Publisher's Synopsis
Wary of women and relationships thanks to his aunt and mother, Dougan while a huge flirt avoids relationships at all cost... until a battle at the base he's stationed at, his team, his cata arrive from patrol for support. That's when sees her and everything changes. His grandmother, the Persarinna is convinced she's dying soon, and wants to see her grandchildren happy, and some great-grandchildren, even if it means arranging their mates and bonding, though she's giving them time to find a mate on their own. War is raging and being at the front lines doesn't afford to look for a mate, though he can't get the beautiful brute out of his thoughts, causing him to be unfocused during battle, he needs to see her, to get to know her, but that is easier said than done.
Shannon has always believed her mother's words, and the boy's from her first command. After a battle at a base her team, her cata was called to assist with, the huge warrior is someone she hasn't been able to get off of her mind. As a woman in the brute class for the countries land forces she has no problem believing those two, after all she's taller and stronger than most other classes of land force members. She wishes she was pretty enough for a chance to meet and get to know that warrior from the battle, being selected from the Sea Force, an embarked military unit of it's own accord attached to naval services, to the Elites in the Land Forces, has her finding her dreams for her career close at hand, though she would love a family of her own, her fear of falling in love and then being abandoned rules her thoughts.
Now stationed at the front lines Shannon and Dougan meet up during another battle. Dougan takes the plunge and gets transferred upon request to the beautiful brutes cata, where after getting injured he gets to know her, while she takes care of him, as his mitra, his battle partner. He will do whatever it takes to prove to her, she's not only beautiful, but lovable, and that he wants her forever, not just for now. Her father, who her mother told her abandoned her due to how ugly she was, finally finds her. After telling her his side, can she find the courage to take the plunge and tie herself to Dougan as more than just his mitra. Will she allow herself the happiness that she deserves, or will she run in fear?