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

replies, placing a warm hand on my

"I think I'm ready."

leaves my lungs as I finally say

eyes widen, and his fingers tighten on my

he can answer, movement over

seen is standing at the

about him that dings my radar,

professional suit does nothing to disguise how bulky he is. My eyes are drawn to the cruel scar that runs diagonally over

I sniff the air.

So how

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

there. And he's staring right at us," I say

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

about him," Hudson

looking

huge guy, his brow furrowing. The guys stops walking toward us.

ul

job of

He

BUMS

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

so sure...

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

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

My stomach twists.

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

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