The Alpha's Dream-mate

Why did Asta, her beloved twin sister, have to die here, of all the godforsaken places in theUnited States?Maybe she needed a safe silent place to hide from her wicked husband Marcus's brutality,after the forced marriage, Marcus had always hit her and showed her no sign of love.But here in her safe haven, Asta wasn't safe eitherBecause now she had ended up deadAkila saw a figure who looked like her cousin Thaddeus, walking into the woods in his wolfform, but she hoped she was mistakenHe couldn't be so angry with her enough for him to shape shift this close to Silver Town andrisk alerting the Black Lycaon's pack that some brown Lycaons had slipped into theircommunityThere standing in front of the Silver Town Tarvern's door, Akila wanted to turn her back andgo back home but she had to find her sister's killer she couldn't turn back nowShe jarred open the tavern's heavy door, the squaling of the rusty hinges irritated her.Immediately she entered, Five big bearded men all si

She broke eye contact first, her skin now sweaty and her hands were trembling.God, he was more wolf than she was used to dealing with--he was broader-shouldered andtaller. His eyes locked onto hers with sinful determination, no backing down, no compromise.No wonder her sister Asta had fallen for the attention-grabbing Black Lycoan.Akila couldn't help but wonder how a romp with a large wolf like him would feel.But damn if it hadn't gotten Asta killed.Stick with your own kind, that's what her father would have said.No humans, lycoans only. . the brown variety.Every corner of the room remained deathly quiet--no one lifted a mug to take a sip of adrink, no one tried to move a muscle.Swallowing hard, she forced herself to look at Dustin , to see what he was doing now.He stood there still staring at her.She wished the floor would open up to swallow her like mop water on a hot day.She gritted her teeth, raised her glass of water, and took another swig, hoping she wouldn'tinadve

Taking a relaxing breath, Dustin silverback sighed and reminded himself that she wasn't his mate, his mate was dead and there was nothing he could do to being her back to life.She only looked like his deceased wife because he was observing her closely, her face was so small compared to the big cowboy hat she had on and she had a bugged eye, she had on a rose colored glasses, but personality wise, she was so much different from his deceased wife Akila.Except the people of his town already had their minds made up.Akila had returned and they were certain he'd try to mate with her again.Never in a million years, he wasn't going to do that again.His beloved wife had committed suicide , she was unstable and unable to deal with the stress that comes with being the mate of a pack leader, and to make matters worse, she wasn't even one of them in the first place.No, he definitely wouldn't let that happen again.His next mate would be a black, except he wasn't going to pick a mate from his

There was a lot of noise in the tavern, different groups having the same conversation about the arrival of Akila's sister appearing in town when Dustin's phone rang.He removed his phone from his pocket and saw the caller was his brother Mike, upon seeing Mike's cell phone number, he was not surprised, and thought that it was Akila's sister who had already started causing some sort of trouble, afterall she already caused some trouble here at the tarvern. He really hoped she hadn't escaped from him. "Hello, Mike? Why are you calling now?" "You've gotta come really quick!" Mike yelled into the phone, his voice breathless, Dustin could hear the pain in his brother's voice over the phone. "Hey Mike what's wrong? " Dustin jumped up from his chair. "Where are you?" "Shots been fired. There's a shooter out here and I've been hit,near Morgan's bed—" The call was cut off. "There's been gunfire at Morgan's!" Dustin yelled as

She heard his jerks, his gasps, his teeth grinding, his nails rubbing against the metal of his weapon.  Then he moved further away from her position where she was curled up, trying to preserve the energy and warmth of her body, trying to make herself smaller and unnoticeable.Dustin's pack members continued the call, calling Asta's name as they continued searching for her.  She frowned.  How did they not know her name?  Asta must have kept her family a secret so the Black's wouldn't know she already had a wolf pack and a mate.The shooter moved further away from her position which caught her attention and brought her back from her thought, , but he was still too close.The wind suddenly changed direction, and Dustin's brother Lucas called out:   "This way!"She watched for them and almost stopped breathing in anticipation, not to mention the pain had become so intense she could barely concentrate.But her rescuers never came.