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

“Give him back to me!” Varg threw another globe, but it was less impressive.


Give him back? Did he mean Elijah had gotten away from him? Kol inhaled, Elijah had been there, but it was hours ago. Had he been out in the cold the entire time? Fear gripped his insides. How cold did it have to be for someone to freeze to death? Humans were fragile beings.


Ulf’s scent wafted over to Kol, and he opened his mouth in a grin—panthers didn’t grin, but…He took a step closer to Varg, keeping him focused on him, and Leo did the same.


Seconds went by, then a dark shape launched. Paws hit Varg’s back and he toppled over, face first, to the ground. He never saw Ulf coming; a real shifter would’ve noticed the scent closing in.


Ulf shifted on top of him, put a knee between his shoulder blades, and grabbed his wrists. “What do we do to keep him from doing magic?”


Chapter 58