Years ago, empath Elijah Long made a bad decision, and he is still paying for it. He’s kept hidden from his abusive werewolf ex for years, but when he wakes in a dark room, cuffed to a wall, he knows he’s out of luck. Elora, his psychic sister, will come for him, he just has to endure long enough to give her a chance to find him. Captain Kol Jaecar of Rockshade’s Paranormal Investigations Department detests slow times at work, so when Elora wants time off to search for her brother, Kol treats it as if it’s a real case and starts an investigation. What he assumed was a brother not picking up when his sister called turns out to be something else. Elijah experiences people’s emotions so strongly, it prohibits him from living a normal life. Spending time in the city is out of the question, yet it’s where Elora takes him once she finds him. Elijah does his best to keep his distance, especially from the growling man Elora brought to his rescue. Elijah will never make the mistake of getting close to a shifter again. The moment Kol smells Elijah, he knows he’s his mate, but how to get close to someone who doesn’t want to be near you? The man who abused Elijah is still on the loose, and Kol calls in the entire team to hunt him down. But how are they to keep Elijah safe when he can’t be around people? And how will Kol stay sane if he can’t touch his mate?

Mind Scrambler

“We leave at five.” Jaecar looked her over. She was short and curvy, her skin a smooth brown he would’ve wanted to lick had she been a man, and black, short hair. He loved the way she looked, but there was no doubt she was human. She wasn’t unfit, but she was…soft—soft curves, soft skin, soft gaze—no shifter sharpness anywhere in sight.


“Yes.” The drive wouldn’t be more than two hours. It was getting to the island that was the problem. He could swim there, but it was the beginning of November, and he didn’t want to take a dip, cat form or no.


“And then?” Elora crossed her arms over her chest.


She shook her head. “I know where Eli leaves his boat when he needs to go to the mainland, but if he hasn’t left the island, then no.”


Jaecar frowned. They needed a boat. “Eli and Elora? Any more siblings with an E?”


Jaecar nodded. Elijah, he liked Elijah better than Eli. “Older or younger than you?”


Chapter 4