Great story
Cannon, a dragon shifter, is given a chance of freedom from a supermax prison that he's been in for years, holding shifters society is afraid of. His mission for freedom is to rescue 3 doctors in Africa trying to treat medically needy patients. The doctors were kidnapped by militias for ransom from the US government.
The only setback is that the warden, General Anderson, the woman responsible for the imprisonment of all the captured shifters has created an implant that has subdued the animal side of the shifter. So that means everyone in the supermax prison is equivalent to a human being. No extra strength, no enhanced eyesight or hearing, etc.
So when Cannon Dex, dragon shifter, is presented with an offer of freedom, he eagerly takes it. The General gives him all his shifting abilities except his Dragon wings to fly, and inserts a suicide detector that will go off when he travels out of range of his orders.
Cannon finds the only doctor left alive, Ryver Fernandez. After running for a few days, he realizes from her scent that she smells just like the General. But Ryver's mother died when she was a child. Cannon also knows that she's his mate, no doubt about that. The question is what to do about that information.
A must read!