He's investigating her people - so why can't she resist him? Rory's been an outcast her whole life, never feeling like she fit in with the other necromancers. With the Shifter Council investigating a rogue, her loyalties are torn between the people she doesn't belong to, and the shifter she can't seem to stop thinking about. When Alden saves Rory one night, the attraction between them becomes too difficult to ignore, and he finally starts to accept that she could be his mate. Book 3 of the Paranormal Council Novella Series. This is a shifter romance, and contains a standalone romance.