“If you don’t want to go to visit ma mere we can wait until there is news on Mallory’s condition.”
Mazy let out a disappointed sigh.
“That may be more months, and I—” Her throat clogged with emotion, stopping what she was going to say.
Rubbing my hand up and down her back, I soothed her. “She will wake. Even if I have to drag every male I see in there just to wake her, I will.”
Mazy snorted and lifted her head from the crook of my neck where she had placed her mark. I still grew hard at the very thought of her teeth marking me over and over again.
“You will not. More than likely you will find the male that might wake her from coma, then scare the living shit out of him. Probably just best to let her heal and wake on her own.”
“Yeah, you’re right about that.”
Good luck to the male who tries to mate with my new little sister. One I hadn’t officially met. Mazy and I went and visited her after all our craziness really died down, and we had spent way too long in bed. But the girl still slept on and I longed to meet my sister that my mate raved about. She told me that Mallory was quite the adventurer. I think she would do just fine in our family.
“So, to New Orleans for a short trip home, then back here? We will do everything we can to speed her recovery along, but sometimes people just need that time to heal.”
“I know. I just miss her. It was only us for so long. I’d been so lonely without her.”
“Now you have me.”
“Now I have you,” she reassured me. The song ended and Eden’s father came to the dancefloor. I tugged Mazy to the side while Dominic, Eden, and her father spoke. It was hard to truly give a shifter too much privacy, especially out in the open like now, but we tried.
Dominic was quick to anger before Eden, even now he was more action than words. I thought for sure the fool would attack her father right before the wedding but he remained still. Dominic didn’t make any moves to attack.
The trio spoke a little bit longer and Mazy was obviously listening in. I distracted myself with her beauty. It hadn’t been long since we claimed each other and my body still screamed for hers. A simple glance sometimes was all it took to get me going for her. She matched my desire; even the night before, when the boys were supposed to be separated from girls, I had come by and stolen her away.
The trio separated, drawing my attention from my mate. Eden danced with her father and the rest of us took our seats. Dominic’s shoulders were tense and surprisingly he kept silent. Even I knew when it was a bad time to rile the bastard up. Winnie looked like she was eager to start a little something but a quick, terse kiss from her mate shut her right up. Winnie actually for once looked shocked. I would have laughed if I didn’t want to keep my nuts intact.
Quinn was the oddball in our trio. Dominic and I could get along just fine with our dirty jokes and bursts of anger. Quinn was too snooty most of the times to engage in such raunchy jokes. And he was Mr. Cool and Collected, which was probably why he worked so well with us both. When it came to his mate he was a protective asshole and he didn’t like PDA. The small kiss he had given Winnie was the most possessive thing I had seen from him out in public like this. When it was just the three of us, or even when it had just been me and him saving his mate, he was very different.
The dance was short, thankfully because the power Dominic was wafting off was becoming almost unbearable to be near. Winnie had whined a bit in her throat, her animal still pretty new to this life. Quinn had moved her off to the side and it was clear once Dominic had Eden back in his arms, Quinn was taking Winnie upstairs. Looked like the party was finishing up.
Dominic went and collected Eden, possessively wrapping his arm around her shoulders. She looked up at him with a smile but it was obvious she was still feeling a little off from her daddy,-daughter dance. She had been hurt by her father’s actions and him coming to the wedding had surprised us all. Then he stood up for his daughter and son-in-law.
After a few passive aggressive words were passed between the two males, Eden’s father collected his mate and they left the party. Although most of the bear clan left with their Alpha, a few lingered, saying their good-byes to Eden and Dominic. It wasn’t long before the newlywed couple took their leave. Mazy watched me.
“So what happens now?” Her question hung between us.
“Anything you want.”
She smiled, brightening my world, and calming the brawler inside of me. My bear had picked his mate perfectly.
“Guess we are going to New Orleans.”
GET CAUGHT UP
FREELANCE
A MERCENARY FOR HIRE NOVELLA
DOMINIC AND EDEN
Finally free from her overprotective shifter parents, Eden is ready to discover what it means to live like a human. However, a night out at a club brings her face-to-face with a shifter mercenary claiming she’s his mark. The human world isn’t all she’d hoped it would be, but it will take a lot more than some hitman to make her give up her freedom and go running home.
Dominic has completed every job he’s ever accepted, gaining respect and notoriety as a mercenary. He lives by his motto: Mercs don’t ask questions; money gets any job done. When he discovers his next mark is human and his mate, he realizes there might be something more important than his reputation.
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HIRED
A mercenary For Hire Novella
Quentin and Winnie
All Winifred wants is a fresh start and a way to earn the money needed to pay off an old debt. But her new job at Lucky’s gives her more than she bargained for when she accidentally interrupts a fight. With the attention of a group of slave-trading shifters suddenly on her, she knowns she needs help. Yet, accepting help from a mercenary might be just as dangerous as the slave-traders.
Quentin gets paid for his services. Protection. Hitman. Whatever the buyer wants. But when he scents curvaceous Winifred, he knows he’s in trouble, and any thought of a paid gig goes out the window. He’ll do anything it takes to keep her safe from the gang hunting her down … because no one messes with a tiger shifter’s mate.
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A MERCENARY FOR HIRE NOVELLA
APOLLO AND MALLORY
After months of being in coma, Mallory is finally awake and in more danger than ever. The loan shark who had kept her alive doesn’t want payment; he wants her as his mate. Stolen mere hours after awakening, her only hope for rescue lays in a stranger’s voice, she can barely remember.
Apollo only needs to watch over the girl in the hospital bed to repay a debt. However, there’s something about her that calls to his wolf. When the girl is taken, Apollo will do anything to get her back. Sweet Mallory is his, and he isn’t letting her go without a fight.
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