Jacob Nicosia is the son of the Duke of Gregory but even though he was born of nobility, the disease he has causes him to be a disgrace in his father's eyes. To prove he is more than a walking commodity, Jake volunteers to find his father a shifter to be under his direction. Amidst a war between the two species, there are still those who view shifters as workers or slaves and thus buy them to be used as such. When Jake finds a shifter for his father, he doesn't realize that with the purchase of this particular little jaguar, she will change not only his, but all the lives of those who live in the Nicosia Manor.