Novels by Vera Solace

CHAPTER 4: A Shot of ConfidenceAllison's POVHe looked like he’d just seen a ghost.. my ghost. A slow cold smile touched my lips. This was too good.“Be careful, Derek Boyega,” I said, my voice cutting through the corporate murmur. “You look like you just shit your pants.”A wave of low rumbling chuckles traveled around the huge table. Executives and investors, all men who thought they were sharks were now laughing at my joke. At his expense.Derek’s head snapped toward the sound, his famous temper flashing in his eyes as he gave them all a furious glare. It was like music to me. He finally slumped into a seat with his whole body tense with confusion. Mission accomplished.I let myself enjoy it for exactly three more seconds enjoying the satisfaction of seeing him so thrown.. so completely off his game. Then I pushed him out of my mind. He was a relic.. today was about the future.“Now,” I said, clicking the button for my presentation. “Let’s talk about unbreakable code.”***An hou

CHAPTER 3: A Scent on the WindAllison's POVI picked up the pace, my heart starting to pound against my ribs.. not from fear, not yet. It was from pure rage. Was I not allowed one single minute to fall apart in peace? Was the universe this much of a dick?The footsteps sped up to match mine and then the smell hit me clearly.. unwashed bodies, alcohol and the distinct feral musk of rogue wolf and not one.. multiple.Oh, hell no!I stopped dead. Screw this..! I was done running. I spun around, facing the darkness with my voice in a low snarl. “Alright, you creepy bastard! If you're gonna follow me, how about you get out here and do it like men! Or are you just into watching?”For a second, nothing. Then the shadows moved revealing three figures. They slunk out onto the road like the mangy mutts they were with dirty jeans, grimy shirts and eyes glowing with a drunk mean hunger.“Well, well.” the one in the middle slurred, a nasty grin spreading across his face. “Looks like we got ours

CHAPTER 2: The Long, Dark Road to NowhereAllison's POVFor a second, the world just… stopped and the sound of my own heart screaming in my ears was the only thing I could hear.Theo. My baby. My whole world. He was hugging her leg and did he just called her Mommy?!He hadn’t even looked at me.My brain scrambled, trying to find a logical explanation where there was none. This wasn't just my husband banging some red hair in our bed. This was something else.l entirely.. This had to be dark fucked-up magic!“Theo?” The word came out as a broken whisper and I cleared my throat, forcing strength I didn’t have into my voice. “Baby, come to Mommy.”He finally looked over at me and my hope shattered..! His little face, usually so full of light and love for me, was blank. Worse than blank. It was confused and wary like I was a stranger who’d just yelled at him.He buried his face deeper into Victoria’s thigh. Her hand came down, stroking his hair with a possessiveness that made my wolf snarl

CHAPTER 1: The Day Shit Hit The FanAllison's POVI never thought I'd live to see the day I'll catch my own husband fucking another lady…!The automatic doors of ‘SuperMart’ hissed shut behind me, cutting off the blast of chilly air conditioning. I shifted the heavy grocery bags in my arms and sighed. “You know, kiddo,” I said to the little guy struggling with a bag full of his favorite dinosaur-shaped chicken nuggets. “I never thought my life would come to this.”Theo, my five-year-old, looked up at me, his big serious eyes a perfect copy of his father’s. “What, Mommy? Buying nuggets?”I laughed genuinely. “No, baby. Something else. Something… darker.” He just blinked, not getting it. Of course he didn’t. He was perfect.. a perfect handsome little copy of Derek, right down to the stubborn set of his jaw. The future Alpha of the New York pack, everyone said.. my greatest achievement.My smile faded as I thought about his father.. my husband and my mate. The word felt like a joke n