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

hand on my leg right above

"I think I'm ready."

my lungs as I finally say the

his fingers

he can answer, movement over

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

about him that dings my radar, even though

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 over his face, almost splitting his nose

I sniff the air.

how does

would have happened to permanently mark him like that.

he's

at the brawny guy, and I want

Hudson answers, frustration

he's looking

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

ul

better job of keeping out

what? He needs

BUMS

watch he's wearing today. I'd always assumed it

so sure...

on edge. What else is Hudson hiding?

all of this? I'm a trained professional. Reading people and evaluating them is literally my job right now.

My stomach twists.

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

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