That's what Jonathan should be focusing on. Instead, he's picking up Cedric, a mouse shifter who's running from the Beasts and happens to have information on what the Beasts' next step will be.

Cedric just wants to save his brother, who's still in the Beasts' hands. He knows he can't do it on his own, which is why he decides to keep the date of the attack on Gillham to himself unless they help him get Archie back.

Neither of them had planned on being each other's mate. Jonathan has to choose whether he'll be there for Gillham or for his mate, while Cedric needs to decide what's more important—saving his brother's life, or saving the lives of everyone in Gillham?