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

With a hammering heart, he tried to sort through his own panic. Three hours. He had three hours to get out of here, or he’d end up with Varg again—or so he assumed.


“Have you worked for Varg for long?”


The man grunted, not confirming it was Varg, but not denying it either. Eli didn’t ask more questions, all he could do was sit back and wait for the right moment to act. 9


Kol steered the car out of Rockshade and toward Ashork. Leo was by his side, going through notes. When Kol’s phone rang, Elora’s name flashed on the screen, and a knot formed in his gut.


Kol hit the brakes, the car behind them blared its horn, but stopped before hitting them from behind. “We’re coming.”


He tossed the phone to Leo, who softly was trying to soothe Elora, and crossed over to the other side of the road, steering back toward the city. Luckily, it had taken longer than Kol had planned to get on the road, so they had only been on their way for a few minutes.


Chapter 23