Desperate to escape the memories of the horrific acts committed against his former pack, Michael Vincent has spent the last year running as a lone, tormented wolf. Fearful for his weakening humanity he returns to human form but chooses to live in solitude, deep in the Rochfort Mountains. When he discovers his mate a fragile hope slowly begins to ease the burden of the guilt he bears, but the evil that splintered his former life is casting its shadow anew and Michael is reunited with his pack mates as they brace to confront a terror thought long buried.