I start to cry again. It’s all I’ve been doing aside from all of the research. Somehow, it’s become my second nature. I don’t stop myself from letting tears stream down my face. I don’t think I can, anyway.  Somehow, it’s like the pain and heartbreak has been embedded inside of me and all of the tears come out without stopping.  “Keira!” I hear my name called out just right after the sound of a door being forced open.  When I look up, it’s Titus. Though I can barely make him out as my eyes are blurry from all the tears, I could sense his presence and I could smell his strong scent.  Funny how I found my mate, someone I thought had long stopped

River Colden Two Hours Ago “What am I doing here?” Skye asked the second he swung open the door to my office and he leaned against the doorframe, glaring at me. “It’s nice to see you too, little brother. Sit down.” I gestured to the seat in front of me, but he merely raised an eyebrow at me. “I don’t listen to your orders.” He huffed before looking away. God damn it. I would use my Alpha tone on him, but I don’t really have the time nor the patience. Plus, I needed to be on his good side for this. I’m tired and jetlagged from my flight, but if not now there was no other chance to get this done so I might as well get this over with. “Fine. Do whatever you want. Just hear me out. I didn’t call for you to fight with you, Skye. I…” I cleared my throat and pushed myself to say it. “I need your help.” In all six years of me as Alpha, I’ve never asked anyone for help. Sure, my Beta and Gamma come in from time to time, but that was their job. They’re there to guide me to protect a

It was a quarter to nine o’clock. Usually by this time I would either be in bed with Neo to tell him a good night story or pushing him to quickly wash up so he could go to bed during days he would overplay sometimes.  Right now though, I was all alone on his bed, holding the last book I was telling him the story of, and trying my best not to have another god-awful breakdown.  Safe to say, I was doing fairly terribly at it. I crouched into a fetal position and tightly held on to his pillow in between my thighs. It still smelled like him – coconut and vanilla. He had chosen the shampoo and soap when we were in the grocery once. He had always been in love with the beach so when he saw the shampoo set, he begged me for it endlessly. &nbs

Titus Bane He’s been staring at me since we stepped out of the car and started surveying the resort. I can feel his eyes digging into me from behind and if I didn’t know any better, I would feel intimidated. But I did, and one of those was the fact that pretty boy doesn’t and never will have any effect on me. Three days ago, this place was filled with wolves, but because I couldn’t exactly keep it that way even with my connections, the Phoenix resort where Neo disappeared that night was back in business.  Humans roamed around the place normally, some bikini-clad women were even eyeing us up and down, and frankly, I was surprised Zane didn’t seem to care about women flirting with him. He looked like the type to play around. Maybe I had misjudged him a little too

Relief was an understatement when we found out that things were finally looking up to us, that the chances of finding Neo were at least at ninety percent now. But at the same time, worry and anxiety still coursed through my every vein and I couldn’t sit still even if I wanted to. Three places, Titus said. There were only three probable places that she could go based on her map and they were all abandoned. Completely far away from likely any civilians and it’s that thought that terrified me the most. Though I expected it to be such, having confirmation of it scared me further. Thinking about how she could bring my little boy all the way to somewhere secluded where no one would hear him; his cries for help, his screams from pain. Oh goddess, I don’t even want to think about it. “It’s alright, K. They’ll find him soon.” Zane said comfortingly as he rubbed my back in circles, like he knew exactly what I was thinking. “Do you have tea around here? Chamomile? You know I whip up the