After being fired for his sexuality, Blake Reynolds returns to Mustang Ridge to be closer to his parents. As a mustang shifter, they’d have to accept him, and maybe he could find work with the local veterinary clinic. He’d also have to confront his feelings for Ken Greenwood. In a town as small as Mustang Ridge, could he hope to find acceptance, let alone love?

Ken Greenwood regretted not asking Blake to the prom. He also hadn’t reached out. In the years since he’d become comfortable as a bisexual man, figuring he’d lost his chance at love. When he encounters Blake at the local running grounds, Ken wonders if maybe it’s better their relationship starts now, when both of them know what they want—each other.

Passion runs hot and deep between these two who finally give into their desire for one another. Can Blake overcome the past to give himself fully to the man he’d never stopped loving?

Note: This story was previously published in a limited anthology.