This is book 2 of the Kaska Pack . Alpha Alphy (snicker) is now in charge of the Elk herd after defeating their crooked and all around nasty Alpha David. So he took Slate, Kace and Dr. Seamus to help the abused herd members and generally clean up the mess left by the former alpha and his enforcers. Turns out about 4 of the former enforcers tried to steal money and goods to make a getaway, so you know that they are trouble just brewing, especially after Ryker freezes everyone's finances.The herd has been protecting a human that one of them considers his adopted daughter and it turns out that she has cancer. Slate scents his mate and goes all crazy because Doc is doing a breast exam. Katie Williams RN & human with cancer, is not impressed with her first meeting with her mate.Feisty Lady and Growly Lion eventually get together and Slate calls his Mom in Texas with the good news. He had been kicked out by his Dad for not mating with the lioness that his father had chosen and his father threatened to harm his mother and sisters if he ever tried to contact them. They had kept in touch on the sly but this time Daddy Dearest came home unexpectedly and Slate heard his mother being beaten.Alphy and coven leader Raymond send men with Slate to rescue his mother and sister. Lots of crazy happenings. College age sister Elise and the horticulturist vampire Dex turn out to be mates - the lion alpha is another bad alpha and it seems that there is at least one crooked council member, still a rogue Elk enforcer running about and did the gargoyle that startled Katie while she was fixing a sandwich ever remove all the lettuce?