Briar After my impromptu day off, I spent the next day looking over what Lacy brought me from the South Sand Pack. I also spent the morning listening to her gush about her mate. She was absolutely smitten with the woman she was fated to be with. I was happy for her, but I was also getting a little jealous of all the love going around and skipping over me. I was ready to have someone at my side even if I was only nineteen. This morning I was in my office as usual as I looked at the sales numbers on my computer. I needed to drive sales a little more with the company and the best way to do that was with a good marketing team. Marketing was the only way to get anything out there to the masses, plus the right platform outlet would help tremendously. Social media seemed to be the only way to get people's attention anymore. I pulled up my emails, knowing that I had someone reach out to me about marketing about a month ago. I needed to really dive into their information and see w

Jasper I just got off the phone with Briar. He found his mate and that meant that mine was right around the corner. I had dreamed of this moment for the past year and that was the whole reason I was out here. No one knew that other than Thief. I wanted to keep it that way for a while. I had my reasons. I got back in my truck at the gas station that I pulled into so I could talk to Briar in private. Corbin was in the passenger seat texting on his phone, so he wasn’t paying too much attention to me. I knew that any conversation with my family right now needed to be private because of werewolf business. This would be our last rodeo together, and it was a little bittersweet. I liked the guy a lot. If only he were a wolf, then this friendship I had forged would last a lifetime. Corbin had a plan to catch a ride with the barrel racer he seemed to be in love with. They had been talking constantly since they hooked up and she was headed to meet with us at the next rodeo. I

Sloan I never intended to break down in the middle of nowhere but I’m so thankful that I did. It put me right in my mate’s path. I was exactly where I needed to be at just the right time. I don’t think I would have met him otherwise. The fact that he was a cowboy astonished me yet enticed me. Mavis, my wolf, was so excited to meet him and practically melted in my head when he spoke. She was going to be pathetic when it came to him. I had never been on a horse before, but I loved them like most animals. Sitting on that large animal in my mate’s arms was nice yet terrifying. I didn’t want to fall off, but I also wanted to enjoy the moment. I was introduced to Briar’s brother, Jacob, and his sister, Ivy. He told me about his twin brother, Jasper, who was away at the moment. He had a big family compared to mine. We were seriously very different. When we reached our destination and he let me off his horse, I was even more amazed at everything around me. There was a co

Briar I was up early this morning to get the day started. I got dressed, then went to the kitchen to start the coffee before looking through the house for breakfast items. I needed to do better than I did last night. Sloan deserved better than what her parents gave her or what I did last night. “Why didn’t you just order dinner from the packhouse then?” Bandit asked. “Because I didn't want to be that guy, but I could have, considering she doesn’t know a damn thing about pack life. I could have shown off the fact that we could order food from the packhouse and have it delivered.” “I guess that’s fair. What’s the plan this morning then?” “I was thinking of making bacon, eggs, and biscuits but I don’t have biscuits.” “Stop making this complicated. What else do you have in the house?” Bandit asked. “There are a few waffles left. There’s also pasta.” “What about potatoes?” I was honestly stumped if I had any. I walked to the pantry and opened the do

Jasper I just got off the phone with Briar and looked at the GPS screen to see how much further we had to go. Five more hours and we would be home. This second day was going to be a little longer with how we broke it up, so I hoped Lianna could control her antsy nature. I honestly didn’t mind stopping for her. I just didn’t want to get annoyed with her. For me, that was super easy with females. All of them annoyed me except for her so far. Then again, we haven’t known each other long. “What was that about other girls?” Lianna asked in a teasing voice. I groaned in irritation that she wanted to talk about this. Was this really happening to me right now? Was she even going to believe me after I explained my stupid ass plan that happened to work? I took a breath and said, “I was acting like I was sleeping with everything in sight to keep the humans thinking I was like them.” She laughed and asked, “Did it at least work out for you?” “Yeah. No one ever questione