Wallace (Council Assassins, #17)

Wallace has only ever wanted one thing—to make his father proud. It's the only reason he's training to become a council assassin, but he's not sure he'll ever be able to go into that line of work. The problem is that his father won't take no for an answer.

Hawthorne has known Wallace is his mate since the first day of training. He's too old and grumpy for the young man, so he's been hiding his scent from him while he tries to find a way out of it, even though he's not sure he wants to lose ...