Nice always wants it, even when he doesn't want to want it, but he's never needed it this bad-not sucking the fingers of a guy he'd just met in public, about ten seconds away from doing something indecent in the bar. Touching him feels like his skin is burning. Like he'll die if he doesn't.

Rook thinks he's cute, but Rook has seen a lot of cute. 600 years worth of it, and people are all the same. He's an incubus that needs to feed, making running from the past look professional. He doesn't mind playing with Nice for a little while.

Until they wake up accidentally mated after three straight days of passion, and Rook's cool composure cracks. This shouldn't be possible. He shouldn't care about this person, let alone want to protect him. And are their feelings real or a side effect of the bond?

Nice feels like he'll die without Rook, but he'll definitely die if they keep this up. And all the while, he talks to his old lover on the phone, Wait for me, please. Don't ask questions, I'm sorry. He needs to go back, but he can't get further than six feet from Rook without wanting to scream.

Is there a cure for Nice's sickness, a way for them to be apart? What will they do if there isn't?

And what if they don't even want that anymore?

Fate Line is a high-heat m/m novel and the second book in the Fragile Tender series. It is part of Modern Witchblood, a collection of books that take place in modern times several hundred years after the events of The Witchblood Heir series.