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 nodded. “Don’t you always?” Didn’t he feel everyone, wasn’t it what he did? It was why he couldn’t be around people, why he couldn’t be in the city.


“Yes, but normally everyone’s emotions roll over me, but yours are living inside me.” He shrugged. “Perhaps it’s because we’re touching.”


Or perhaps it was because they were mates. Kol hoped. 18


Eli slid his hand up Jaecar’s chest. He wanted to touch him, kiss him again, but he didn’t know if it was a good idea.


Jaecar tilted his head. “What are you thinking?”


Eli grinned, heat curling in his chest. “I won’t tell.”


Jaecar’s eyes flashed yellow as they filled with heat. “Elijah.”


The raspy tone as Jaecar spoke his name had tingles racing across his skin. He slid his hand higher on Jaecar’s chest, trailed the neck of his T-shirt, his fingertips caressing his skin.


Chapter 47