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

He took a deep breath and tried to focus. “If he has a wolf familiar, does it mean he can turn into a wolf?”


“No, not fully. Then he would need to skin the wolf while it was in shifted form—”


“Stop it!” Ric snarled. “I don’t want to hear about more sick wizards.”


“I was talking about skinwalkers. It’s not a kind of magic the council approve of.”


“Doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist!”


Everyone stared at Ric, and he fisted his short hair while resting his head in his hands. Then he peeked at everyone. “I don’t want any more circles or warlocks or skinning alive.”


Thaddeus grinned. “They weren’t about to skin you alive, they only wanted your skull.”


Kol sighed and shook his head. “Can we focus?”


“Of course.” Thad turned his grin to Kol. “I know you guys don’t want to hear this, but what if he has a shifter familiar?”


Chapter 41