Rob moved to White Valley, Virginia, for many reasons. One of the reasons was to find his mate. His bear had become adamant that they find their mate—the mate they did not get in the person of their son’s mother. He attended meet-and-greet events to hasten the process, but a year later, he was still searching.One day, his son, Adam—growing up fast and growing away from him—told him that the kind librarian was his mate.During her duties in the local library, Myra met Adam. The boy awakened her motherly instincts, which, to her fear, might not find fulfillment because of her past, a past that might catch up to her through her older brother. A brother she loves and who loved her as much but might not understand her as she needed since he did not have it as terribly as she had. Ricky was not a shifter like her.