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

Eli sighed. “You know who you’re talking to, right?”


The wave of annoyance surprised him. She’d never been angry with him for who he was. She understood he couldn’t help it.


“I know, but I’m trying to ignore it, and most days I have it under control. It’s the stress of the situation setting it off. I don’t need some hero to come save me.”


Eli frowned and hurried to keep up with her. The yanks on the cuff weren’t pleasant. “Why do you need it under control?”


She glared. “You’re mated to a shifter.”


He was, wasn’t he? He gave her a slow nod.


“I’ve been working with Leo for three years. Had I been his mate, he’d done something about it.”


“It’s okay. I’m going to ignore it until it goes away.”


“You don’t want to, like…go on a date with him?”


She glared. “Get involved and then have him find his true mate? No, thank you. I’m not a big fan of heartache.”


Chapter 55