After serving together in the Special Ops Forces, a group of veteran shifters still feels a strong sense of duty to serve their country and misses the brotherhood aspect of active duty. When they reunite one night at a bar, they complain how the regional conclaves are antiquated; any clan crimes brought to them take ages to resolve. The men conjure up the idea of setting up a special vigilante force with the purpose of helping shifter clans. Especially when they get word of a tiger shifter being held captive by a pack of rogue coyotes—and the conclave won't do a damn thing about it. The creation of the Force might not bode well with the conclaves, but that won't stop these rugged shifters from taking action. This short story is the prequel to Meg Ripley's steamy shifter romance series, Special Ops Shifters.