Shep and Cody go out on a first date but Shep's demon hasn't stopped visiting him. The town theater company prepares for opening night while Shep is haunted by a memory he doesn't think he should have. Cody's past is revealed and a killer is found.

Alexander is determined that no one is going to take Ryan away from him.

Police Chief Joe Flynn won't give Shep Carson his badge and gun back. He doesn't think Shep is ready to return to the force. Even Johnny thinks Shep has become unhinged. Cody thinks Shep is the demon who's been haunting the house and Dottie wants Shep to play the role of a monster for a Halloween show at the theater. Marcie insists Shep Carson will make the perfect monster and none of them know how wrong they really are.

His heart broke. It shattered into a million pieces. Shep Carson's mind snaps when he finds out his boyfriend cheated on him. He gets into his car and drives, the further away the better. Shep ends up in a small town in Montana. His first instinct is to drive up into the mountains and stay there, alone. But Fort Kenton isn't the kind of town where people survive on their own. It's a town where community means everything. Shep doesn't want to belong to anyone...until he meets Cody Flynn.

Master Alexander Hudson's past comes to the forefront and as much as he hates the idea, he must journey through it. Everyone is looking for his father's research. It's rumored to be worth a fortune and greed changes people. If Alexander is ever going to have peace with his Ryan, he has to shake the dust off of tradition and settle this, once and for all.