When Lucas left the big city to move to small-town Coppers Creek he was excited to work as a theater teacher in a town that was friendly toward shifters, unlike his previous job. He plans to spend the summer before school starts making Copper Creek home.

He doesn't expect to meet his mate the first week he's there, and he sure doesn't expect to find himself in the middle of a shifter rescue operation when a young rabbit shifter is taken hostage.

This 9000-word short story was previously offered as part of a group short story giveaway and remains unchanged.