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

“Ric is not a good guy. He might be good at what he does, but he’s not pleasant.” Her eyes flashed with anger as she looked at Jaecar. Eli watched and waited for him to snarl at her. Maybe show claws or fangs—he didn’t.


Emotions rolled over Eli, a mix of excitement, annoyance, and worry. Why did everyone have to be annoyed? Annoyed shifters were a second away from being homicidal monsters, and Eli wanted nothing of it.


A man came jogging up the stairs, and Eli pressed closer to the wall—he was surrounded, trapped. The emotions coming off the man were warm and joyous though, which had Eli confused. How could anyone be happy here?


“Hi!” The man grinned at them, his eyes sparkling.


“Thad!” Elora smiled. “How are you?” She was happy too. Eli was stunned. Elora was happy. She was never happy—always worried…about him. Maybe she was happy when he wasn’t around.


Chapter 15