Mongrel [bxb] | Bad Moon Book III

Book 3 in the Bad Moon series -

After an out-of-body experience leaves Matt a local hero, he's entrusted by the queen to take down the last remaining dens in Pacific North West. But when he's forced to take on Bailey as a partner, Matt learns more about the hound's dark past than he ever expect-and more about himself than he ever wanted to know. The boy who thought himself incapable of love finds himself falling for a street rat who acts as if every touch is poison.

To make matters worse, Matt's hiding a secret. The hero everyone's commending isn't him at all, but the dead man who lives in his head.