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Diane Broen's lived to protect her younger sister Rachel from harm. But now that Rachel has been mated off, Diane's occupied herself with less fulfilling tasks at the Genetics Council--until she's paired with a new team member, a Breed male notorious for his attitude, and a touch that makes... read more

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  • Lawe Justice: Lion Breed; Rule's twin brother; Head Breed commander and strategist; one of Jonas' two right hands; is being groomed to be Assistant Director of the Bureau of Breed Affairs
  • Diane Broen: Human Enforcer and mercenary; Rachel's sister; Commander of a small group of male soldiers
  • Rule Breaker: Lion Breed; Lawe's twin brother; Breed commander; One of Jonas' two right hands
  • Morningstar Martinez: Elder's mate; Lawe & Rule's mother; Girl kidnapped from the Navajo Nation
  • Elder: Coyote Breed; Morningstar's mate; Was a lieutenant under the Genetics Council until he tried to free Morningstar and the Breeds held in his lab
  • Jonas Wyatt: Lion Breed; Director of the Bureau of Breed Affairs; Rachel's mate; Amber's adoptive father; Callan & Dane's brother
  • Rachel Wyatt: Human; Jonas' mate and wife; Amber's mother; Diane's sister; Jonas' assistant
  • Amber Wyatt: "Amber Diana Broen" - JRachel's daughter; Adopted by Jonas; Injected by Philip Brandenmore with a serum which is changing her;
  • Storme Mackenzie: Human; Styx's mate; Daughter of a Breed scientist
  • Gideon Cross: "The Executioner" - Rogue Breed; Prime Bengal Breed; Believed to suffer from feral fever
  • Elyiana Morrey: Lion Breed; Feline Breed genetic expert
  • Mercury Warrant: Lion Breed; Ria's mate; Breed Enforcer and code breaker
  • Ria Warrant: Breed Hybrid; Mercury's mate; Granddaughter of the Leo
  • Honor Roberts: "Honor Christine Roberts" - Missing human girl; 26 years old; Years ago was injected with the same serum as baby Amber
  • Fawn Corrigan: Missing human girl; Years ago was injected with the same serum as baby Amber
  • Judd: Missing Bengal Breed; 29 years old; Years ago was injected with the same serum as baby Amber
  • Dawn Lawrence: Cougar Breed; Seth's mate
  • Seth Lawrence: Dawn's mate; Roni's half brother
  • Dog: Coyote Breed; Working undercover for Jonas; One of the most highly trained trackers and assassins
  • Loki: Coyote Breed; Working undercover for Jonas; One of the most highly trained trackers and assassins
  • Mutt: Coyote Breed; Working undercover for Jonas; One of the most highly trained trackers and assassins
  • Mongrel: Coyote Breed; Working undercover for Jonas; One of the most highly trained trackers and assassins
  • Terran Martinez: The Navajo Nation's head legal representative; Lawe & Rule's uncle; Morningstar & Ray's younger brother; Orin's son; Isabelle, Chelsea & Lincoln's father;
  • John Thorsson: Diane's lieutenant (second-in-command); The moneyman
  • Aaron: Member of Diane's team; Logistics expert, emergency medic & travel agent
  • Brick: Member of Diane's team; Communications expert & supply technician
  • John Malcolm: Member of Diane's team; Weapons expert & used to schedule their missions
  • Cabal St. Laurents: Bengal Breed; Cassa's mate; Tanner Reynolds's twin
  • Tanner Reynolds: Bengal Breed; Scheme's mate; Cabal St. Laurents' twin brother
  • Leo Vanderale: First Leo; Father of Dane, Callan & Jonas;
  • Callan Lyons: Lion Breed; Feline Pride alpha; Merinus' mate; David & Erin's father; Jonas & Dane's brother
  • Merinus Lyons: Prima; Human; Callan's mate; David & Erin's mother;
  • David Lyons: Feline heir; Callan & Merinus' teenage son; Erin's big brother
  • Kane Tyler: Human; Sherra's mate; Callan's second-in-command & head of security for the Pride; Merinus' oldest brother; Ex-Special Forces
  • Lyra Jordan: Tarek's mate; An accountant
  • Tarek Jordan: Lion Breed; Breed Enforcer; No longer on active mission status since he mated Lyra Mason
  • Megan Arness: Braden's mate; A Navajo empath
  • Braden Arness: Lion Breed; Megan's mate; Best tracker among the Breeds
  • Faith Arlington: Wolf Breed; Jacob's mate & wife; Liaison to the Bureau of Breed Affairs
  • Orrin Martinez: The Navajo Nation's medicine man and spirit advisor; Lawe & Rule's grandfather; Morningstar, Terran & Ray's father
  • Ray Martinez: Chief of the Navajo Nation; Lawe & Rule's uncle; Morningstar & Terran's older brother; Orin's son
  • Malachi Morgan: Coyote Breed; Breed Enforcer; Isabelle's mate
  • Isabelle Martinez: Lawe & Rule's younger cousin; Malachai's mate; Ray's personal assistant; Chelsea & Lincoln's sister;
  • Ashley Truing: Coyote Breed; Breed Enforcer; Emma's twin sister; Anya's personal bodyguard
  • Josiah Black: Wolf Breed; Breed Enforcer
  • Nikki Armani: Human; Council trained doctor and one of the foremost experts on wolf biological, genetic, and physiological attributes; Has long black braids and dark chocolate brown eyes
  • Katya Sobolov: "Kate" - Human; Coyote genetic and physiological expert
  • Wolfe Gunnar: Wolf Breed alpha; Hope's mate
  • Hope Gunnar: "Hope Bainesmith" - Lupina; Wolfe's mate
  • Del Rey Delgado: Coyote Breed alpha; Anya's mate & husband
  • Anya Delgado: "Anya Korbin" - Coya; Del Rey's mate & wife; Has blue eyes
  • Emma Truing: Coyote Breed; Breed Enforcer; Ashley's twin sister; Anya's personal bodyguard; Has light brown hair and gray eyes
  • Sharone Bryce: Coyote Breed; Like a sister to Ashley, Emma, Dacey & Marcy; Toddler Delgado's guardian; Has dark hair and hazel green eyes
  • Dacey: Coyote Breed; Breed Enforcer; Marcy's twin sister; Like a sister to Ashley, Emma & Sharone
  • Marcy: Coyote Breed; Breed Enforcer; Dacey's twin sister; Like a sister to Ashley, Emma & Sharone
  • Harmony Jacobs: "Harmony Lancaster" - "Death" - Lion Breed; Lance's mate; Jonas' sister; Ex-Assassin
  • Lance Jacobs: Sheriff of Broken Butte, New Mexico; Harmony's mate
  • Chelsea Martinez: "Chel" - Isabelle & Lincoln's younger sister; Lawe & Rule's cousin
  • Liza Johnson: Isabelle & Chelsea's best friend; Works for the Navajo Nation in the legal department as Terran's legal assistant; Liaison between the Bureau of Breed Affairs and the Navajo Nation Council; Has long, wavy blonde hair and gray eyes
  • Dane Vanderale: Lion Hybrid Breed; Heir to the Vanderale Legacy; First known child born of a Breed and human union; Jonas & Callan's half-brother; Speaks with a Johannesburg accent; Has green eyes
  • Ryan Desalvo: "Rye" - Dane's partner
  • Phillip Brandenmore: Pharmaceutical research giant that used Breeds for over fifty years in his research for many of his more lucrative drugs; Was aligned with the Genetics Council from birth, taking over his father’s position within it
  • Scott Connelly: Former research technician who worked for Brandenmore; Enjoyed torturing Breeds; Has hazel eyes
  • Horace Roberts: United States Army General aligned with the Council; Honor Christine Roberts' father
  • Wallace: Gideon is searching for him for revenge
  • Holden Mayhew: Isabelle's stalker; Manager of the Tri-Bar Ranch that borders Terran's ranch; Has blue eyes
  • Jenny Austin-Carrew: A high-level research assistant involved in the testing at the Brandenmore labs
  • Farce: Coyote Breed; Loki's brother; Worked for the remaining members of the Genetics Council; Killed by a Wolf Breed
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  • “Live by the sword, die by the sword.”
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  • Gideon had just upped the ante. Jonas stared back at Liza Johnson and in the scent of her fear, learned something more. He smiled slowly. The game was just beginning.
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  • “Three times,” Lawe stated. “They cut him open three times.” His head shook briefly as he lifted the file once again. “And we’re going to punish him for doing the same to the bastards he’s hunting down?”
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  • For once in her life she wanted to be a part of something rather than someone attempting to manipulate her into accepting only a lesser portion of what she deserved.
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  • “The thought of losing you destroys me,” he suddenly whispered at her ear. “When I saw you in that filthy cell, beaten, almost broken, so delicate and so determined to live, you stole a part of my soul.”
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  • “I love you, Diane,” he whispered behind her, causing her breath to still for precious seconds at the declaration. “If there has been anything, or anyone, I have ever loved in my life, then it’s you. To the point that if something happened to you, then I would cease to exist alongside you.”
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  • “Did you think you could run from me without consequences, mate? I’m a fucking Breed. Run and I will give chase. Challenge me, Diane, and I will accept it. Do you see me as some poor castrated animal you can control so easily?”
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  • Only her blood was compatible. Only her blood could save his life and with each transfusion the insanity seemed to take a tighter grip on him.
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  • “For the consequences she may pay for Breed research after that bastard injected her. I do it for what they did to you, to the others and for what they’ll continue to do. God, Lawe, I do this because it’s who I am.”
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  • “He was drugged with the paralytic the Council created and was vivisected to the point of death three times.” Lawe Justice spoke from the chair across from him, his expression, his voice unemotional, icy in its complete lack of feeling.
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  • It was then that Leo nodded back at him before stating, in a tone that reflected surprising fondness, “I think she scares me.”
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First Sentence edit see section history

