Everything went black. I wake up and I am shattered, exhausted, beaten. I have never doubted myself as much as I do in this moment. And yet all I want, all I can think about is his hands on my bruised body, his dark guarded eyes. No one has ever brought out this animalistic desire in me before. It goes beyond all logic and reason. It is radiating from deep in me, pulsating through my body. I want to know the secrets in Cole Blackwood’s soul. I want to understand why he makes me feel so protected and so safe even though he is so distant and cold. Can I trust him? Can I trust myself…to be the keeper of his dark family secret and the Mother of his bear shifter baby?