Revenge seeking exiles betray their own to fanatical shifter hunters β how many deaths will it take to stop them? Bear shifter Jake Matsonβs best buddy Darrin has a lot going for him: heβs a billionaire tech genius, he started his first business at sixteen, and heβs a shifter himself, who has parlayed his superhuman senses into the skills of a master tracker. But his small, unassuming shift form, dwarfed by the mighty grizzlies and brown bears of other members of his Lodge, has always left him feeling inadequate. And yet time after time, his friends have relied on him for the strategies and skills that they have needed to protect them from the enemies of the shifters. Now Jake, his beloved mate Anna, and all of their friends need Darrin again, for a group of renegade Bears has started manipulating groups of shifter hunters into attacking the Lodge. Darrin has tracked the culprits to Denver, but must find where they are staying and stop them before they send even more Hunters to their home. Orphaned by Hunters over a decade ago, Darrin must struggle with his trauma and his self-doubt in order to figure out how to take these renegades down. But even as he fights to do right by his friends, Darrin is about to get some unexpected help. Hacker and paranormal investigator, Carly, has been tracking Hunters for years β after they murdered her best friend β or so she says. Now she has information and skills Darrin needs to get a lock on their enemies. When they finally meet offline, he will quickly discover that he needs her, as well. But as they prepare to attack the renegades, Jake and Anna are left to wonder: is Carly the mate Darrin has been waiting forβ or is she a Hunter herself, in disguise?