Screams echoed around the steel walls.

Table of Contents edit see section history

Prologue
Chapters 1 - 17
Epilogue

Glossary edit see section history

Series & Lists edit see section history

This is book 26 of 28 in The Breeds. (standard series)

Preceded by Tied With a Bow, and followed by Stygian's Honor.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Lora Leigh (Author)

Other Contributors:

  1. S. Miroque (Cover Artist)
  2. Rita Frangie (Designer) - Cover Design

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Berkley
Country: United States
Publication Date: December 06, 2011
ISBN: 0425243958
Page Count: 368

Notes for Parents edit see section history

Reading Level: Adults

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Books with Additional Background Information edit see section history

   
  • Tempting the Beast
  • The Man Within
  • Elizabeth's Wolf
  • Kiss of Heat
  • Soul Deep
  • The Breed Next Door
  • Megan's Mark
  • Harmony's Way
  • Tanner's Scheme
  • Wolfe's Hope
  • Jacob's Faith
  • Aiden's Charity
  • Beyond the Dark
  • Dawn's Awakening
  • Shifter
  • Mercury's War
  • The Magical Christmas Cat
  • Coyote's Mate
  • Bengal's Heart
  • Hot for the Holidays
  • Lion's Heat
  • Styx's Storm
  • Primal
  • Navarro's Promise

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