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

The door opened and daylight lit up the dark for a second. The man was huge, and Eli bit his lip not to make a sound as he took in the broad shoulders and strong arms—like Varg. The anger in the man was thick and suffocating. It fueled Eli’s fear, and soon his pulse was the only thing he heard.


The door closed, and a lock sounded. He hadn’t heard the lock when the man had approached, but he could’ve been too freaked out to notice.


Daylight. Eli’s last memory was of him going around his house, turning off the lights, and getting ready for bed. Had he been here overnight or longer? He had some fuzzy memories of waking, but he couldn’t remember where he’d been when he had.


Chapter 5