Edinburgh, 1820

Drew Nicol has spent the last three decades avoiding his old home of Edinburgh. It is a feat he has managed rather well—until the Nor'Loch is drained and a monstrous skeleton is found in the mud.

The bones are evidence of werewolves, and Marguerite, the leader of Drew's pack, will not suffer such evidence to fall into the hands of their enemies. She decrees that Drew must return to Edinburgh with her to retrieve the skeleton.

The skeleton is not their only concern. Marguerite is worried that wolf-hunters are circling, and that a long lost member of their pack may be in the hunters' hands. And then there is the small matter of Lindsay Somerville. Lindsay, who taught Drew about desire and obsession. Lindsay, who turned him without his consent, binding him to a fate he never chose. Lindsay who finally swore, twelve years ago, to keep his distance from Drew—and who has since taken drastic measures to try to sever the bond between them, once and for all.

When Marguerite's scheme throws Drew and Lindsay together again, and into the path of Lindsay's most dangerous enemy, Drew is tested to his limits and forced to reckon with his past mistakes. But even if Drew wants to change course, is he too late? Is their bond too damaged to survive?

This is the second and concluding book of the Capital Wolves duology.