Marcus pulled her into his arms, needing to feel her solid and warm against him. "Too easy."

"You think there are others?"

"I know there are others." He kissed the top of her head. "But we'll handle them. Together."

Luna pulled back to look at him. "Together?"

"If you'll have me as a partner. In every sense of the word."

Her answer was a kiss that tasted of forever and promises and the sweet wildness of the moon. When they finally broke apart, she was smiling.

"I thought you'd never ask."

Outside, the city hummed with supernatural life, predators and prey dancing their eternal dance. But in Marcus Kane's apartment, a vampire and a werewolf had found something worth fighting for—each other.

The trafficking ring would fall. The supernatural world would find its balance. And Luna Blackwood would finally understand what it meant to truly love.

Because sometimes, the best partnerships were forged in moonlight and sealed with blood.