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

hand on my

"I think I'm ready."

lungs as I finally say

his fingers tighten on

answer, movement over his shoulder catches my

I've ever seen is standing at the end of a

about him that dings my radar, even though I'm used to seeing criminals in the

suit does nothing to disguise how bulky he is. My eyes

I sniff the air.

wolf shifter, too. So how does he have a scar

have happened to permanently mark him like

he's staring right at us," I

look directly at the brawny guy, and I want to sink

about him," Hudson answers,

he's looking

a glare at the huge guy, his brow furrowing.

ul

better job of keeping out of

He

BUMS

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

so sure...

questions are stacking up, and my wolf is on edge. What else is Hudson hiding?

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

My stomach twists.

he's so stressed out about safety that he could use a shrink like you to give him

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