The Scent of Treason Nalia is a "Cleaner"a human who scrubs away the bloody mistakes of the supernatural underworld to keep her little sister safe from a ruthless coven. It is a dirty, dangerous job, but Nalia has one rule: never look at the bodies. Until tonight. Hired for a blind, high-paying emergency job, Nalia discovers the corpse she is supposed to erase is the traitorous brother of Kaelen, the terrifying and undisputed Alpha King of the Northern Syndicate. Before she can finish scrubbing the mahogany floors, the estate violently locks down. Trapped with a bucket of bleach and a dead royal, Nalia is caught red-handed by the Alpha King himself. Kaelen is a ruthless predator, a walking lie detector who executes traitors on the spot. He steps close enough to strike the lethal blow, breathing in the scent of her terror and his brother's spilled blood. But instead of tearing out her throat, Kaelen drops to his knees. His glacial eyes bleed into a predatory gold, and the beast within him violently demands the one thing he cannot have: the human girl who just covered up his brother's murder. He was supposed to be her executioner. Instead, she is his mate.