Clara is the offspring of a forbidden copulate-an angel falling in love with a human. The Hellhound tasked with retrieving her, Kieran, a four-thousand year old antisocial misanthropist who is a slave to her demon handler must make a difficult decision: follow orders and retrieve Clara or disobey and risk being sent back to Limbo for all eternity. RATED MATURE.

Clara has been waiting for her 18th birthday for a long time-but she's not the only one. The hungry eyes of a select pair of brothers have also awaited the day of consent. However, their plans are interrupted when Clara's other shadow gets to her first. Determined to stop them, an Estrie by the name of Gabriele struggles to protect Clara's innocence-but even she has a weakness.

The sound of screeching breaks bellowed out through the once quiet street. In the distance, a truck had roughly snatched around a corner and came barreling down the road, aiming to beat the yellow light. Its rackety old shell was clanking crudely against the barely attached hood, though it was hard to hear over the thunderous engine. The driver, drunk, did not see the girl.

Pine mixed with a hint of oak…cold, fresh water…rabbit…a doe and two fawns…the scent of his territory which stretched far across the snow-covered plains, through the thick forests and on and on for miles… All his. As he inhaled, his sharp senses caught a hint of something foreign, something that didn't belong. Something that wasn't his.