Novels by Adejoke Azeez

Chapter 4: Face to FaceFreya's PovI stood at the top of the stairs, my hands on the railing, trying so hard to muster the courage to stand.Downstairs in the kitchen, sounds came up, pack members sitting down for dinner, sound of laughter echoing through the house, the cozy noise of family. It had the smell of home: Catherine's lasagna, fresh bread, and the familiar scent of wolves that I'd grown up with.It was all familiar.All but the fact that my heart was attempting to beat itself free of my body."You're beautiful," Evie told me, her fingers tightening around my hand. "Stop procrastinating. It's just dinner."Just dinner. Yeah.I smoothed my blue dress again and pushed myself forward. Every step down felt monumental, as if I were going somewhere I had no choice but to follow through on.The dining room was full. Marcus sat at one end of the massive oak table, Catherine dashing between the kitchen and dining room. Henry, Dane's Beta, was there with his mate. A handful of pack m

Chapter 3: Old room, New feelingFreya's POVMy old room was exactly as I remembered, and yet it felt entirely different.The same pale purple walls I'd begged Catherine to let me paint when I was thirteen was still there. The same set of white furniture dresser, desk, bookshelf filled with romance novels and fantasy novels. The same bay window with the cushioned seat where I'd read for hours and watched the pack training in the clearing below.But it was smaller now. Or maybe I had grown."I don't think you saved it all," I replied, running my fingers across the spines of my books as Evie fell dramatically onto my bed."No one was allowed to touch it. She said you'd be back." Evie said propped herself up on her elbows, smiling. "She was right. She's always right. It's annoying."I laughed, opening my suitcase and starting to unpack. "Some things never change.""And some things change completely." Evie's tone had altered, sounding more serious. "You're different, Freya. You look more

Chapter 2: The Shadow of the AlphaDANE'S POVI felt her before I spotted her.The moment Freya set foot on the pack's territory, every nerve end in my body went crazy as if someone had doused me with gasoline. My wolf surged forward, ripping at my restraint like a maniac. I'd never experienced anything like it in my twenty six years.Mate. Mate. Mate."No," I snarled at the monster within me, holding tight to the corner of my desk hard enough that wood splintered under my grasp. "She's not, she can't be..."But my wolf cared not for reason, or for logic or for the fact that I'd acted like she's my little sister. He cared only for one thing: the thrum of the mate bond singing in my veins, beckoning me to her like a beacon in the dark.I'd been getting ready for weeks. Since Mom had informed me that Freya was returning home, I'd been preparing myself, hoping that the odd dreams I'd been having were mere fantasy.Dreams of gray eyes and soft curves. Dreams of marking and claiming and ma

Chapter 1: HomeFreya's POVThe road stretched out, mile after mile, taking me back to the only home I'd ever known. It had been five long years. Five years since I'd left the Blackwood land to pursue my education in the human world.My fingers tapping on the steering wheel once more, something I do whenever I'm nervous. Those familiar landmarks were there. That battered old gas station where Marcus would take me for candy. The diner, where Catherine taught me to love pancakes. That all but illegible sign that had once announced, "Welcome to Pinehaven" the small town they owned.Home.My phone buzzed in the cup holder, and I glanced down to see Evie's name flashing across the screen. I pressed the speakers button."Please tell me you're about to arrive!" She said seething with anticipation over the car speakers"Me too, I've just sat here gazing out at the driveway like a complete physco for hours. Marcus is worried about my sanity I laughed, my chest warmed by the sound of my best fr