I read any kind of books but lately I'm reading more and more of M/M.
Still in grieving, mourning, whatever the heck it was didn't give one permission to be a dick, ass, jerk, jackass, numbskull... (okay, I better stop ranting). Alex was such a widower almost throughout the book. He gave Marcus, his new Handler the cold shoulder, yet he needed him to survive. Sure, Marcus had his own issues; with his background and being old-and-still-not-mated Handler. Not old as in old, just old as unmated... you know what, never mind.