Novels by Felicia

"I don't want to lose him. I really don't want to lose him." The words slip out of my mouth in a whisper.Through the bathroom door I can see Hayes asleep on the couch, one arm hanging off the cushion and his mouth slightly open.He fell asleep halfway through a movie he picked just to make me laugh.I could tell him. I know I should, because it's the right thing to do. But my mind races ahead to every terrible way it could go, and my breath comes short and tight. What if he walks away? What if he looks at me differently once he knows I'm carrying another man's child? I already lost one man because I decided I knew what he wanted, and I can't survive losing another.I'm not thinking straight. I know it even while it happens, because my heart is pounding so fast.The thoughts keep tumbling over each other, and then, out of nowhere, a terrible idea slides into my head, and I'm too panicked to push it away. If Hayes believes we've already been together, then maybe he'll be willing to sta

Three weeks. That's how long it has been since I disappeared, three weeks since I walked away from a man I swore I would never love, and three weeks of pretending I'm fine.I hate that I still wonder whether he noticed I was gone, and that some stubborn part of me wants him to come looking, and most of all I hate myself for caring.So I decide I need a fresh start, and I need someone new, someone who looks at me and doesn't see a ghost."Okay, so you're coming with me tonight, and I won't take no." Tessa plants herself in the doorway of my room with her arms crossed.I don't look up from the job listings on my laptop. "What is it?""A business mixer downtown. Rich people, free food, lots of contacts who might actually hire someone." She waves the ticket at me, and when I still don't answer, she walks over and snaps my laptop shut. "You've been staring at that screen for three days. Please, Auden. Get out of this apartment before you start talking to the walls."I rub my temple and sig

"You've been acting too comfortable around me." Blaine's voice cuts through the study from somewhere behind me. I turn from the bookshelf with a book still in my hand and frown at him, because I know there was more before that. "Sorry? What was the first part?" My cheeks heat, because this is the fourth time today. Blaine stands in the doorway with his arms crossed, and his face doesn't change at all, though a muscle in his jaw tightens. "I said you've been acting too comfortable." He repeats it slowly and coldly, "You told the kitchen staff what you want for breakfast. You moved the chair in the east room. You're forgetting the rules of this arrangement." I put the book back on the shelf harder than I mean to. "I've followed every rule you gave me. Including the one about never expecting love." His eyes narrow, and he steps into the room with his hands sliding into his pockets. "Then why do you sound so bitter?" "Don't flatter yourself." I laugh, "I know exactly what I am to you

The representative pushes the contract toward me, "If you agree, you'll become his substitute." I stare at him for a long moment, and then I slide the paper straight back. "And there's no expectation that I fall in love with him?" I watch his face closely when I ask, and the corner of his mouth twitches like he's holding back a laugh. "Mr. Auden, our employer isn't interested in love. I assure you of that." He taps the signature line with his pen. That makes it easier, and something loosens in my shoulders. I pick up the pen and sign, "Neither am I." The night before I leave, Tessa helps me with the disguise in our cramped bathroom, and we both pretend it's a normal thing for siblings to do. I'm an Alpha, and so is he, and there's no way I can walk into his house smelling like one. She presses the first patch against the gland at my neck, and the strong scent-blocker burns cold for a moment before it settles. "Hold still." She frowns with her tongue between her teeth and opens th

Look at him. He can't even hear us properly, and you still want to call him an Alpha?" The words cut through the noisy pack meeting, and I didn't need to turn my head to know who had spoken.My uncle, my father's younger brother, the man who had been waiting for my father's grave to settle so he could climb into his chair.I sat at the head of the long table with my hearing aid tucked behind my ear, and I felt every eye in the room slide toward me.Everyone knew I was an Alpha. Everyone also knew I had been half deaf since the accident that killed my mother, and my uncle had decided that was reason enough to take everything from me.An elder named Corwin shifted in his seat, "He can still hear."My uncle let out a short laugh, "Some things. Take that little machine out of his ear and he's practically deaf. So tell me, Corwin, how is an Alpha like that supposed to protect this pack?"My fingers tightened under the table until my knuckles ached. I lifted my chin and kept my voice level.