One battle-scarred alpha will risk his heart, life, and home to save his omega and their unborn child.

Danny Holloway is an omega wolf living life on the run. Never putting down roots. Never knowing true love. And certainly never finding a mate—a silly shifter myth. He's fled to the Alaskan wilderness, keeping a low profile as a small-town bartender and hiding from an abusive pack. But when Danny is viciously attacked, he draws exactly the wrong kind of attention: that of Marcus Connor, a huge, mean-looking alpha shifter as strong as he is scarred, who comes to Danny's rescue and saves his life. Danny's wolf howls that Marcus is his mate, and when Marcus gives him the most intense night of lovemaking of his life, Danny's tempted to believe it. But they both have demons, and Danny can't stick around for a myth. Not even after Marcus bites him and marks him as his.

Haunted by his failure to protect his pack, Marcus lives in the wilds of Alaska with only his dog Ginger. Out here, he can let his wolf roam free without giving a damn—about anything or anyone. But when he sees the omega being attacked, his protective alpha instinct takes over. And it doesn't stop until Marcus claims Danny as his mate. What would a scarred-up loner like Marcus want with a mate, let alone an omega? Omegas have a tendency to give you cubs—another thing Marcus doesn't need. But denying Danny is proving easier said than done. And the old saying is starting to prove true: once bitten, once branded, once his.

Reader note: contains mpreg gay shifter romance, mated wolf shifters, hot romance elements, protective alphas and omega romance, and male male love