Rowan

Rowan has been alone since his family died, and he wants to keep things this way. He's not willing to care about someone else and have them ripped away from him. His heart wouldn't survive it.

Clay has been alone since his family died, but when he sees Rowan working at the bar where he's hunting a Kudlak, he can't stay away, doubly so after Rowan saves him from the Kudlak and tells him they're mates. 

Hunting Kudlaks is Rowan's destiny, but he stepped back from it a long time ago. Hunting Kudlaks is Clay's mission, and he won't let anyone or anything take him away from it.

Rowan is hurt and stubborn, while Clay has been adrift for a long time. They both need someone to love and care for, but will they be able to admit it? Or will one of them stubbornly cling to their loneliness and lose the greatest love they can ever have?