Description

Joyce is a therapist. She specializes in trauma and death, and she's good at her job. With that in mind, she can't understand why shifters would go to an underground fight club, least of all the mate who doesn't want her, to beat the crap out of each other. But Avani is her best friend and she drags her there anyway. It's torture, knowing that her mate doesn't want her, but she's determined to get to the bottom of his pain whether he likes it or not.

Aside from the rumors spread about him at the club, Kye has a trauma-filled past with a whole lot of secrets. He uses that pain to win every fight, just to feel something. But when his mate starts showing up, he heads down a downward spiral of horrible memories. He knows he can't have her because he's just too damaged. In order to protect her from himself, he rejects her.