one truth becomes they are far more dangerous together than apart.
And the real target was never just the map.
It was him.
A sensual, high-stakes historical fantasy romance featuring beastfolk characters, sharp banter, forced proximity, and a twist that changes everything.