Life’s Spiced Up with Some Werewolf Reads
Ten years after being exiled for betraying her family, **Seraphina** rushes to the hospital after learning her estranged father has been attacked. Her brother’s hatred reignites old wounds, blaming her for destroying their family. But when her dying father asks to see “his daughter,” Seraphina must face a devastating truth—and the past she’s tried to forget.
I scoffed. “Do you need a dictionary?” I asked. “What?” “Because you clearly need to be reminded of the meaning of ‘divorced.’ Nothing concerning me is your business anymore, Kieran.” He hadn’t cared about anything pertaining to me over the decade we were married. How dare he attempt to show an interest now? His dark…
His lips twitched. “Lucian Reed.” He stretched out the tattooed arm to me expectantly. On autopilot, I reached out with my uninjured arm and took his hand. It was large and warm and swallowed mine. “Seraphina Bl-” No, not Blackthorne-not anymore. Not really Lockwood, either. Besides, he already knew my name. “Uhm… come in, please.”…
Daniel’s door creaked as I pushed it open. My breath caught-there he sat, already dressed in the miniature black suit we’d picked out together, his small fingers deftly maneuvering his Nintendo Switch. “Morning, Mom.” He flashed me a smile that didn’t quite reach his eyes. Tears pricked my lashes. Where had my baby gone? The…
So why did the sight of his hands on her waist make me want to paint these fucking trees with his entrails? “How is she?” My mother’s voice on the phone dragged me back to the present. “Daniel wants to know.” I glanced at the closed door of the treatment room in the ER in…
“It’s okay, Mom.” His voice was muffled. “I’ll take care of you.” I closed my eyes as a tear slid down my cheek. “I know you will, baby.” My strong, beautiful boy who loved me in a world where no one else did. “We’ll take care of each other.” “Is this how you conduct yourself?”…
I watched Kieran closely, his expression unreadable in the dim kitchen light. Finally, he gave a single stiff nod. “Fine. You can have full custody.” The catch. He agreed so easily. Not a single denial. Not one word to contradict what I’d said about him and Celeste. He still preferred a family with her, didn’t…
Kieran went rigid. His head snapped up, wolf-quick, those gold-flecked eyes narrowing at the door. “We don’t spy on private conversations,” he said coolly, rising to his full height. The Alpha voice. The one that made the pack members bow automatically. I took a deep breath and pushed the door open. “Mommy!” Daniel stood and…
SERAPHINA’S POV “Seraphina!” I jolted awake in bed, hearing my name from the urgency in my mother’s voice on the phone. Her voice trembled through the phone, sharp and brittle. “Mom?” My throat was raw. She hadn’t reached out in ten years-not unless it was the worst kind of news. “Your father-” Her breath hitched,…
The fear nearly choked me-fear of seeing that familiar disappointment in his eyes one last time. But when I saw him lying there, the man I’d spent my life both fearing and longing to please… Gone was the towering figure of my nightmares. The father who’d once seemed invincible now lay motionless, his chest swathed…
The air left my lungs. How did I tell this bright-eyed boy that the man who’d taught him to track deer just last summer was gone? I smoothed his pajama-covered knee. “Honey, there was… an incident tonight. Grandpa got hurt-“ “He died.” Daniel’s whisper held an eerie certainty. “Our bond… it broke.” My hand stilled.…