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

There was a knock, then the door opened. Elora peeked inside. “Hi.”


“How are you doing?” Smiling softly, she closed the door behind her.


She crossed her arms over her chest. “You’re coping living with Jaecar?”


He shrugged. “He has a nice home, but he’s too…intense. I think he means well.”


“Not all the way, no.” Elora shook her head. “You have?”


She tilted her head to the side. “How’s so?”


Eli grimaced. “He says I’m his mate.” He sent her a pleading look. “I can’t be.”


Her joy flooded him, and her eyes got so wide he wished he hadn’t said anything.


“He did?” Her voice wasn’t more than a whisper.


“My God, that’s…awesome. I’m so happy for you!” She rushed over and wrapped her arms around his neck, almost toppling the chair over.


“You have a shifter mate. What else could you ever wish for?”


Chapter 40