I’ve spent years keeping to myself. Just me, the woods, and the quiet that helps me forget everything I’ve lost.
Then she showed up.
Cilla Morgan, sweet smile, sugar-scented skin, and a stubborn streak as wide as the forest. I didn’t want a mate. Didn’t deserve one. But the bear inside me roared the moment he saw her. Mine.
She doesn’t believe in magic. Doesn’t know what I am.
But that doesn’t matter.
Because I’ll protect her. I’ll claim her.
Even if she runs. Even if fate has other plans.
She’s mine. And I’m not letting her go.
Welcome to Redwood Rise, where the bears are grumpy, the mates are fated, and the only thing stronger than magic… is love.
