Life’s Spiced Up with Some Werewolf Reads
Kasmine dreams of freedom from her controlling stepbrother, Alpha Kester, who rules every part of her life. On her twenty-first birthday, she hopes to find her true mate and escape—but fate betrays her cruelly. Her destined mate is Kester himself, the man she fears most… and he’ll stop at nothing to make her his forever.
“I’m fine,” I muttered, pinching the bridge of my nose before buying my face in my palms. “You just focus on healing. I need you back on your feet. There’s a lot to deal with.” We went back to the awkward silence that had fallen upon us the moment I told him June was the…
He just dropped the phone from his ear like it had burned him. Footsteps approached us from the other wing that led to the ER, and my heart gave a loud thud before it began a marathon. No. Please no- The doctor emerged from the corner. I shot to my feet like something had yanked…
Ill take care of Blaine. Don’t worry about it. I’m already putting things in place.” I crossed back to her and brushed a thumb across her cheek. “Soon,” I promised, “he won’t be a problem anymore.” Her shoulders sagged just a little, but she nodded. “Don’t forget, baby…” I saids I backed toward the door.…
“You don’t know?” she snapped bitterly. “Blaine is dead, Kester! Dead! Along with twelve others! The entire opposition meeting was bombed!” I stopped breathing. No. No fucking way. My world tilted, and my vision blurred. “I…” My voice died in my throat. My brain scrambled, trying to make sense of what she was saying. A…
“I’ll massage your feet while we watch… Just the way you like it.” Her lips twitched. “And I was thinking,” I continued, squeezing her fingers playfully, “you could spend the night in my room tonight. It’s your turn to be hosted anyway, remember? You hosted me last week.” I gave her a slow, knowing wink.…
The tears had finally stopped. Not because the ache in my chest had lulled but because I had nothing left to give. My body had wrung out every drop. I sat there with hollow eyes, shivering inside a hoodie I didn’t remember putting on. Perhaps I should thank Kester and his brutal, explosive outburst. It…
“Kester…?” She called as if unsure if I was there to yell at her again or to tell her I was sorry. She looked so breakale. And yet, there was this strange, soft power in her gaze, like a candle refusing to go out in the wind. Her eyes always did that to me… stirred…
My chest tightened. It was 5 PM, but the sun was already dragging its golden corpse down the sky. The road was lonely without a single car in sight. The world had stopped breathing. So had I. I froze with my hands still on the wheel, my heart tearing itself in half. “Shit… shit… SHIT!”…
As soon as we crossed the hospital threshold, Norlan was rushed into the emergency ward. The doors slammed shut in my face, locking me out of the one person I couldn’t afford to lose right now. I felt my world crumbling rapidly. I put my hands into my pocket to pull out my phone and…
“Fuck it, Cole! Are you dumb? I need fucking details!” KESTER. Cole went ahead to explain how they were on their way back home when Kasmine saw Claire across the road. How she asked to go talk to her. How he stayed behind in the goddamn car while my pregnant mate walked off on her…