The Silent Mates

Detective Iryna Volkov has spent twelve years as the only unbonded omega on a bonded-alpha task force, and she has never once let it matter. Three omegas have vanished from the same household in the same quiet neighborhood, and the three alpha brothers who live there are the only witnesses and the only suspects. Iryna moves in as their bonded mate — a cover story written for her by her captain, a bond declaration signed in bad faith. The house is a warzone of good manners. The surgeon lies by omission. The lawyer lies by precision. The nightclub owner lies by charm. And all three of them are unraveling from a bond that began five years ago, when their fourth mate disappeared. Iryna is the anchor holding them together. Which makes her the next problem for whoever is poisoning this family from the inside. The fourth body is in the cistern. The detective is in too deep. And the bond is turning real.