Freya is the last protector of her crumbling human enclave, a woman scarred and hardened by years of scavenging the ruins. She believes the powerful werewolf Alpha waiting in his cathedral den is just another beast to be appeased, another monster to endure for the survival of her people. But Zarek is no simple beast. He sees past the leather and desperation, to the dark hunger she tries to hide. He knows the scavenger wants to be the prey, and he's tired of waiting for his monthly Tax. She descends into his lair with nothing but her body, determined to pay the tithe. But the tribute quickly becomes a brutal claiming, turning the human into the prey and the defiant scavenger into a whimpering, bred mess for the monster she thought she could bargain with.