What a great book and a different route the author took.
The council only wanted shifters that did not have the defective genes to produce cubs. Male shifters had a duty to find a human and mate with them. I had to look at the council’s reasoning as sick, curl, and twisted.
Norelle Conroy carried the defective gene. I cannot imagine what it was like to be told at such a young age that you would not be allowed to mate. That you would not be allowed to have a cub of your own. Not that she was not capable of getting pregnant but she was found unworthy, unclean, and unfit. As reading this story I had to wonder what kind of person her mother was to allow her daughter to go through this. As a mother she should of been willing to fight for your daughter instead of allowing your daughter to be brainwashed to the council’s ways.
Cassius was a bear shifter. I found his story interesting and the fact that he was Norelle’s future mate. He was truly perfect for her, she is just not ready to see it yet. Cassius had waited for so long to find a woman that would stir his bear within. Now here he is faced with Norelle who wants to get him to come back and meet the councils demands.
There are a few hot and steamy parts between Norelle and Cassius. Cassius will have his work cut out for him if he plans on making her his.