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

Kol gripped the steering wheel hard. He wanted to rage, to shout, to growl, but he got the car rolling again, and focused on the case.


He didn’t know what they could do. What could they find in Elijah’s house? Fingerprints perhaps, and if they were lucky, the owner of them would have a record. But would anyone be stupid enough to leave any behind? And they would find his and Elora’s fingerprints too. They’d touched door handles, the sock drawer, and probably other surfaces too. Kol hadn’t wiped anything down before leaving.


A forensic team might find something out about the drug used. He’d have to contact the precinct in Ashork, but they didn’t have a paranormal department. Few cities did, and while he trusted an all-human forensic team, he’d have loved to see a few non-humans there too. But they didn’t have any non-humans on their forensic team either, so it was nothing he could hold against Ashork.


“What are you thinking?” Elora’s voice dragged him back.


Chapter 14