Orlando trained to be an assassin, but when confronted with the reality of what it meant, he left the council. Now, he's jobless and directionless, and he doesn't know where to start building himself a new life.

Saving his human mate from a fellow trainee assassin isn't what he had in mind.

Liam loves his cat and plants, and he has no idea why a woman he's never seen before would want to kill him, but he's relieved when Orlando steps in to save him. He doesn't know what to think when Orlando clearly knows the woman-or when he announces that Liam is his mate.

Both Liam and Orlando are sure that the council made a mistake, but until they look into it, Liam has to go into hiding. What better place than his mate's apartment? The problem is that Liam doesn't know if he can accept the fact that Orlando almost became an assassin himself. Unfortunately for both of them, Liam might never get the chance to find out.