As an Elite Hunter from the Black Forest Academy, Stella Messer was tasked with taking out the shifters. Matthew 'Trick' Waters, a bear shifter and member of the Howlers MC, was tasked with keeping her from doing so.

For weeks, he worked with her under false pretenses, pretending to be full-human and gaining her trust to thwart her mission. She was a threat to him, his family, and everything he held dear. He did what he had to do, in the name of loyalty to his club and family.

When she realized he betrayed her, that he was one of the very creatures she was taught to hate, she was forced to reevaluate her entire world. Are the shifters the monsters, or are the hunters?

Stella was his mate, and he knew it, but she was their enemy. Both were reasons not to let her walk away. Trick held her body captive, but what he really wanted was to capture her heart.

Will they learn to trust each other and follow the road to love, or will they miss the turn and crash into a ball of flames?

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