Cry of the Pride - Awakening Pride, #9

Lost and alone.After her mother's death, Lyra grew up in the foster care system, struggling to hide who she is from the humans who found enough wrong with her. Never fitting in anywhere, she learned to adapt, hiding the damaged parts of herself as best she could. Until the night three men tore her world apart-one with a cry to come home, one with a desire to hurt her, and one with a possessive look that calls to the spirit inside her.
A mated mongrel.Aleksy Costas is a primal beast in human skin. Part Bengal, part panther, part lion, he's a creation of spliced DNA that even other shifters give a wide berth. When a mission takes him into a bar in the heart of Chicago, he finds the one person he never believed existed. Now, he'll do anything to save her. Mine.Captured and tortured, Lyra prays for a savior, never expecting the man who steps out of the shadows and breaks her free.
It's not safety he brings, but a cataclysm of lust and need that only his touch can quench. A bond is forming between them, but is it strong enough to withstand the battle brewing around them, one that will change everything in the war between hunters and shifters?