He'd found her but was told he couldn't keep her.

Adrik Zharov went to America to learn more about the amazing Tella Enclosures that were changing wildlife preservation and instead, found his mate. She was beautiful, she was smart. She was his. Then he was told he couldn't have her. It went against every single thing that was held precious in Shifter Society. He was his own wolf. Nobody told him what to do. He does what he wants.

Alys Freeman has lived her entire life knowing that meeting her mate didn't matter in the least as she was to be sold to whomever could give her father the most power, the power that he craved more than anything. Meeting Adrik ruins her resolve to be a good girl and do what Daddy says. For the first time in her life she seriously considers taking something for her own.

Both Adrik and Alys set the entire Shifter society on its ear when they run off together. However, winter doesn't last forever. Not even in Siberia.