What would it take to simply give up?

Barely nothing.

Matthew "Red" Carter's life had been over since his mate had returned to be the tiger prince he was born to be. The mate Red would never--could never--measure up to. His life had been over since he was seventeen, and Bodhi's was a bright spark that was just beginning.
It would have been simple had Bodhi agreed.

But Bodhi had other ideas.

Stolen as a newborn cub, Bodhi had only ever learned to hide. Hide from those that would hurt him, and hide from himself. Bodhi knew Red was his mate, bound by loss and facing a future neither wanted, maybe the time was right for another lesson?

The only weapon he had was love, but this fight wasn't one he was prepared to lose.