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?"

you

replies, placing a warm hand on my leg right

"I think I'm ready."

the air leaves my lungs as I

eyes widen, and his fingers tighten on my

can answer, movement over his shoulder catches

at the end of a row of books,

about him that dings my radar, even

to disguise how bulky he is. My eyes are drawn

I sniff the air.

too. So how does he have

mark him like that.

There's...a guy over there. And he's staring right at us," I say

guy, and I want to sink into the floor when

worry about him," Hudson

he's looking

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

ul

of

what? He

BUMS

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

so sure...

my wolf is on edge. What else is Hudson hiding? And why has none of this ever come

did I 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,

My stomach twists.

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

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