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

Varg’s eyes never shifted. Did it mean this man was something else? Not a wolf shifter?


“Where are we going?” he steeled himself and met the man’s gaze.


“To the next stop on the road.” The man chuckled and slammed Eli’s door shut.


Kol watched as Elora opened a drawer and looked down at the socks in it.


“Why don’t you lie on the bed, and I’ll give you the sock when you’re ready?” He didn’t like the apprehension in her. She wasn’t backing out, but he could tell she didn’t want to do it.


“It might not be the right one, and then we’ll waste hours while I recover.”


Kol nodded. It would be a shame. “It’s not something we can control. All socks are rolled up in pairs except two, I think it’s a good chance he’s wearing the mates of those two.” Had it been his sock drawer, he’d assumed they’d got lost in the laundry, but Elijah kept a neat home, and Elora was sure he wore mismatching socks. “I have a map right here.” He held it up to her, and she nodded.


Chapter 8