To save the Sheridan Springs bear shifters, the clan's new alpha must claim his omega's heart, not just her heat... Rylie Adams is an omega bear shifter, and the only child of the alpha of Sheridan Springs. When her father is challenged for alpha, Rylie thought she would be safe, locked away and hidden from the ruthless alpha-challenger determined to claim her first heat for himself. When the Council of Elders considers reinstating an outdated omega breeding law. A law that will force Rylie to become a breeder for all unmated male descendants of an alpha-omega bloodline once the new alpha is named, she makes the only choice she can. To save herself, Rylie chooses to run. And when the inevitable happens she shares her first heat with a stranger, unintentionally triggering a mate bond. Knowing she out of options, she keeps running until she finds a place to call home. *** Creed Masterson is a born leader, and the newly appointed sheriff of Westwood. As the only bear shifter in wolf territory, he never expected to see a familiar face his first day on the job. When he begins to investigate the kidnapping of a child, all roads lead him to the Sheridan Springs bear clan, and the man who destroyed his family more than thirty years ago. To save his fated mate, an omega he has never forgotten, and the child he never knew he had, from an obsolete breeding law, Creed issues a challenge to the new alpha of Sheridan Springs, the son of the shifter who altered the course of his life. As he prepares to risk everything, he knows it's his only option to gain everything he's ever wanted.