Chapter 1

Chapter 1

Brooklyn

I'd just about given up hope on ever feeling my heat.

By the time most she-wolves were my age, they'd already settled down and had at least one pup. Instead, I felt like I was dead inside until I met Hudson a few months ago.

He ignites a spark in me, something I think could be more.

My love life is looking up, and I think I'm finally ready to take the next step.

Not just because things were...awakened...today.

But because Hudson is perfect. He's sexy, thoughtful, attentive.... We can talk for hours about the books we love. And when I said I didn't want to go too far too fast, he was okay with that. He's never pushed for more than kissing. When I told him I wasn't ready to have sex yet, he was okay and didn't try to make me feel guilty.

It made me like him even more.

Today...today I'm ready.

And I'm going to tell him.

I take a sip of my cappuccino as I look at him. Goddess, he's handsome.

Tall and muscular but not too bulky, and I love how his curly chestnut hair falls into his green eyes.

Hudson catches me staring at him as he reads, looking up and flashing me that sexy, playful grin of his.

He sticks a receipt between the pages to mark his place, sets the book beside him on the couch, and then shifts his body to turn toward me.

"Whatcha thinkin', lovely?"

"Do you really

placing a warm hand on my leg right above

"I think I'm ready."

my lungs as I finally say

widen, and his

movement over his shoulder catches

standing at the end of a row

something about him that dings my radar, even though I'm used to seeing criminals in

bulky he is. My eyes are drawn to the cruel scar that runs diagonally over his face, almost splitting his nose

I sniff the air.

shifter, too. So how

would have happened to permanently mark him like that. A

over there. And he's

want to sink into the floor when the guy

him," Hudson

he's looking right

me That's Preston. He's...my bodyguard." Hudson shoots a glare at the huge guy, his brow furrowing. The guys stops

ul

better job of

what? He needs a

BUMS

go to the fancy watch he's wearing today. I'd always assumed it was a knock-off, but now I'm

so sure...

are stacking up, and my wolf is on edge. What else is Hudson hiding? And why has

a trained professional. Reading people and evaluating them is literally my job right now. If I can't even read my own boyfriend, how will ever

My stomach twists.

so stressed out about safety

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