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?"

cheeks flush. "Do you really want to

Hudson replies, placing a warm hand on my leg right above my

"I think I'm ready."

leaves my lungs as I finally

widen, and his

movement over his

seen is standing at the end of a row of books, staring

dings my radar, even though I'm used to seeing criminals in

well over six feet tall, and his professional suit does nothing to disguise how bulky he is. My eyes are drawn to the cruel scar that runs diagonally

I sniff the air.

a wolf shifter, too. So how does he

what would have happened to permanently mark him like that.

he's staring right at us," I

I want to sink into the floor when the guy starts walking

about him," Hudson answers, frustration

looking

a glare at the huge guy, his brow furrowing. The guys

ul

job of

He

BUMS

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

so sure...

edge. What else is Hudson hiding?

miss all of this? I'm 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 succeed

My stomach twists.

rolls his eyes. "Honestly, he's so stressed out about safety that he could

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