Gunnar keeps humans out of his mountain territory and has no intention of sheltering one.
When the police arrive with terrified Alexandria and ask him to hide her until the threat passes, one look tells his grizzly she is his.
She carries fear, city rain, and temptation into his cold isolation, meeting his rules and constant watch with a sharp mouth instead of obedience.
Borrowed clothes and breakfast arguments make his promise of a temporary stay harder to believe.
The longer she remains snowbound with the possessive shifter, the more certain he becomes that she is not leaving.
