For more than three hundred years John has been alone, even while living with his adoptive brothers, and he has never questioned that part of his life. Not even when his adoptive brothers found love and a longing settled in his bones. After all bear shifters don't get soul mates. At least, that's how it's been until Owen appears in his life, smelling of something strange, non-human and more alluring than anything John has ever scented before. Owen is trapped. Trapped in a reality where he feels like an outsider, and trapped in an abusive relationship with nowhere to go. So when a stranger shows him another side of life, Owen willingly jumps in with both feet. But can a bear shifter destined to be alone, and a creature that doesn't even know what he is, ever find happiness together?