Kallik, Lusa, Toklo, and Yokane are best friends. Yokane was the last to join the group, but is just as part of the group. They all still miss each other, but are happy that they get to see each other every Sun Circle. They all still miss Ujurak, but see him every so often, especially when they're in danger.
Kallik lives in Star Island with her mate, Yokane, and her kids. Last time she saw her friends, she introduced them to her sons, Suka and Chulyin. She had another litter of Cubs afterwards. A son, named Ujurak and daughter, named Nanuk, after someone who took care of her as a cub.
Toklo lives in his own territory with his mate, Aiyanna. They have only one daughter, named Oka, after Toklo's mom. His friends have already met her, and she is a bit grumpy at times, like Toklo, but is also good hearted.
Lusa lives in the forest with her mate, Miki. They have a daughter, named Ashia, named after Lusa's mother. They also have a son, named Yogi, who was Lusa's childhood best friend. Her friends have already met her kids.
Ujurak is still in the sky, watching over his three best friends, day and night. He will never leave them. But when one of them finds danger, he has to help her and get the others aware and alert as well.
The best friends are excited to meet again, since The Longest Day is approaching. They enjoy their separate lives, but especially enjoy their time together, no matter what. The other bears don't like bears that aren't their kind, and hate that they spend time together. But the three bears can't care anymore, they just want to be together.
Can their friendship save them, like in the past?
Book 4 of Into The Woods Series *Can be a stand-alone*
Zaire had never known true love until he brought his children into the world.
Most of his life was spent in an orphanage. When he is no longer eligible to live in the orphanage he is left to fend for himself on the streets of Abingora. Stealing and begging to survive.
Years later, he met his mate Johnathan. The man took him in and gave him a new life where he thought he would finally have a home to call his own. Only what awaited him behind the closed doors of his mate's estate was not at all what he expected.
After years of endless torture and suffering, Zaire and his children are rescued only to be punished for their 'crimes' against the prince of the Northern Isle. He and his children are sent to live with a young warrior namedThayne Fairchild. A man who had been honorably discharged after receiving an injury that left him incapable of fighting. Zaire was to aid him in any tasks he needed assistance with, and in return he would be able to keep his children and have housing and food provided.
It wasn't an ideal life, but his children were given more than Zaire could have ever hoped to provide them with.
As Zaire and his children struggle to cope with their new lives and the past that continues to tug at their minds, drawing them back into its cold, unforgiving grasp, will they ever be able to find peace?
And why was Zaire so intrigued by the stoic warrior, who was quiet, careful with his words? The man who treated him as much more than a lowly omega.
Afraid to let anyone into his life after Johnathan damaged him so, he feared he would never get to experience true love.
After living in a cold, dark basement for years, will he ever be free of the shadows of his past and walk amongst the light?
*TW this book contains violence, mature themes, and mentions of sexual assault. This will be the only tw moving forward.*