Rami has tried to leave his past in the Mist. Love taught him a lesson he doesn't intend to repeat. He's poured his heart into his tech empire and helping his family. But when a heated encounter with a she-wolf dismantles everything, he thought was closed off, he wonders if this is just another beautiful way to get hurt again.

August knows her chances at forever are over. All she wants is a mate to do life with. Life has taught her better. When a mysterious phoenix shifter walks into her world, she knows the Mist will leave her changed forever.

"All I want is to run my businesses and forget how cruel love has been. I'll never get my forever, but this phoenix shifter has other plans. Letting him in is dangerous. So why do I want him anyway?" — August

"Binary is easy, one plus one is two, but love isn't. I could code in my sleep, so why does love keep getting in like a Trojan I installed myself? I'd pay the ransom and I don't know why." — Rami