I nodded, but Amy didn’t agree as quickly. “Is he like you?”Atlas’s eyes filled with flames. “Nobody is like me.”“Right.” She rolled her eyes. “Let’s go, then. We have a wolf to resurrect.”When I got out of the jeep, my knees buckled, and I had to hold myself up with the door. Apparently, sitting in the same seat for eighteen hours wasn’t good for one’s legs.Amy leapt from the back and wobbled, too. She shrugged sheepishly. “Opening a portal takes a lot of energy out of me, which is why I didn’t offer to do it before, but it’s fine now that I know I’ll get the chance to rest.” She glanced around and nodded toward where we could hear people and music. “Are we going to have privacy?”Atlas nodded as he came around the front of the jeep. “When I texted Clayson earlier, he assured me that we wouldn’t be bothered as long as we stayed in the construction section and used the forest area out back while the show was going.”Great. Nobody would get to witness my body being torn to shreds a

The green flames that were already present turned to a dark emerald, and my wolf’s body grew from four feet in height to six feet. Without needing to see them for myself, I knew his eyes would be ebony and the previously silver fur would be like burnt charcoal.I focused on our surroundings, stretching my energy as a way to expunge more of it. My Bear wasn’t the only one who needed to be let out on occasion. If I didn’t use my demon side, then there were often repercussions like murderous rages and I avoided those at all costs. So far, I’d been successful.I wouldn’t be my father. I could control the bleaker side of myself. I was stronger than the demon blood flowing through me.My darker powers locked on to Elena’s sleeping form, even from miles away. They could taste her innocence and the connection we shared. The temptations we both seemed to be feeling and the need to claim her as mine all grew by the second.I pictured her crimson lips, sun-kissed skin, wide eyes…and those tits t

“Do you know anyone who can get us an in?” I asked, hating that this would be the second favor I’d owe him if he did.Thankfully or maybe not so much he shook his head. “Anyone trustworthy there is fighting their own battles. They don’t have time for anything else. Or they’re in hiding, doing their best to keep their families safe.” He paused and looked me square in the eyes. “You’re going to be on your own.”Why was I not surprised to hear that?“I need to get back to the apartment,” I said. “I’m not sure if I’ll see you before we leave. I don’t want to stay long enough for anyone who doesn’t need to know to find out where we are and bring trouble to your front door.”Clayson reached a hand toward me. “Appreciated. Let me know how things work out.”“Will do.” I accepted the shake, then he went walking back toward his men.I’d been gone for a couple of hours. Hopefully, that was enough time for Elena to sleep, because it was time for us to find her wolf.ELENAWhen I woke up from my m

He kissed my mouth, searing his lips to mine.I could hardly breathe from just his touch. I needed to know what more would feel like. More in any capacity.I just needed him to release the pent-up energy that was warring inside me.Shamelessly, I rubbed against him, hoping he’d get the point without me having to feel like I was begging, but I wasn’t opposed to that if it was the only way to get what I needed.He was frozen for a few seconds after I’d answered his questions, but then he came at me with a ferocity that hadn’t been there before.The grip around my neck got tighter, the pressure of his hard lips on mine increased, and I swore my back was going to leave an indent in the drywall if we stayed where we were.I reached my hands between us, trying to get at the button on his pants, but he moved us so quickly that I had to suck in a breath from the swift movements.Before I knew it, we were on the mattress with a sheet and a thin blanket underneath my back. He boxed me in just l

When her bear appeared, she was around four-and-a-half feet tall larger than most females and a dark charcoal color.The faint white I’d seen before seemed to flicker around her, but then it fizzled out. I didn’t know what that meant, but the fact that she could shift on her first try was what I focused on.Until I had the sudden desire to bow before her.What the fuck?I thought.I kept her Bear’s gaze and stepped forward with my hand out.She eyed me suspiciously, not nearly as submissive as her human half. A low growl rumbled from her chest, and I paused my movements.“Elena,” I warned.If she couldn’t keep control of her wolf, we were going to have an even bigger problem on our hands. I hadn’t considered the ramifications of forcing her first shift when she didn’t have an alpha, but as the minutes ticked by, the beast settled.Do you want to run?” I asked, making sure to remain bigger and more in control than the she-Bear, even though a part of me still wanted to avert my eyes when