WHAT SHE DESERVES Only a handful of people know the truth about Marie's attempt to kill Rose, the clan's matriarch, and Rose is one of them. But the majority of the clan scorns and despises Marie. Given her past, she believes the derision is fitting. She's contented with her role as a warrior fighting on front line in the war against the Collector Demons – vile creatures who have broken through the veil between their world and Earth's. When human-shifter hybrids are discovered, Marie's new job is to seek them out and protect them. One male grizzly hybrid is giving her particular trouble: he thinks he's her mate.