Varick Ward spent two years trapped as a wolf before pledging himself to Isherwood Pack. Since then, he's been slowly regaining a real life despite keeping his past pains to himself. When the king of werewolves invites the pack to Romania for an official introduction, Varick goes because protecting his alpha pair is his job. Right away, things go sideways. They're barely through the doors of the castle where the king's pack lives when a man attacks- Or wait. Is he trying to protect Varick from everyone else? Like the dominant partner in a mate bond would? Though the new couple is meant to be in isolation while they bond, ghosts from Varick's past are plotting against the people he now calls family. Circumstances separate them and danger hovers on the edge of town, but can these two persevere and secure their second chances at love?