Murders of cat shifters in her hometown worry Gato Wilfawn. Friends are being killed and she's a shifter herself. A gifted seer, she can't get a handle on who's behind the crimes as her crystal ball has gone curiously murky.
Chordata Shan, known as Cord, a member of the International Shifter Police Corps, arrives in town to try to solve the cases. He enters Gato's shop, The Season of the Witch, to hire her to assist him with her talent as a seer. The spark between them is instantaneous and the fur flies until Cord disappears.
