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    Matthew Bruner is a bear shifter destined for greatness. Or so, that's what he's always been told. As the next in line to become alpha of his clan, Matthew's days of singlehood are drawing to a close. Long since committed to a prearranged mating, Matthew finds himself feeling trapped and, worse, afraid. In a desperate attempt to prolong his freedom, Matthew flees his family's ancestral home and heads to the nearest city. It's there that he meets Ezra Tier, a tiger shifter with a bad streak the size of a mountain. 
    Ezra Tier has spent the better part of his life not giving a damn. He goes where he wants, does what he likes, and answers to no one. Leading a life as a globetrotting rogue has its perks, and for Ezra one of those perks has been the ability to pick up and move on whenever things get too complicated and messy. So when he encounters a simple mountain bear shifter with broad shoulders and a shy personality, it's all Ezra can do to maintain his unattached persona. 
    When a familiar and dangerous presence shows up in search of Matthew to bring him home, Ezra must change his ways in order to keep his newfound love by his side. Failing that, Matthew will be forced to go through with his prearranged mating and Ezra will lose him forever. Can these two shifters from different worlds come together in time to save their budding relationship? Or will the experience leave their hearts stripped and bare?
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Chapter One: Holden
    Holden Ryder had had enough. He'd just said goodbye to yet another girlfriend when a stray text message alerted him to the cheating that had went on right under his nose.  
    How difficult is it to find someone that just is truthful and good-hearted? He wondered. He didn't have trouble getting women. At six feet tall, dark hair and eyes, and a muscular frame, women naturally flocked to him and giving them attention was one of his favorite pastimes.  
    He worked hard and he played hard, but there was no getting over the pain of another opportunity passing him by. As much as his friends liked to tease him, Holden was looking for someone to fall in love with. He'd finally found his calling and opened up Bearskin Tattoos where he was the lead tattooist. After a couple of years of operation, it was generating a nice little profit and four more tattooists in the area were working along side him. Money, while not overwhelming, was enough to pay the bills. He was content.
    However, his heart still longed for that one person to call his own and while there was never lack of a warm body in his bed, there was a severe lack of a person to fill his heart. While it was a fun thing in his late teens and twenties, at 30 he was starting to get the feeling it was time to find something real to hold on to. He needed someone to confide in, to show his bear shifter side and them not be afraid of it, and even to spend a life with. He was beginning to think it may never happen.
    He'd had enough.
    "End of an era," he started as he looked around the bar that evening with his friend, "I'm done. Seriously done."
    "Done with what?" Jason, Holden's oldest friend, asked.
    "Women."
    "Woah dude, you know I'm honored but..." Jason started to laugh. Jason had known he was gay years before coming out to Holden in their high school gym.  
    "Oh stop flattering yourself, Jase; I'm just saying I'm taking a vow of celibacy."
    Wild laughter emerged from Jason, almost making him choke on his drink. He'd always thought of Holden as a bit of a player and now he was saying he was done with sex?  
    "Holden you know you can't go two weeks without wanting to get with some girl you barely know. You'll never last."  
    "I have to. Tell you what, we'll make a wager. If I don't last six months, you can have the shop. I'm that serious. I want a lasting relationship and not just