Introduction: Wild Things (Chicagoland Vampires #9) Since Merit was turned into a vampire, and the protector of Chicago鈥檚 Cadogan House, it鈥檚 been a wild ride. She and Master vampire Ethan Sullivan have helped make Cadogan鈥檚 vampires the strongest in North America, and forged ties with paranormal folk of all breeds and creeds, living or dead鈥?r both. But now those alliances are about to be tested. A strange and twisted magic has ripped through the North American Central Pack, and Merit鈥檚 closest friends are caught in the crosshairs. Gabriel Keene, the Pack Apex, looks to Merit and Ethan for help. But who鈥攐r what鈥攃ould possibly be powerful enough to out-magic a shifter? Merit is about to go toe to toe, and cold steel to cold heart, to find out....