This book picks up immediately after the events of the novella “Alpha and Omega”. Charles Cornick came to Chicago to investigate Anna’s pack, finding them broken by the actions of the pack Alpha. She also discovers she’s an Omega wolf – outside of the pack structure, and highly valued because she can help keep the pack together because of that. Unfortunately, her old Alpha had been abusing that ability, so she definitely has trust issues.
There’s also the small matter that Charles and Anna’s wolves have gone ahead and decided they’re mated, which is usually the opposite of how that usually happens. It’s against all that that Anna agrees to go back to Montana with Charles.
In Montana, Charles’ job as the packs’ enforcer is immediately back in action – there are some strange goings on in the back woods that appear to be related to a lone werewolf. Charles sets out to investigate, and Anna goes with him.
On a certain level, I feel like this story shouldn’t work, but I think that’s the beauty of the world the author’s come up with – these fairly immediate bonds make sense, and you can totally were everyone is supporting each other in these werewolf packs. (Well, in the packs that are working well.) I still think I like the Mercy Thompson books better, but these are a nice addition to the universe.
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