Roth: Protector(Shapeling Trilogy #1) (2nd edition)

For over two thousand cycles of the sun, Roth Beowolf has completed missions as a Shapeling Protector, but the successful completion of his current assignment will usher him into the ranks of Shapeling Master. The Thirteen co-Princes have sent him to act as bodyguard to Rainey Childress, spoiled heiress and brilliant scientist. This decisive mission is possibly turning into his worst. As the only child of Harold Childress, founder of Childress Enterprises, Rainey Childress stands at the brink of an amazing discovery using frequencies to alleviate untold suffering. Because of her work and her heritage, bodyguards are a way of life; however, Roth Beowolf is turning into the bodyguard from hell...or is that heaven? Shapeling Trilogy: Roth--Protector; Fawn--Master; Davide--Prince