Ryan Yvgenian has been bred to kill. His family's sole purpose in existing is to protect the Alpha King at all costs, to hunt down any and all threats and terminate them. They are their King's protection, his sanctuary, his most trusted allies. Ryan has known his duty since he was a young werewolf pup, knew his reason for living long before he knew the alphabet or how to count to ten. He's been honed for battle and delivering as much damage to his opponents as physically possible. When he meets his newest target though, everything changes. His family isn't meant to have soulmates, weren't ever expected to, and were expressly chosen for their job because they never will. But when Ryan comes face to face with the traitor he's tasked with hunting down and terminating, he's forced to develop a whole new kind of control. If his secret's exposed, it could mean the end for both himself and his relatives. An Alpha King cannot afford the weakness of a soulbound mate and neither can his guards, the Yvgenian Family.