Book Description
Mara Holloway has spent three years running. Running from the man who broke her bones and her spirit. Running with her five-year-old son, Leo, who still flinches at loud noises. When her car dies on a rain-soaked coastal road in Tidefall Harbor, she expects nothing but another dead end.
What she doesn't expect is the quiet, scarred man who tows her car without asking questions. Or the way Leo—who hasn't spoken to a stranger in months—reaches for his hand.
The moment Leo's small fingers touch Gideon Vance's wrist, something ancient stirs. A mark Gideon has carried since birth flares to life for the first time—a wolf's howl etched in silver light.
Gideon is the Alpha of the Tidefall Pack, a man who has spent a decade protecting his territory from threats both human and supernatural. He doesn't do attachments. He doesn't do complications.
But the woman with haunted eyes and the boy who makes his dormant bond-mark burn? They're both.
When Mara's past comes hunting, Gideon faces an impossible choice: maintain the boundaries that keep his pack safe, or invoke the ancient Rite of Shelter—a vow that will bind him to protect them with his life.
Some storms you weather alone. Some storms require a pack.