Charlie's parents died when he was young and his grandmother raised him. Now her heart is failing and he chose to postpone college to stay home and care for her. What he doesn't know is that the wolf he keeps seeing in his backyard is waiting for him. It's eyes watching, anticipation growing as Charlie gets closer to his birthday. Luke has waited decades to find his mate. Discovering that the one he is meant to be with for the rest of his life has no idea what he is or what he will become on his 19th birthday is a problem. But with his pack at his back and his wolf pacing, he waits. Trouble arrives for Charlie just as the fated day looms and Luke's pack will have to work together to bring Charlie into the life he's meant to live even with danger looming and a devastating loss that Charlie had hoped would never come, arriving. Shift is an gay fated mates romance.