***“Shit…” Troy muttered as he swung his legs off his bed and sat up. He looked at his bedside clock and groaned. It was half-past two a.m. and he still hadn’t slept a wink. And all because he couldn’t get a certain grey-eyed hunk out of his mind.Troy had been tossing and turning since he went to bed after visiting Paul. Maybe it was the bed, he thought as he grabbed the bottle of water on his bedside table. But deep down he knew that his restlessness had nothing to do with his bed. He emptied the bottle and then left his room for the living area, recalling the expression on Jeremy’s face when he dropped him off earlier. His brother had looked amused for some reason. As though he thought his decision to sleep at home was silly. Troy was beginning to understand his brother’s silly behaviour. That damn mate mark was messing him up.He went to lie on one of the couches in the living area and stared at nothing. He wished he could simply close his eyes and sleep but thanks to that damn “

***“We can’t have the son of a seasoned warrior looking untrained in a fight.” Philip grinned. “Definitely not my mate.” He gave a mock growl. “But with the way I’m feeling about him right now, I’m not in the position to teach him how to fight. What I want to do to him has nothing to do with…”“Aw shut up, Philip.” Gloria tried hard to suppress her laughter but couldn’t. To say she was impressed by Philip’s self-control was an understatement. But she knew for a fact that the only reason Philip hadn’t yet consummated his mating with her son was his feeling of guilt at that premature marking and the council. “I could train him if you don’t mind.” She shrugged.“I don’t,” Philip said quickly. Apart from the fact that training her son would help Gloria bond more with Troy, his mate would be receiving his training from one of the best…if not the very best warriors that the pack had ever had.A brilliant smile appeared on Gloria’s face. “Thank you, honey. But brace yourself for when you co

***“Alpha Agyemang!” Clara exclaimed with delight when the suave hunky alpha entered the foyer.“Hello, Clara.” Agyemang grinned as Clara threw herself into his arms. “Missed me huh?”“You know I have.” Clara gushed as she took a step back from the alpha and looked up at him with eyes filled with joy. “Why haven’t you been for a visit all this while?”“Sure you had time to receive visitors?” Agyemang drawled. “I mean you lot have been busy fighting battles to save our asses.”“Yeah, we’re wild like that?” Clara purred as she struck a pose that made Agyemang laugh.“Yeah, yeah, yeah is Jeremy upstairs?” The alpha asked as he glanced around. “Philip says…” Agyemang stopped talking, let out an audible gasp, and then went still.“Philip says what?” Clara asked as her eyes followed the direction of the alpha’s. “Oh, this is Paul, Alpha Agyemang.” She said with a smile at Paul who was staring at Agyemang with blatant admiration. “He’s a friend of Troy’s, Alpha Philip’s…”“That’s the friend

***“He’s his mate, Troy,” Philip said gently.“What?” Troy turned to look at Philip. “How do you know?”“I asked A.G. on our link when I saw what was going on.”“I don’t believe him,” Troy growled. “He’s just saying that to save his skin.”Philip had to stop himself from bursting into laughter. He didn’t want to add to Troy’s anger by telling him that Agyemang didn’t need to lie to save his skin at all because he could fuck anyone he wanted once the person gave his or her consent.“You know werewolves sometimes find their mates amongst humans, right?” Philip asked.“Yes but…” Troy relaxed back into the swing and stared ahead. “Did your friend even bother to tell Paul he was his mate before getting into his pants?”“I didn’t ask him,” Philip murmured. “We will know soon enough. But please don’t make Paul feel bad about this.” Philip said softly. “They both clearly got carried away. It happens.” He shrugged. In fact, that was rather the norm but Philip refrained from telling his shaken

***When Troy got to Philip, he leaned over him for a moment, staring into his eyes. Then he threw a leg across Philip’s thighs and then sat on his lap, straddling him. The delighted shouts from the people in the room showed how cool they found that move. Their chants increased as Troy’s gaze lowered to Philip’s mouth. But Troy honestly didn’t know how to go about it. When he felt the nudge in his mind, an indication that Philip wanted to open their mind-link, Troy allowed him in.‘What are you waiting for?’ Philip asked on their mind-link.‘I don’t know what to do.’ Troy muttered.‘Just dig in and take the candy.’ Philip said as he parted his lips.Troy stared at the sexily parted lips of his mate with longing anticipation. The only lips that his had ever touched were Paige’s. And that definitely didn’t count. He wanted so bad to know how Philip’s was going to feel like against his. He leaned in slowly until his lips were on Philip’s surprisingly soft ones, then he closed his eyes. T