“My name is Ethan, the Alpha of the Desert Moon pack,” he says like it isn’t a big deal. He’s the Alpha of this pack? Hearing him say Alpha, I automatically think of Shane. Thinking of him watching us here together like this scares me to my core. Is he watching us? Is he angry? Pulling my hands together, I fold my hands to try and stop the shaking. Think Adea, think! What do I do? He takes a step towards me and without thinking I take a step back. “Don’t be afraid of him Adea! He’s ours. The Goddess made him for us,” the voice whines, and I can see her mentally pacing. I shake my head, “No, we don’t know him. This comfort we feel from him and this pull to him is all the mate bond!” Why can’t she see this? We can’t trust whatever this is. My wolf whines in my head, “That’s not true!” I can feel her desperation like it were my own but I know that her feelings ar

Someone steps in front of me, blocking my view, his eyes are filled with concern. A warm jacket drops around my shoulders. A shiver runs down my back when he embraces me but I don't feel scared. I jump when a low growl snaps me out of it. Thoughts of what almost happened to me keep replaying in my head cause my throat to constrict. I'm gasping for breath when a soothing voice tells me I'm okay.  His hand slowly pats my back and his other hand holds my hair until my breathing slows. He pulls down my dress and dabs at my tears. I can hear a loud thud followed by another. Soon the thud makes a crunching noise.  "Give me my mate," my savior says in a low voice. "With all due respect, Alpha, I think my friend needs tending to. Her girlfriends and I will take her to her room, while you clean yourself up." The voice belongs to Gabe and I lean into his embrace. "She's like my little sister and I think your appearance right now would scare her,"

Adea His hand is on my waist as we walk down the hall. Little tingles shooting up my side where his hand rests. Gabe’s door opens before we get to the elevator. When he steps out, I notice he looks tired, like he hasn’t slept all night. He walks over to me and gives me one of his big bear hugs. “You okay?” “Y-” I’m cut off by a low menacing growl. Gabe and I both look behind me to see Ethan glaring at Gabe’s arms around me. Gabe’s eyes widen in understanding and he lifts his hands in the air. Inhaling, Ethan cracks his neck, before closing his eyes. “I’ve just found my mate and we have little restraint when it comes to … unmated males touching what is ours.” Opening his eyes, Ethan presses the button on the elevator. “I understand, Alpha,” Gabe says with a bow. Ethan gets into the eleva

Odis Friendship is what kept me here, Ethan has never told me to stay but I’ve always known that he needs me. I’ve always loved him like a brother, sometimes I wondered what made me feel this way. Deep down, I already knew. It was this friendship, this family that I found here at Desert Moon that kept me here. Ethan and I grew up the same way. Always alone, taking the grunt of life. When he rose up and took over, I knew I had nowhere else to be than by his side. When he first started bedding women, I knew his wolf wasn’t happy. I knew Alpha Ethan wasn’t happy about it but he would never say it. He says they were just nameless faces used to scratch an itch… Alpha has … particular tastes and I know he wasn’t sure that his mate would be someone who could take what he had to give. I know he says he doesn’t want a mate and that she would just be used to strengthen the pack but I know that he wants a mate.

A smile spreads across Olivia’s face and her glowing eyes look past me locked on Gabe. Her eyes trail down his body and slowly drag up to his face. Looking back at Gabe I see a look of utter shock in his eyes. His crooked smile is nowhere to be found and he’s surprisingly quiet and doesn’t move. Olivia stands up and glides over to Gabe hesitantly. Her head cocks to the right as she stares up at him curiously. Gabe blinks and I think realization finally dawns on him because in a flash he’s got Olivia pinned up against the opposite wall. He’s got her body pinned against his own and her hands up above her head. He leans his head down to her neck and inhales deeply. Olivia offers him her neck and Gabe’s tongue comes out and licks up her neck. At that moment a cough behind us has us turning around. Alpha Ethan is standing in the doorway looking at the scene in front of us. I look over to Odis and see a look on his