Armed with a lodestone and a magical sword, Lycanian enforcer Tristan Chevalier is on the trail of a Darkling, who's already killed a werewolf and a human female. He knows where it's going and who the Darkling is after, so he needs to reach her first. When he finds Isabel MacDougal, Tristan believes he's discovered the perfect bait to draw his enemy out.Isabel "Izzy" MacDougal has always known monsters were real. She spent her childhood hiding her psychic abilities until they nearly drove her mad. When she runs into Tristan, Izzy believes the giant arctic werewolf is the one who's been hunting her and that her life is over. But for Tristan Chevalier and Izzy MacDougal life isn't over--the cat and mouse game is just beginning.