Raven has spent her entire existence being protected. She's finally getting the chance to prove she doesn't need it.A flaw in RVN99's conversion left her different from the other cyborgs. She's less enhanced, more vulnerable, and permanently treated like everyone's little sister.Then the general gives her a mission of her own.Raven is sent to the human enclave to work with its new leader and uncover a resistance movement that could destroy the fragile peace between humans and cyborgs.There's one complication. Leith Campbell is apparently her mate. The stubborn human leader is smart, suspicious, infuriating, and completely unwilling to accept Raven's certainty that they belong together.Raven came to expose a conspiracy. Convincing a reluctant man to accept their connection wasn't part of the assignment. Enemies are already working to destroy the treaty, and Raven intends to prove she's capable of protecting herself, protecting the peace, and claiming the future she wants.Leith can argue with fate all he likes. Raven has a mission to finish.