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 was thinking about how Thad will do in this terrain, but it doesn’t matter because Elijah and Elora won’t do any better. They’re humans, and terrain like this is challenging for us, but for them it’ll take a long time to walk through, which means we have a good chance of catching up.” It wasn’t exactly what he’d been thinking, but he’d added some while he talked.


“We would hear them.” Frank flashed teeth when Kol met his gaze. It was a conflict. Kol was more dominant, but this was Frank’s territory. Perhaps they should’ve gone on different teams.


“Yeah.” Kol stopped and so did Leo and Frank. For several seconds they stood and listened. Then there was a branch or something cracking followed by muttered curses from across the lake. A human wouldn’t have heard it, but they did. “Thad.”


Leo nodded. “Maybe the terrain is different up there?” He directed the question to Frank, avoiding eye contact as he did.


Frank relaxed a fraction. “No…or yes, it gets rockier.”


Chapter 54