When alpha wolf Lakota Longtree sees a grizzly stalking a young woman in the Alaskan wilderness, he intervenes just in time. But the beast is no ordinary bear. He is a shifter of a different clan, an ancient enemy of Lakota's people, and will not be satisfied until he has tracked down and killed this woman. Lakota's only choice is to make the frightened woman a member of his pack, but that will mean teaching the headstrong newcomer that an alpha expects...