***POV: Trent***It’s been days and days of searching now and coming up empty. One of the boats went back to The Colony to print up flyers with a picture of Amara to put up next to our survivors’ lists in every city and town. I don’t have high hopes for it, but it does offer a reward for finding her alive and includes instructions for leaving a message on the flyer. I do worry what the humans will think of seeing something like a printed flyer with a photo on it. This is something they think is no longer possible. We can’t worry about that. We must use every resource we have to find my future mate and my heir. It is a long shot, but I have to try everything. If it wasn’t for the fact that Alpha Carlos had not felt her tether to him snap, there is no way all these wolves would still be willing to go through all of this effort for one girl, future alpha or not.Days keep passing when we finally get a break. We find her family’s boat at the docks located near the camp that Heather met m

***POV:Cyrus***Finishing up getting myself ready to take Violet out, I am more nervous than I expected to be. It actually feels like this may be the most nervous I have been about a woman. It’s not like I am inexperienced, a bit rusty and out of practice perhaps, but definitely not new to the game. I got around in my younger days more than most, before the world came to a stop. After all that went down, my priorities changed, and hooking up randomly just seemed pointless. I needed more. There was no need to waste time on the wrong people. Violet is everything but wrong, she is all things that are right, she has all the potential for more.I am wearing a tight-fitting cream-colored V-neck t-shirt, and some dark jeans. Trying to go for casual but put together so she knows I made an effort for her. I even put some cologne on, I cannot recall the last time I did that. Not much call for cologne in the apocalypse, I laugh to myself. I walk out of my apartment, going through a mental checkl

***POV:Amara***Sitting on the porch, letting myself slip further and further into relaxation, watching the sunset over the water. Suddenly I see Cole coming towards the house from the barn in nothing but a towel. Is it possible that I have now devolved into full on delusions about the man? He looks dangerous, he is practically naked and within my reach. I can’t make myself look away. His body rivals that of an alpha wolf, he is tall, well built, and super defined. He has a few tattoos and a beautiful golden tan. Perfection.He stops at the top of the porch steps, looking glorious with the light behind him, making his skin glisten even more. I may be drooling at this point. Kylah, that hussy of a wolf of mine isn’t helping matters at all. She is fighting for control and wants to come out and play with this beautiful man in front of me.He gives me a self-assured sexy smile, opens those full lips, and says “Amara.”I stare open mouthed and can barely manage a response. “Cole.”He smile

***POV:Cyrus***This evening has gone off without a hitch. Violet is everything a man could want and more and she has been right under my nose this whole time. As we finish dessert I reach across the table and take hold of her hand. The conversation between us tonight has been so easy, and effortless. I don’t want the evening to end, I don’t want to go back to reality.“Violet, thank you for agreeing to go out with me. Tonight, has been perfect and exactly what I needed.” I saw earnestly.She smiles, her eyes lighting up. “I know what you mean, I feel the same way. I don’t want this night to be over.”“Who says it has to be?”“Cyrus, a little presumptuous, are we?”“What? No! That’s not what I meant at all.” I blush. How embarrassing. I feel like an awkward teenage boy.She laughs, the sound delighting me. “I know, I just had to tease you.”“A tease are you?”She blushes. “I guess I deserved that.” She takes her hand and gently strokes the back of mine. “Well then, what do you suggest

***POV:Cole***What the hell was I thinking, kissing her like that? She was vulnerable, open, completely exposed to me, and I immediately attack her. What must she be thinking? It’s been hours since it happened, and we are back on the boat heading home. I can’t even look at her. I am so embarrassed by my lack of control, but there is something about her that makes her completely irresistible to me. It’s like she calls to my soul in a way I have never felt before. I don’t know what to do with this, all these feelings that she is sparking. I wasn’t ready or willing to open that part of my heart again. It seems that whether I am ready or not, she is coming through.I sneak a sideways glance at her, she is at the back of the boat. Wind in her hair and looking gorgeous. Now that I know why she is broken, everything makes more sense. I get why she wants to stay with us and why she wants space. I know what if I don’t keep my distance, I might push her to leave before she is ready to go back