Author: admin

I approach the raised booths where the members of the five families sit. Cadoc notices me—I feel it—but he doesn’t acknowledge me until I’m standing on the floor right beneath him. Seth Rosser sits with his back to the room, facing Cadoc. Seth scoots aside, crowding Teagan Roberts and opening a direct line of sight…

Smells slap me in the face. Chemicals in the meat. Bleach and tomato soup and all the human perfumes, vanilla and bergamot and cedarwood—all combined without regard for what makes sense, what grows together in nature. It’s all wrong. I get pizza because at least it smells like freezer burn and oven, not garbage. The…

We stop at the bluff where the river splits. I gaze down, and a silver-white wolf stares back, the ripples in the water ruffling her coat. Nia’s wolf trots over and collapses, panting. Bevan flops down beside her. It’s not until they’re next to me that it finally sinks in, and I fully realize what…

I want to cry. It can’t be. I cannot be going into heat, and Cadoc Collins absolutely, positively cannot be my mate. It would never be allowed. Not in a million years. Fat, hot tears trickle down my cheek. My heart hurts and a wave of pure panic surges higher and higher, looming, about to…

“Well, don’t talk crazy.” Drona twists a rubber band around the tip of the braid and gives Avalon a quick peck before pushing her off her lap to join the others. “Just go for the cash.” “Cash stinks.” “You get accustomed to it.” Drona pats her lap and Kadi climbs up, hair tangled and dripping….

I wait, trembling, until I hear wolves close by. They wouldn’t be running if the alpha heir was still roaming our territory. I screw up my courage and sprint back to the Bogs. The sun’s fully set, but the fading pink in the west is more than enough to navigate by. My heart doesn’t stop…

Nia makes a show of dusting herself off. Bevan comes to stand by my side. Cadoc’s chest rumbles. Bevan trips back a few steps. “Well. Sorry again.” Cadoc flashes a rueful smile, not much more than a momentary softening of his harsh mouth. Then he strolls back to his table at the front of the…

Brody doesn’t waste a second. He darts forward and snags my pack by the strap. “So what do you have in here, thief?” Tears collect on the rim under my eyes, and it tickles so bad, I stifle a sneeze. He holds my bag over his head and gives it a vigorous shake. “Confess and…

What does get my engine running? I have no idea. I hope my engine runs. But then again, based on watching my sister and sister-in-law’s lives up close and personal, it might be better if my engine is a lemon. I learned that expression in Human Linguistics. One point for Mr. Riley. Whatever. I don’t…

Maybe the next day or the next week, they go for a walk, and you don’t see them again. I shiver. The almost invisible hairs on my arms prickle from goosebumps. Finally, Cadoc makes a pronouncement. I can’t hear what he says, but everyone quiets with expectation. Mr. Arnold blows his whistle and shouts, “Get…