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

“Do we have proof?” Ric looked at Kol instead of Elora, and Kol shook his head. They didn’t have shit.


“What’s his name?” Leo sat down in front of his computer.


“Varg Sullivan. He lives in Yord, or did three years ago, at least.”


While Kol never would allow anyone to put their filthy hands on Elijah, he found it strange Varg had allowed three years to pass. Why kidnap him now and not before?


Leo tapped away, the frown on his face deepening as he tapped some more. “There’s no record of Varg Sullivan…anywhere.” 7


Eli wanted to sleep. He was exhausted, and the quiet of the office was lulling him into a false sense of safety. There was a scent in there that had his muscles unclench, a spicy, masculine scent. He didn’t think it was cologne, and he couldn’t remember having smelled it on Jaecar in the car, but there had been too much going on for him to notice.


Chapter 18