When pregnant omega Liam Vale flees a controlling city pack in the middle of a snowstorm, he's out of options and out of time. With nowhere else safe to go, he heads for the one place he swore he'd never return to: Hollyridge, the snow-dusted mountain town where he left his first love behind—and with him, every dream of a gentle alpha and a quiet life.Hollyridge hasn't forgotten Liam... and neither has Sheriff Caleb Hart.Caleb has built a steady, quiet life as the town's alpha sheriff—snow chains in his truck, coffee at the diner, and a badge he uses to protect, not control. He's spent years trying not to think about the boy he once loved and the way he walked away "for Liam's own good." But when he pulls over a skidding car on an icy highway and finds Liam behind the wheel, wrapped in an oversized sweater and carrying a secret under his heart, the past hits him like black ice.The moment Caleb smells the truth—heat-faded, bright with...