Tara Landon has never experienced love–even worse–she’s endured a lifetime of beatings. After reaching her breaking point, she decides to run away to start a new life without anyone pinning her down or holding her back. 

However, not far into her journey, she is intercepted by soon-to-be alpha Victor Bane, a brooding, mysterious, emerald-eyed man. The thought of him scares Tara as much as it arouses her. 

She doesn’t think much of the encounter until she learns that…oh, she’s destined to be Luna of Victor’s pack. The freedom she sought is quickly ripped away from her and she must make a decision: to accept or reject her fated mate.

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“I have you for a lifetime, Tara. I can be patient,” he relayed with an erotic moan.

He looked me in the eyes, as I gestured for him to unbutton my blouse. I whispered, “You might be patient, Victor. But, it isn’t polite to keep a woman waiting.”

“What will it take for you to say yes?” he asked lustfully.

“Something you can’t give.”

The Alpha and His Outlander Luna

It was like a domino effect. The moment my eyes saw the blood on my hands that I had coughed up, and the moment my brain recognized it as blood, it was like I was pushed back to those what felt like ancient memories. I could feel the wind on my skin, the air and the smell of the lake on my naked body. 


I felt cold as soon as I realized that Victor wasn’t laying beside me like he had been the night before when I fell asleep. My muscles constricted on themselves, and I vomited again, blood caking my hands as tears began to fall. I tried to remind myself where I was, that I wasn’t back at First Moon, that I wasn’t at that lake, but home with my family, in Lycosidae.


But the blood on my hands now was very, very real.


“Jack,” I gasped out, calling out to him as I tried to make sense of what was happening. “What’s happening? The tonic—it’s not working. Jack it hurts. I can’t, it hurts! Please! Make it stop!” 


“Okay,” he called out to me, or maybe he wasn’t. 


Chapter 153: A Tonic Malfunctioning