Shifters craved touch, yet the white tiger always kept me at a distance. Then he heard my sister was hurt, and panic consumed him. They kissed desperately in the ruins. I made no scene. I simply canceled our mating contract. Then I replaced him with a cold, aloof black serpent. A thick tiger tail wrapped around my waist, nearly crushing the air from my lungs. "What is so great about that limp little snake?" I never told him the serpent was anything but limp—and had far more to offer