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

“I don’t know, but now you’re free to have them. Come on, let’s get out of here. Have you anything special you want to bring apart from your work things?”


“Clothes.” He gestured at the sweats and T-shirt he was wearing. He was not a sweats kind of guy.


Elora nodded, grabbed his arm, and pulled him through the building and out to the car.


A couple of hours later they were standing on the beach. “My boat is by the house.” How could they have been so stupid to not plan the boat ride? It wasn’t long at all, but it was a significant part of getting to Eli’s house.


“I know. But Frank’s canoe is over there. I’ve already borrowed it once, I’m sure he’d be fine with us borrowing it again.”


Eli nodded. They’d have to row both boats back so his was at the beach for the next time he was coming here.


Chapter 51