My parents fled the Sawtooth pack because was a mandate in place that demanded I be sold to the highest bidder. But now my parents are gone, so is that awful mandate, and the Sawtooth wolves have invited me to spend Christmas with them.

I don't want to the holiday alone, but I'm wary of facing a pack I don't feel like I belong to.

So I ask my best client, Bates Morgan, to come with me and pretend to be my mate. I never expected him to say yes, but he does. The sexy guitarist has hired me for many tattoos, but until now, we've kept things strictly business.

Once we arrive and get snowed into our hotel room, Bates makes it clear that he doesn't plan on faking anything.

This holiday season, the wolf of Christmas present gives me a gift that changes everything.