Luka Nykiel's life has been one hell after another. At just eighteen he's already been through more than most people do in a lifetime. Finally, free after years of abuse from a man who told Luka they were mates, the last thing he wanted was to meet his true mate. Psychologist Adam Carter has never treated anyone before, instead preferring to teach. After hearing about Luka, Adam can't say no to returning home to help the new pack member with his problems. As a bear shifter, Adam believed he would never have a mate and was resigned to a life alone. As if navigating their way through a new and uncertain relationship wasn't hard enough, after digging into Luka's past they embark on a journey that takes them to Poland and the children's home he had been left at as a baby. They couldn't have expected the secrets they would unwittingly uncover or the dangers they never even knew existed.