With the pack safely settled on Barif and the novice warriors taking over sentinel duty, Hinata gives in to her need to roam. Accepting a mission on the eastern border, she tracks a man wearing Isram Sakahr's face. A man who challenges her at every turn. A man whose scent doesn't match the scientist he pretends to be.

Wanting to keep a potential enemy within reach of her claws, she offers a deal: travel together and uncover the truth they both seek. But the more she learns about the imposter, the more she likes what she sees. With assassins stalking the streets and a corpse which defies all logic, duty and desire clash with each beautiful note of her partner's mating song.

One final battle awaits, and it could mean the end of everything Hinata's ever wanted or the beginning of something she never dreamed she'd have.