When tragedy took away everything she loved, Mika Westbrooke hardened her heart and focused her energy on defeating her clan's enemies. However, when a charming Cajun worms his way into the New York clan, her instincts and her wolf go haywire and she suspects that he may be the one fate intended for her--her True Mate. But Mika doesn't want a mate or to love again. But he can give her one thing she does want ... a child of her own, to love and cherish and fill in the void in her heart. One fateful night, Marc Delacroix calls in a favor from one of the most powerful Betas in the world, and finally escapes the nightmare he's been living for decades. All he has to do now is keep his head down and serve the New York Lycan clan for the next five years then he can be truly free to live his life. But he didn't expect to meet Mika Westbrooke or that his inner wolf would be so fixed on the green-eyed beauty. He knows he needs to focus on his goal, but Mika's proving to be a distraction--an alluring one, but a distraction nonetheless. Then she gives him an offer he can't refuse ... one night with her sweet body, in exchange for giving her the pup she desperately wants. They strike a bargain, but keeping things casual is harder than they think, and when someone tries to hurt Mika, his protective instincts kick in. Are the mages out to kill her or is it Delacroix's past, coming back to haunt him?