For his twenty-fifth birthday, Alec Savage gets the gift of a lifetime -- the chance to meet his father for the very first time. What he finds upon his arrival in Washington, DC, however, is not what he expects. A smashed window. An empty house. A scrawled note with his name and a phone number on it. Panicked, he dials the number and talks to an uncle he never knew he had, one who insists Alec is in danger if he stays in the house. That’s when everything starts to get weird.<br><br>Within minutes, he’s teleported all the way to nowhere Montana, in the company of the most gorgeous guy he’s ever seen, hearing about how he’s the latest mage in the Savage line. Alec doesn’t want to believe Rowan Bouchard, but it’s hard to argue with the reality of his new snowbound location or the confirmation from the uncle who greets him. He even thinks staying on the estate while they hunt for his dad won’t be so bad if he’s got Rowan as eye candy.<br><br>Except Rowan is more than that. He’s a shifter, the most beautiful black panther Alec could imagine. And according to his Uncle Martin, he’s now Alec’s familiar too ...

Savage Estate

Will turned his back on the stark landscape and perched on the edge of the window seat. &ldquo;You know why I left?&rdquo;


&ldquo;I know you did it because you thought you had to protect me and Mom.&rdquo;


His jaw hardened. &ldquo;Everything I&rsquo;ve done since that night has been to protect you two.&rdquo;


&ldquo;But from what?&rdquo; He was tired of these vague enemies they were supposed to have. As easy as it was to accept that all of this was real, without some concrete answers, he couldn&rsquo;t see a reason why they had to waste so much time hiding. &ldquo;Uncle Martin makes it sound like he knew who might be after you, but he said you never found the people who killed your parents. Why wouldn&rsquo;t you want to bring them to justice for what they did?&rdquo;


Chapter 32