title: Fur and Flightless
author: Flynn, Joyee
description: The Gathering is called. The spell is cast. There is no escaping the Midnight Matings.
  
  The chaos of the Midnight Matings continues. Everyone attending the UPAC Conference has twenty-four hours to claim a mate of a different species or risk going feral. Here Lys finds himself bitten by a werewolf who has mistaken him for a woman. Something that, regrettably, can't be undone. Lys Wolf is a penguin shifter whose mechanical genius brought him wealth but not respect from his family. All he wants is to meet a mate that will cherish him for who he is. Rip Corbin is an Alpha werewolf whose dominant ways make it difficult for him to empathize with others. Also, he has always believed himself to be straight. All of this makes it difficult for him to accept Lys as his new mate. Will Rip be able to move past his problems and be a true mate, or will Lys find a way to end their bond forever?