Fractured Control

Control or choice? Aegis agent Alejandro Herrera lives on that knife-edge every day. The wolf in his ribs is trained, not tamed—useful in a fight, dangerous in a system that would rather sedate difference than understand it.

When a routine raid exposes pop-up "wellness" sites dosing were-humans into compliance, Alejandro's clean operation turns into a dirty secret. The evidence points to a vendor with city cover—and to a truth that won't survive the morning news cycle.

Enter Karina Volkov, ...