With the dwindling alpha population, it's a sin-fueled miracle that Sam has been able to manage his heats and keep the sickness at bay. But now, in the middle of his worst heat ever, he's out of options. Needing artificial knotting is a biological imperative he has no control over-he gets it, even if he loathes it. But having the alpha of his dreams as his doctor may kill him before his heat does. He's getting swept away, imagining what it's like to be
Clay's
. But the fantasy can't last. To let his heart hope for something that can never be is asking for a lesson in despair. Still, he can't drown out the whispers tempting him from the shadows of his mind. It wouldn't be so bad, would it? To pretend? Just for one night. . . . Clay is in a hell of his own making. He's been working up the nerve to ask Sam out for the past month. With dark hair and light eyes and smelling sweeter than sugar, the intriguing omega has captivated Clay from the off. But now, he's waited too long, he's lost his chance. He can't date a patient. But Sam's salvation may yet be Clay's damnation. The omega has triggered something inside him, building like a storm on the horizon-dark and dangerous-and Clay's not sure he can stop it. Or if he wants to...