His responsibility is to his pack, his people-the territory of New Orleans. When the world devolved into chaos and fire, Alpha wolf King kept his territory from collapsing. Now, every day it seems there's a new challenge-rogue witches, treacherous vampires, evil dragons. But his biggest threat is Aurora. Unique, magical, a female who sees him, the male, and not simply the Alpha in charge. But she's thrown up so many walls that he's afraid he'll never be able to break through to the woman behind them. When the most dangerous threat they've ever faced ravages the city he'll need her at his side-to defeat it, and then claim the woman who already owns him, body and soul. But she makes him want more. After being held captive for a year, Aurora has embraced her freedom. For the first time in her life she's living away from her older sister in a new territory. A new world. She's made friends and is helping New Orleans get back on its feet. But she's far from the woman she used to be. Even so, she can't fight her ever present and growing attraction to King. Except she's afraid she's broken, that she'll never be able to have a normal relationship again-that she can't handle being an Alpha's mate. When an evil linked to his past threatens to tear them apart and destroy the city, she must set her fears aside and find the courage to follow her heart-and the wolf who's already won it.