Lukas Kasper has been the Alpha of the Greyelf Grizzly clan for less than twelve hours, and everything is already going to hell. A backdoor deal has put his credibility and his relationship with Maren at risk. But he’s confident that he has plenty of time to fix it. He just has to make it through the next few hours.

Meanwhile, Maren has kidnapped by someone who knows far too much about her past with Lukas. Even though she knows it puts her in danger, she can’t stop digging for clues about what happened to Lukas’s brother and what her captors have planned for Lukas.

With the Summit beginning, the tiniest slip can throw everything into chaos. And without even realizing it, Lukas and Maren are being pushed over the edge.