In the rotting underbelly of Strathmoor City—a place where shadows breed corruption and the moon shines brighter than hope—Drake Justice walks a line few can survive. Thirty-seven, battle-scarred, and alpha of the Ridgeback Pack, Drake is no ordinary man. He’s a wolf shifter bound by blood, oath, and rage. Once a street-level enforcer turned underground vigilante, he now patrols the darkest corners of the city where human laws fail and monster rules take over. The kind of monsters that wear suits by day and feed by night.

Drake doesn’t believe in mercy. He delivers justice the way the streets taught him—bloody, fast, and without apology.

When a string of gruesome murders rocks the city, the evidence screams supernatural. Bodies are turning up savaged, hearts missing, ritual markings carved deep. Drake knows this isn’t random it’s a message. One only he can read.

Enter Grace Litt, a 28-year-old journalist who’s new to Strathmoor, but not new to chasing stories that bite back. Grace doesn’t scare easy. She’s curious, reckless, and hungry for truth in a city built on secrets. Her first major scoop? A cold trail of killings with links to the criminal elite and whispers of something inhuman. What she doesn’t know is that the deeper she digs, the closer she draws the attention of things that would rather stay hidden.

Including Drake.

What starts as an uneasy alliance between a brooding wolf shifter and a stubborn reporter turns into something far more dangerous especially when the killer they’re chasing isn’t just a rogue supernatural... but someone from Drake’s buried past. A rival alpha. A traitor. And maybe the key to a war that could burn the city down.

As blood paints the pavement and alliances fracture, Drake and Grace must decide: are they hunting a killer or becoming prey?