When an old foe wants Serenity as his son's mate, Creed and Shayne have to convince her that they are the only ones for her. But that may take more time than they have with hunters on her tail and her shifter lynx balking at sealing the deal. Serenity believes that as long as she can't give them a full mating, she's just a liability to them. She runs, planning to hide so that the hunters can't find her and the bears will have a chance to find another mate without her issues, but mother nature already has other plans and Serenity finds herself overcome by her mating heat without her mates to help her. Will they give up on her and try to break the bonding that has already started to form, or will they go after their finicky feline and save her from her misguided attempt at saving their sanity at the expense of hers?