BRAYDENRing…ring…ring…Ugh…  I roll over on the bed and grab my phone off the nightstand.  A groan slips out of my mouth when I see what time it is.  It isn’t even time to wake up yet.  I should have another hour.  Why?Grumbling under my breath, I put the phone on speaker and practically slam it back down on the nightstand as I grunt, “I still have another hour to sleep.  You should have waited.”Hunter’s cheery voice replies, “I didn’t want to wait.  I miss you.  Plus, you didn’t call last night.”Last night.  Jacob’s words bubble up in my mind while they also slice right through my heart. Luckily, Zack was here to take my mind off of it.  I have to admit, I didn’t think talking to anyone would help, but it did.  I still don’t know why I feel comfortable around him.  Usually, the o

HUNTER The phone call abruptly ends, and I whip my head towards Jacob. Fire shoots from my eyes as I clinch my jaw. “What did you do?! You know how sensitive she is about our mates. She also knows that she isn’t our true mate, and she always puts on a straight face when it is ever mentioned. But you know it is one thing which can hurt her the most.” I take a deep breath while my heart pounds against my chest. “Her biggest fear right now is that we find our mates, and we will toss her to the side and abandoned her, just like her father has done. How could you?! Now, I understand why that jerk Zack was there again. His heart probably couldn’t stand to see her hurt like that, either. I don’t think anyone can.” Jacob shakes his head. “I wasn’t thinking. I was just so pissed about what my father had done. He didn’t even tell me the real reason for the trip. When I found out, I was pissed and came home right away. I don’t keep secrets from Bry. You know that.” My blood b

ZACKMy heart pounds against my chest as I lick the large gash along Brayden’s front leg, which is losing a lot of blood. How he managed to stay up on his feet for as long as he did was a miracle. Luckily, we got to him in time and took care of the rogues.  I don’t want to think what would have happened if we didn’t get a couple of complaints about the patrols not being where they should be. My small group was coming up to one of our patrol areas when Brayden ran past with the rogues, hot on his trail.  Brayden already had cuts all over the front of him with blood streaming down and wasn’t paying any attention to us as he flew by. However, I don’t understand why he didn’t fight them.  Five against one isn’t that bad of odds.  I’ve fought against more at one time.  Plus, I’ve seen him giving pointers to our trainees.  He knows how to fight.&nb

Hunter Alpha Blake’s words slice right through me and my heart rips to pieces. I still haven’t been able to talk to Bry and resolve the issue from earlier. Now, she is lying in a hospital bed, hours away from me, and there isn’t anything I can do. My hand tightens around my phone as my hand drops to my side. My mind goes everywhere, but I don’t know what to do. If it was up to me, I would call our pilot and tell him to get the plane ready for me to go visit her. Driving would take way too much time. However, I’m the alpha of Moon Sun, and even if I want to, I can’t go running off to sit beside Bry as she lays unconscious in some weird hospital room. My heart aches knowing she doesn’t have anyone there with her. As I stare at the wall in front of me, my eyes glisten. The full impact of Alpha Blake’s words hit me hard. My mother’s voice breaks through my haze. “Son, what is wrong? You look like you just lost your mate.” My face scrunches in agony as I bite my lower l

BRAYDEN   I slowly open my eyes and try to stretch, but immediately stop as pain shoots through my entire body.  What happened?  Even if I’m hurt, I seldom wake up with this much pain.  As I look around the room, I quickly realize I’m in a hospital.  Images of the fight flash through my mind while my body remembers everything.  Pain slices right down my back as the memory of the rogue’s claws digging into me and cutting me almost the entire length of my back repeats in my head.  He got me good.  If I wasn’t trying to find someone to call for help, I don’t think I would have slipped up like that.  I glance down at my arms as my memories jolt to the branches, slicing my legs down to the bone.  A cold shiver runs through me.  How did I stay standing for so long?  Then another image suddenly pops into my head of a big black glossy wolf look