Joeker
“Quit staring at me,” I warned, glaring up at him.
“Staring how?” he murmured, closing the distance with a slow, cocky smirk. “Like I can’t decide whether to kiss you… or completely ruin you?”
“Keep dreaming,” I shot back, praying he couldn’t hear how hard my heart was pounding. “You don’t do anything to me.”
A low laugh escaped him as he caged me against the wall.
“And yet, here you are… still looking at me. Still forgetting how to breathe every time I get too close.”
He leaned down until his lips brushed my ear.
“So tell me, Pigeon… are you afraid of me… or afraid you’ll fall for me?”
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Abby Abernathy believed the Moon Goddess had chosen her happily ever after—until her fated mate cheated on her, rejected her in front of the entire pack, and shattered her heart.
Broken and humiliated, she never expected comfort to come from the one man she could never have.
Nick Leister.
Her older brother’s best friend.
The future Alpha.
One reckless night changes everything. They call it a mistake. They promise it will never happen again.
But some mistakes leave marks that refuse to fade.
As forbidden desire turns into undeniable love, Abby and Nick find themselves caught between pack laws, family loyalty, ruthless enemies, and secrets that could destroy everything they’ve built.
With danger closing in and the entire pack determined to keep them apart, they’ll have to decide whether love is worth risking their lives… or if fate has already chosen a different ending for them.
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