
Agent Ignacio Ritter is happy serving the CXO, the Central Xenomorph Organization, from the safety of his desk. He has good reasons for avoiding field work like the plague: his parents died in the field, leaving him to be raised among wolf-shifters. Because of his adopted family, everyone thinks he is a wolf, a lie that protects him from the ridicule he'd face if he revealed the truth.
When the charming and dangerous tiger-shifter Agent Reed Daily chooses Ignacio to help close the book on a gang threatening to tear Chicago apart, Ignacio can’t refuse. Perhaps it’s the chance to avenge his parents, or perhaps it’s the tight fit of Reed’s suit and heat Reed's smile ignites in Ignacio. When the chips are down and whole city's depending on him, will Ignacio prove himself man or ...

Chapter 1Ignacio’s hands fidgeted above the keyboard, fingers typing phantom sentences that never made it to the screen. It is with great sadness that I tender my resignation to the CXO, but circumstances…He frowned, nose twitching, hands freezing a moment over the keys before once more taking up their dance. When I joined the CXO, it was to make a difference. But a difference from behind the safety of a desk. I must therefore regretfully…He bit his lower lip, imagined the look on Mama Tasha’s face at seeing him on her doorstep, suitcase in hand. That understanding, that love, but also that disappointment. Why the f**k can’t you just put someone else on this damn case. I do not do fieldwork! His finger accidentally tapped the keys on the last character, and a lone exclamation point appe
