When Cathy woke up the next morning she found herself still in his arms. Even though she had moved her legs a lot during the night, he remained the way he was. She suddenly felt conscious of her weight pressing him into the couch. There was no way he could have slept through the night when she was pressed up against him like that. But when she lifted herself off him and looked down she found that his lashes – long dark and glossy – feathered across the top of his cheekbones.But she could sense that he wasn’t sleeping and her suspicion was confirmed when his lips twitched.Cathy fought her smile and shimmied in his arms.“Are you comfortable?”He nodded still closing his eyes.She didn’t believe him for one second. “Did you get any sleep?”“I don’t sleep deep.”For a man like him with his kind of occupation, she could understand why.Cathy sucked in a breath feeling her entire body come alive once again. She felt so…she struggled to find the word but eventually settled for ‘thoroughly

Cathy, in her dazed and injured state, had the distinct impression that she was wheeled in through the back of the hospital and she was right. Thankfully the hospital director whom Ted unsurprisingly knew permitted their use of the back door. Ted was popular with the locals. He was also the owner of the biggest property on the island and as such the locals respected him. Not just for his wealth though. He contributed greatly to the island’s development in all areas so when he needed a private ward for Cathy with as little crowd as possible and the best doctor on duty, it was provided.“Of all the things I thought I would treat I didn’t think a wolf would be one of them.”“You’ve treated worse before,” Ted retorted looking up at the young doctor who came into the room. She was a young hybrid, 30 % shapeshifter and 70% human, as such her powers were limited. But she was intelligent and indebted to Ted.“That is because you bring the strangest things around here, Ted.” She walked to the

Ted located Bruno Maranzano a few hours later. In Theodore Cyneric’s world, no one was untraceable. He hadn’t lived as a Hunter for centuries without being able to track down his enemies. Bruno was a young boy, trailing the little breadcrumbs that led to him was not difficult.The door of a small seedy motel opened and young Bruno Maranzano, dark-haired and fiercely handsome, walked out of the lobby with the lapels of his shirt drawn up to hide the bottom half of his face. Clutched in his left hand was a black briefcase.He reached the curb and raised a hand to hail a taxi.A yellow taxi – the cheaper of the two types of taxis operating in the city – stopped in front of him.“The airport,” he said hurriedly.Ted adjusted the rearview mirror so that he was looking right at Bruno, making sure the man could see him too. “You are not going to the airport, Bruno.”Dark eyes widening, Bruno reached for the door and jerked the handle, sweat broke out on his forehead.Ted watched him struggle

Cathy decided she had had it up to her neck with men. First Ted, now her brothers and Asher. They were annoying, arrogant beasts and she was done dealing with them!Since she returned, she not only had to suffer Asher, Carl and Chase’s questions, but she also had to deal with them treating her like a child. They had locked her up in her room, even taking turns guarding her room day and night.They were worried about Ted coming in to steal her away and Cathy laughed at their foolishness. The man didn’t want her. Yes, he wanted her body but was about it.She tried not to let it but it hurt her to think about how he easily got rid of her. It sure didn’t help that the mating emblem was a reminder of what she had done with the enemy.She glanced at her palm again feeling her heart constrict. It happened like that every time she looked at it.How could she be mated? She had given up all hopes about that long before the curse was reversed. Reversing the curse hadn’t even meant anything to he

“Don’t look at me like that,” Maggie said, staring defiantly into Carl’s eyes before turning to Asher with a wilting glance that ordinarily would have made him back down but he stared right back, towering over her with a dark glare.“How could you let her escape?!” He demanded.“Escape? She’s not an animal, Asher, she’s a person, a wolf, an adult responsible for herself but that didn't stop you boys from locking her up in that room for days!”“She was fine.”“She was going crazy! I had to help her.”Asher drove his fingers into his hair and looked at Carl to see him eyeing Maggie with so much anger. As much as he was angry with her right now, he couldn’t leave her alone with Carl to go bring Cathy back. Carl would fight Maggie.Maggie had had enough of their argument. She threw her hands in the air and went to grab a bottle of wine. “You would think Cathy was a teenager the way you boys are acting. She only went back to work for crying out loud.”“Theodore could abduct her if she’s no