Maldurik is dead. The man who owned me died a hero in battle, which means I’m free. I’m no longer a pup. But if I want to keep it that way, I have to run. I’ve been lucky enough to get help from my friend Jace’s brother, King Sai of the Kostya Kingdom, but that means I have to travel away from my home and my friends to return to the cities that rejected and reviled me. I just hope things in the cities have changed. I also hope I can find the man I almost loved before being sold into slavery, Barthold. Is Bee still alive? Will he still want me when I find him? But maintaining my freedom and searching for my past love are only the beginning of my problems. Because the very last thing I expected to stumble into once I reached Hedeon was a man who would turn my world upside down and make me question everything I thought I believed about myself and the way things should be. Nothing could have prepared me for Avenel…or the way I want to make him mine. The Sons of the Cities is a spinoff series to Peter and the Wolves. It is highly recommended that you read all of the Peter and the Wolves books first. PLEASE BE ADVISED: Content involves an extremely high heat level.