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

A few minutes later, they stepped into the spot where they’d taken Varg down. It was empty


Elijah looked around the dark. “What are we waiting for?”


“It was here. I left them all here.” He pulled in a deep breath. “They’ve walked in this direction.” He started off toward the beach. He’d hoped they’d all be here so Leo could take Elora, and he could carry Elijah. It would take them about an hour to walk to the beach, maybe more since they had to go at Elijah’s pace. He didn’t worry about time, but one hour was one hour more in the cold, and Elijah was already frozen to the bone.


“Sorry. It’s this terrain all the way to the beach.”


Elijah nodded, deflating more. “Okay, let’s go.”


“Are you up for the last bit or do you want to stop and rest?”


“Do you want to rest? You’ve carried Elora for a long time now.”


He glanced down at her, wondering for how long she’d be out. “Nah, she doesn’t weigh much.”


Chapter 60