The latest steamy adventure in the Lair of the Wolven spin-off series from the No. 1 New York Times bestselling author J. R. Ward, set in the Black Dagger Brotherhood world, with a scientist fighting to save the timber wolves – and getting caught in a deadly trap herself . . .

For Lydia Susi, there is no sweet sorrow in saying goodbye to the man she loves. As a wolven hiding among humans, she became used to being alone – until destiny gave her the kind of love she didn’t dare hope for. But then came a devastating diagnosis that ended all her dreams. Grief is the only thing she sees in her future now.

Daniel Joseph, as an operative for a clandestine arm of the U.S. government, always expected to die an early death. He just assumed it would be out in the field . . . not in a hospital bed in an underground lab. With his time running out, he refuses a potentially lifesaving treatment to focus on making sure that Lydia finds her wolven clan.

Following an attack on the lab’s compound, Daniel fears his former boss is coming after him and Lydia. Marshalling his strength, he must call on all his training to protect the female he loves . . . even if it means her moving on, without him.