Becker Baptiste is on the run and was sent to Paladin to ask for their help. Exhausted and battered, he is trying to keep his infant niece, Sabine, from being murdered. When he meets a naked man on the road into town, he worries that maybe this isn't the place they should be hiding from Sabine's mother.Roane Jackson had given up on finding his mate, but when Becker arrives with a baby strapped to his chest, Roane realizes his life is about to change in more ways than he can count.Will Becker accept that the naked man's claims that they are mates? Will he be able to keep Sabine safe from her mother? Will Roane ever put on clothes?