When Lila’s football ex humiliates and abandons her during a game, she’s thrown into the pain of her first heat. Kai, the quiet, muscular quarterback, is the one who helps her through it. He never flinches at her cat ears or fluffy tail, and that single difference changes everything. So when her ex tries to break her down, Kai becomes her fiercest protection—claiming he wants Lila exactly as she is, now and always.