When tragedy brings something wonderful.

John Patterson, Council Bear, had had to kill more of his own kind than any other species leader on the Shifter Council. He was sick of it, sick of death and sick of grown men, because it was always men, who thought they knew more than thousands of years of secrecy had given them. The last Bear he'd killed had had a secret that John had to suss out to bring peace to all Bear Shifters.

Sorrell MacGyver had been alone for so long. Her brother had hidden her away. In a bid to keep from starving to death she left the safety of the cabin he'd left her at and run into Fate.

How can she forgive the man who killed her brother, her only protector? He says he's her mate, but those are just a myth. A lie Shifters tell little girls who want more than beatings and abject slavery.
How can he convince her he's the only man who will ever love her like he does?