Consciousness comes back to me slowly. First it’s the smell. I mixture of cleaning solution, blood, and this amazing smell that reminds me of something that I just can’t recall but makes me feel safe and comforted. Then it’s sound. The soft whoosh of someone walking past my bed, the murmur of voices that I can’t quite catch, the beeping and whirring of machines. Then it’s touch and the feeling of heat along one side of my body. And finally, finally, my eyes flutter open. It takes me a few minutes for my eyes to adjust to the light. When I’m finally able to see, I glance around the room I’m in. It must be evening, because the large halogen lamps above me are blazing. I’m in the medical tent, hooked up to all kinds of IVs and machines. My bed is separated on three sides by large curtains for a semblance of privacy, but you can easily see through the gaps. I try to shift myself into a more comfortable position and immediately notice two things: 1) pain laces through the ri
Liam had no idea of my plan when we arrived at couples housing on base in Germany. Our supervisors know. Base command knows. Hell, seems that the kid that drove us to our house knows. But Liam hasn’t put two and two together. I guess I’m to blame for that. We had agreed that we wouldn’t mark or mate each other until the 6-month timeline was up, and we aren’t even half way there. I think that he was too afraid of what I’d do if he presumed that we were here for the original purposes of these houses. I’ll have to dispel him of those thoughts really quickly. The second that the driver leaves, Liam starts talking. “Little shit! I don’t like how he looked at you - “ But I can’t wait any longer. I pull on his uninjured shoulder, bring his lips to mine and devour him the way I’ve been longing to do since he woke up in the medic tent. Pushing him against the wall, I rip his clothing off of him. He won’t be needing clothes for the rest of the time we’re here anyway. I rub
“I can’t believe that you’re leaving tomorrow, cabrón (asshole)! Who am I gonna show up when pulling ass at the bar?” Elliott shouts across the mess hall, causing an uproar around the room. It was a running joke that between Elliott’s down home, southern, good ol’ boy looks and my exotic Spanish features and accent, the two of us have slept with every male and she-wolf in the camp, including some of the officers. I’m not saying I’m a man-whore. I’m also not, not saying I’m a man-whore. I just really, really like sex. “Idiota (Idiot). You can’t beat me with that gringo accent! Now you’ll at least be someone’s first choice instead of leftovers when I’m occupied,” I call back good-naturedly. Shouts of “Oh, shit!” and “Damn!” are called out while Elliott throws his head back and laughs his ass off. This is something that I’m going to miss when I’m discharged. As part of the explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) unit in the Navy, we are a small and elite group that tend to be dep
“¡Mi niño! Ya estás aquí. ¡! Deja que te mire. ¿Qué te han dado de comer? Te ves tan delgado. ¡Tu abuela y yo tendremos que ponernos a trabajar de inmediato para hacer tus favoritos!” (My baby boy! You're home! Let me look at you. What have they been feeding you? You look so thin. Your grandmother and I will have to set to work right away making your favorites!) I don’t know how such a small woman is able to be so loud and hug me so tight that I’m unable to breathe, but that is my mother’s special gift. The thing is, she’s human. How in the world does she have that much strength? My parents met when Papá was stationed in Spain during his military tour and he found out that she was his mate. Turns out, Mamá’s sister was mated to a wolf as well. Her whole family already knew about wolves when she mated with Papá. Because Papá was the alpha of our pack and Tia Sofia’s (Aunt Sofia) mate is a warrior, he was easily able to convince all of her family to move to the states an
I can’t believe that I’m doing this. I don’t know how Camden got me to agree to this. “Dude, are you sure about this?” I asked. “I promise you it’s gonna be worth it. It’s completely anonymous. And you’ll see if you’re really gay,” my bunkmate says. “I feel like there’s easier ways to do that,” I mumble. “Yeah, but only one is gonna get you laid.” Camden cackles with laughter, but I just swallow hard. I’m not sure if I can really go through with this. Camden is my bunkmate and one of my favorite people. He has been my confidant since boot camp and, since we’re both wolves in intelligence in the Marines, we were deployed together to Germany. He is the only person that I’ve talked to about my sexuality to. See Camden is openly gay. And I have struggled with my sexuality my whole life. It’s not that I’ve ever thought that there was anything wrong with being gay. My family and my pack have always been very accepting and open about wolves that are any sexuality or gen
I might have thought that things would get weird between Camden and me, but he treated me the same way as before. We were buddies, palling around the base together, hanging out off base, and occasionally going back to the sex arcade. It was only there that we touched each other in anything but a platonic way. I’m thankful that I have someone that can teach me the ropes without expecting anything or pushing me. We both know that we have mates out there and anything that we do right now is just for fun. And boy is it fun. But that is coming to an end, unfortunately. At least temporarily. I am being summoned home for the alpha ceremony. Gael Guia, a male a year older than me, will ascend to his title and all pack members not in active war zones are required to come home and swear our loyalty to our new alpha. The powers that be thought that it would be a good time for me to go home and visit my family since I haven’t been home in over a year. “What am I gonna do while you’re g
I’ve just started to get dressed when my wolf begins to go nuts in my head, making my heart feel like it’s going to pound out of its chest. I’m getting ready to welcome a Marine back home. Hakeem Dhib. I remember him from high school. We weren’t friends, but I knew who he was. Always thought he was pretty hot, but I never made a move. I don’t like to shit where I eat, so I didn’t go after any of the wolves in my pack. It’s hard to get them to follow you if they’re pissed that your relationship didn’t go further. So, I left him alone. I can’t tell why my wolf is going insane inside of me. There’s no noise, no scent. Of course, I’m in my suites, which are soundproofed and that makes it difficult to smell other things outside of the room. But when the door to my room is broken down, I sure as hell hear that. I rush out of my room and I’m assaulted with the most delicious scent in the world. I don’t know exactly what the scent is. Something woody and middle eastern. Al
I wake up to a dark room, the moonlight shining through the windows. Gael has one arm wrapped around my waist, the other beneath my neck around my chest, pulling me to him. The pleasant sensation of the fated sparks move up and down my body and his scent surrounds me. It had helped lull me to sleep after hours of making love, but the combination of the sparks and his scent are just turning me on now. We have touched each other in every way possible over the past several hours on every surface of his room. At some point, they had replaced the door to Gael’s suite. We had heard the banging as they hurriedly closed the room up, but we didn’t let it disrupt us. If anything, Gael made me scream louder from my pleasure just to make the workers work faster. This male…Goddess, how was I so lucky to be paired with him. Everything about him is sensual and alluring. Plus, he’s so kind and considerate. An extremely skilled and attentive lover. And he contains so much raw power as the