Steffan Lavelle is a beta were-panther who has been entrusted with the security of the Lavelle pard for four centuries.
It is against Kindred Law for any were-shifter to be with a human and if the relationship is discovered they are to be either killed or changed into one of them.
He was doing so well until Raquel entered his life.
In order to keep her alive, he wiped her memory and sent her back to the human world.
Raquel Dulcati has had difficulty performing her job as an ER nurse eve.