INICIAR SESIÓNShe glanced over her shoulder. Sure enough it was Blake in a costume identical to the one Kane had on. She knew she’d worn a face mask, but how did they not recognize her? Of course. They’d never really seen her like this. Without her glasses, and the last time she’d seen the two of them was years ago when she was in college. Back then she’d hidden behind big long dresses and sweats. It was only a few years ago that she’d changed her whole way of dressing to blend with her personality.“You’re Blake,” she breathed as the two men crowded around her.Kane removed his face mask and sniffed. His brows dropped down in a frown.“I can’t scent you.”Blake touched her arm and goose bumps broke over her skin. She glanced at him and watched him inhale.“I can’t either.”“You’re not supposed to scent me,” she said, her voice growing huskier. “You’re supposed to follow your instinct.” She fed them the same line Gerri had given her.It was like her biggest fantasy came true. Blake and Kane. Both
Dani pushed the mask higher on her face and winced. A masquerade ball blind date. This was what she’d allowed herself to be talked into. All to meet a man that might be the one for her. When Gerri mentioned her annual ball would be the place she’d meet her date, she hadn’t given it much thought. But now that she wore the zipped up tight red corset with leather accents and a short black bustle skirt that showed off her thigh highs, she wondered if she’d lost her mind. Probably. Okay, not probably, definitely.Lord help her when she had to go to the bathroom. She’d have to ask someone for help. Why did she let her neighbor and good friend make the damn thing so tight she felt like her boobs were going to pop out at any second and flash the party a big hello? She’d wanted to feel sexy. And she had, until she reached the front door of the massive mansion in the woods.The place was huge with expensive cars lined up along a circular driveway. She pulled the short red cape around her shou
He thought about it for a moment.“We’ll go to another town and search for a woman. No more putting me off on that.”Blake sighed.“Fine. We’ll search elsewhere. Although that alone can give us problems with some of the pack women. Not to mention the men.”“I’m the Alpha. I don’t care what anyone thinks. If they have a problem they can come to me. By the way, did Marcos call you?” He remembered his good friend’s request for them to keep an eye on his baby sister.“Yeah. Check on Dani and all that.” Blake frowned. “I feel like we haven’t seen her in years.”“That’s because we haven’t. She went off to college. Came back and has been living in a library ever since.”“She lives in a library?” Blake asked, looking confused.“Not literally. She works there.” He remembered Daniella. She’d always been shy as a kid. And he also remembered she liked both him and Blake. More than she should have, considering how young she was. Back then he’d been hell-bent on ignoring her and any attraction he f
Kane swung the axe into the piece of wood, splitting it in half without much effort.“Hello, darling,” his mother called out from his kitchen entrance. He knew she loved to visit since she considered him to be a loner. Though his Omega, Blake, lived next door, they wouldn’t share a home until they had a mate to bring them together.“Hello, Mother,” he said, swinging his axe again on the final piece of wood. He wiped his brow with the back of his hand and turned to glance at her.“Come inside. I’ll make you some lunch and we can talk,” she said, her smile wide with enthusiasm.That couldn’t possibly be good. His mother had been trying to push him and Blake to accept one of the women in the pack as a mate, but she knew the rules. Their animals had to be in agreement that whoever the female they ended up with was right. And right didn’t just mean appeal sexually. She had to appeal to the human and animal sides. She’d have to bring a link to make the Triad strong and the Alpha set unique.
“What are you doing here? You and I both know your cake can kick mine in the ass.” Aurelis smiled.“Child, please. We both know cake is like beauty. Different preferences for different people.” Mrs. Wilder eyed Dani with interest. “You must be Daniella.”She smiled wide. How the woman knew her, she couldn’t know but her best guess was that Aurelis had mentioned her lunchtime visits. “I am. Let me start off by saying that whatever you’ve heard is probably true but was either done under the influence of too much or not enough liquor.”Mrs. Wilder broke into laughter. “I like her.”“Uh-oh,” Aurelis said. “That’s never a good sign.”“That’s not true.” Dani winked at her friend. “What if Mrs. Wilder has a super-hot son she wants to hook me up with? She’ll change her mind listening to you.”Mrs. Wilder raised a brow. “Please, call me Gerri.”“And she probably can hook you up with a sexy guy, but I don’t think she has a son. Do you, Gerri?” Aurelis asked.“I don’t. Sadly, my husband and I ne
Daniella Flores glanced around the library she worked at and sighed. She pushed her glasses above her head and scrubbed her eyes. Another boring day in the life of a librarian. Stacks of romance books sat on her desk. As an avid reader, she tended to get lost in the love between the pages of a good book. Hell, might as well. Not like her love life was seeing any mileage.Her cell phone buzzed and she immediately snatched it up, hoping that something interesting was going on with somebody she knew. The last thing she wanted was to sit there and field calls for her brother, Marcos.Sure enough. A glance at her screen told her it was her brother texting.Call me.Wow. A man of so many words. Not.She left her assistant watching the empty library and walked outside. The main street in Red Valley was unusually quiet for the middle of the day.She dialed her brother and slowly strolled down to the bakery next to the library. Already the scent of fresh baked cookies and scones made her mouth







