Adelina Thorpe is the last in a long line of monster hunters, a woman scarred and hardened by the family trade. She believes the powerful werewolf chained in her sub-basement is just another beast to be broken, another monster to bend to her will. But Varic is no simple beast. He sees past the leather and silver, to the dark hunger she tries to hide. He knows the hunter wants to be the prey, and he's tired of playing her captive. She comes to his cell armed with silver and threats, determined to extract a secret. But the interrogation quickly becomes a brutal claiming, turning the predator into the prey and the arrogant hunter into a whimpering, bred mess for the monster she thought she owned.