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 want

replies, placing a warm hand on my

"I think I'm ready."

lungs as I finally

eyes widen, and his fingers

over his shoulder catches my

is standing at the end of a row of

him that dings my radar, even though I'm used to seeing

does nothing to disguise how bulky he is. My eyes are drawn to the cruel scar

I sniff the air.

too. So how does he

fathom what would have happened to permanently mark him like that. A shudder runs through

over there. And he's

look directly at the brawny guy, and I want to sink into the floor when

him," Hudson answers,

looking

glare at the huge guy, his brow furrowing.

ul

of

what? He needs a

BUMS

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

so sure...

stacking up, and my wolf is on edge. What else is Hudson hiding? And why has none of this ever come up before on

evaluating them is literally my job right now. If I can't even read my own boyfriend, how

My stomach twists.

dad gets overprotective." Hudson rolls his eyes. "Honestly, he's so stressed out about safety that he could use a shrink like

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