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?"

flush. "Do you really want to

placing a warm hand on

"I think I'm ready."

lungs as I finally

eyes widen, and his fingers tighten on

over

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

looks...scary. There's something about him that dings my radar, even though I'm used to seeing

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.

too. So how does he

fathom what would have happened to permanently mark him like that. A shudder runs through

he's staring right

brawny guy, and I want to

Hudson answers, frustration in

looking

bodyguard." Hudson shoots a glare at the huge guy,

ul

job of keeping out

what? He

BUMS

wearing today. I'd always assumed it was

so sure...

on edge. What else is Hudson hiding? And why has none

I miss all of this? I'm a trained professional. Reading people and evaluating them is literally

My stomach twists.

Hudson rolls his eyes. "Honestly, he's so stressed out about safety that

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