***“Where are you going?” Troy asked breathlessly as he watched Philip zipping himself up. Every inch of his body throbbed with wanting.“Out,” Philip responded gruffly. “Something came up.” He grabbed his cell phone off the table and slipped it into his pocket. “If you try to link up and I don’t respond, then I’m out of the pack house. Get in touch on my phone.”He started to leave the bedroom but paused at the door and turned around to look at Troy. Philip didn’t think he’d seen a more desirable person. Troy’s flawless body, those blue lust-filled eyes, the way his kiss-swollen lips trembled slightly, his flushed face…“Fuck…” Philip groaned. On the outside, the alpha looked composed but on the inside, his blood raced like mad. He would have loved nothing more than to get back in that bed and work that sexy body until they both passed out from excessive bliss. But in a way, he thought that message from Jeremy couldn’t have come at a more appropriate time. “Will you be okay?”Troy m

***“Come with me, child.” The white-haired man repeated. “They will kill you if you remain here. They don’t appreciate the gift that you have.” Then he’d turned to her angry and confused-looking father. “What you should have done was nurture her gift, help her channel it well. She doesn’t even know what she has. You fools don’t even know what she can do for you. And yet instead of finding out and helping her, you’re willing to take her life. Come, Mary.”“No…” Her mother had screamed. “Leave my daughter for me.”“And are you sure you can protect her?” The man had asked. “Those men were ready to burn her alive at your husband’s command. Think you can stop all these people?”Mary’s mother had looked around with tears streaming down her cheeks and shaken her head sadly.“Your daughter will be better off with me. At least you can be assured that she will be alive. And I’m going to help her develop the beautiful gift she has…which is going to start right now.” The man had pulled Mary to h

***As he sped home like a maniac, all Philip could picture was Troy’s face as he shot that load. The way he’d bitten his lower lip as his body trembled in orgasmic pleasure…“The little prick,” Philip muttered as grabbed his cell phone and slipped it into the phone stand on his dashboard. Then he clicked on the video and watched as he drove. He was so hard.Philip always made sure he got Troy off whenever he needed release so he didn’t understand why the boy was trying to push his buttons. Paul clearly had something to do with that, Philip scowled. Those two boys were obviously on a mission to get him to lose control. Troy knew how much those raunchy pictures he’d been sending to him whenever he wasn’t around, drove him nuts. He always either called or messaged Troy immediately after he got those pictures to tell him just how sexy he thought he was and how hot he was for him.And after what had transpired between them a week earlier in that boutique, Troy knew what seeing that video

***“You’re angry,” Troy murmured as he left the bed and moved towards his mate. When he got to him, he moved onto Philip’s lap to straddle him. “What’s wrong?” Troy buried his face against Philip’s neck and breathed him in as he waited for him to speak. He couldn’t stop the moan which rumbled within his chest at his mate’s unique, sweet and intoxicating scent. All it took was a whiff of Philip’s scent to get him sexually charged. He pressed a kiss against Philip’s neck and then sat up. “Tell me why you’re angry.” He demanded as he started unbuttoning Philip’s shirt. But Philip said nothing.Troy unbuttoned Philip’s shirt and drew it apart to reveal perfect washboard abs and a sexy six-pack. He felt his mouth water as his body responded instinctively to the sight of his mate's hot body. His hungry eyes followed the dusting of dark hair over Philip’s chest which arrowed down into a thin line that disappeared into his pants. Troy felt himself moving to kneel between Philip’s spread legs

***“Troy?” Philip rasped but his mate quietly walked past him to the vanity where he picked up his toothbrush.With a sigh, Philip shrugged out of his robe and entered the shower. It was hands-down his quickest shower, Philip thought as he got out and toweled himself. Clad in a towel with the upper part of his body sexily on display, Philip went back to the bedroom. He frowned when he didn’t see Troy in the bedroom.“Troy?” Philip called out as he continued to the living room. “Troy, please…” He gasped when he saw his mate walking towards the door. Philip broke into a run and got to Troy just as he opened the door. “Please don’t go, baby.” Philip rasped as he pushed the door close and wrapped his arms around Troy’s waist from behind.“I really need to get out of here.” Troy croaked, struggling against Philip but his strength was nowhere near that of the alpha’s.“I’ll let you go. I just need to talk to you first.” Philip muttered against the back of Troy’s neck.“I think you’ve alrea