Basil is sick. He doesn't know what his illness is, but he knows he's slowly dying, which is the only reason he reached out to his estranged father. Who manages to get himself killed before finding a way to heal Basil. Lucian is on his way to visit his brother when he sees a man fall on the side of the road. He's stunned when that man turns out to be his mate. He just found his brother after thinking he was dead for most of his life, and now his mate, too? Everything isn't okay once Basil and Lucian find each other, though. Basil is still sick, and not even the unicorn shifters of the Rosewood pack can help. He's running out of time, and that's one thing Lucian can't provide him with, no matter how much he wants to.