Ilan

***When you hold the future of your pack in your hands but all you know is violence, you find an angel to guide you.* **

An assassin is meant to walk alone. I did for thousands of years, living in the shadows and leaving death in my wake. Until my last mark turned out to be a pregnant shifter who was crying on the shoulder of my true mate.

My act of compassion changed my life.

Now I have a true mate I can’t touch without corrupting, a home, job, friends, and…a baby. A tiny, loud, and fragile baby.

I have no idea how to live this life. Or raise my orphaned pack mate. Sara does, though. And together we’ll find a way out of the darkness.

But when death threatens my family, I know exactly what to do. Eliminate my enemies. Once and for all.

*~ Ilan*

**NOTE:** This is the **TAME** version of Claimed by the Assassin by Nancy Corrigan.

**SHIFTER WORLD Reading Order**

Each series (and each book) can be read independently, but for readers looking to experience the events in chronological order, the following reading order is suggested.

**Rafe** (Royals and Alphas, book 1) - A possessive Royal shifter has to convince a protective human mother with secrets to trust him in order to stop a killer. Oh...and to fall in love too. **Devin** (Royals and Alphas, book 2) - Crazed shifters aren't worthy of love. Everyone knows that. Except Devin. He'll fight for his little slice of heaven using every wicked tactic he knows to keep his true mate coming back for more. **Josh** (Royals and Alphas, book 3) - As a human living among shifters, Josh isn't considered worthy of the shifter female every male wants. But Mira is his mate. He'll prove it or die. **Sean** (Royals and Alphas, book 4) - Maturing is a dangerous time for shifters. Their hormones drive them. Sean wants nothing to do with females or his primal side. Until a one night stand changes his mind. **Nic** (Royals and Alphas, book 5) - Disagreeing with the wolf you've been born with is not a fate any man wants. Losing the woman you love because of your wolf isn't either. Nic is in for the fight of his life, then. He won't lose the woman he loves. **Ethan** (Royals and Alphas, book 6) - Choosing between his true mate and the mate of his heart isn't an option. Ethan will claim them both. If he can keep them alive until he's alpha. **Xander** (Royals and Alphas, book 7) - Being a BBW woman in a man's world is hard. Being the human true mate to two dominant shifters is harder. But Gwen knows a secret - Women are powerful. **Anton ** *(Royals and Alphas, book 8) - Nyx had one goal - Destroy the most feared member of the Shifter Council. Not fall in love with him. Or clear his name of murder. But a smart woman knows when to change her game plan.* *Rick*** (Agents of Shifter Affairs, book 1) - A man with nothing to lose is dangerous. But a shifter fighting for his true mate's future is unstoppable. Nothing will stop Rick from being the mate Mya should've ended up with. **Ilan** (Agents of Shifter Affairs, book 2) - Assassins don't nurture life. They take it. But an unexpected baby changes things. So does a true mate. And when death comes knocking, there's no one better prepared to beat it.