He is a loner...Riker Gray is used to living, observing everything from the side. For more than fifty years he was the Guardian of the Black Hills Wolf Pack, quickly achieving this rank. Driven by a sense of duty and devotion to his people, he fought to protect them both from within and without. In doing so, he made several enemies and even fewer friends. Drew's return has sparked a reunification of the fractured pack, but Riker remains vigilant...She needs a place to call her own...Saya Lyons has dedicated her life to studying cultures, but has never truly belonged to any of them. Having completed her education in two specialties - psychology and sociology, she decides to find herself and spend three months traveling across the country. She wanders until her car breaks down on a lonely stretch of road in the middle of South Dakota. Two lonely lives collide in the cold...Riker catches Sai's scent a mile away. The smell of loneliness, surrounded by fear, disappointment and, at the same time, the smell of absolute femininity. He approaches her to give her a helping hand and... get rid of her. The sooner she left Los Lobos, the safer the pack would be. When their eyes meet, her playful hostility brings out the hunter in him. And, for the first time in fifty years, the guardian feels what it's like not to be alone...But what if the best thing that ever happened to him poses a danger to the Wolves of the Black Hills?