Gabriel Martin has hope. Three of the Alphas on the council have found mates in the past few years. Returning to New York from Atlanta, he comes across a human who has been raped in an alleyway. The human is his mate, Kane Brady.<br><br>Kane has been teaching at the local high school and refuses to rubber stamp the education of their star basketball players -- almost paying the price with his life. He’s unusual as he’s a human Omega but he can’t be intimate with Gabriel because of his horrific experience.<br><br>It’s up to the Alphas and their Mates to help Kane recover and accept all that it is to be with Gabriel.

Marking Kane

“Was it tough growing up gay in Indiana?” Colin asked changing the subject


“There aren’t too many people who admit to being gay in rural Indiana, but my father convinced me to come out before he died. After Dad had died, I was pretty lonely. I spent many a weekend with gay young adult novels, gay science fiction and finally, gay romance. I love your stuff. Your backstory is fantastic. I used to wish…well, I was just a kid then.”


“What did you wish?” Ian asked pushing the envelope a bit.


“You’re going to think I’m silly.” Kane’s tried to smile.


“No, we won’t think you’re silly. We know we’re silly and spoiled, you, not at all.”


“I used to wish shifters were real.” Kane rushed it out in one breath so maybe they wouldn’t ask more about his foolish dreams.


“What if they were real and living among us, hidden from human eyes?” Sean proposed.


Chapter 18