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 to

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

"I think I'm ready."

the air leaves my lungs as

and his

over his shoulder catches my

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

something about him that dings my radar,

disguise how bulky he is. My eyes are drawn to the cruel scar that

I sniff the air.

wolf shifter, too. So how does

what would have happened to permanently mark him like that. A shudder runs through me at the

over there. And he's

at the brawny guy, and I want to sink into the floor when the guy starts walking

worry about him," Hudson answers, frustration

looking

shoots a glare at the huge guy,

ul

better job of keeping

He needs

BUMS

eyes go to the fancy watch he's wearing today. I'd always

so sure...

else is Hudson hiding? And

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

My stomach twists.

ignore him. My dad gets overprotective." Hudson rolls his eyes. "Honestly, he's so stressed out

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