Loren Tate sought solace in his greenhouse, pondering what to plant next. But he found more than inspiration there — he found his mate, Hanna, gravely injured and on the run. Aurora revealed that Hanna was not only Loren’s destined partner but the magical Queen of all Shifters. With Loren as her newfound King, Hanna had the power to defeat her murderous father, who hunted her. But first, Loren had to help Hanna recover, and together they had to embrace their supernatural birthright if there was any hope of stopping a vicious war for power. Now Loren and Hanna must stand united against the darkness — or risk losing their love and lives forever.
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Caitlynne’s job was difficult. Doing what she did for the government not only put herself at risk, but any friends or family she had could become a target. When her sister was hurt, she blamed herself even though it had nothing to do with her directly. It didn’t matter. It was time for her to quit before someone she cared about ended up dead.
Joel Tate had been in the building to meet with Becca Jacobson when she was attacked. To save her, Joel had to change her into what he was, a wolf. More or less guarding her in the hospital, Joel met her sister, Caitlynne, when she was brought to the hospital to see her sister. As soon as Caitlynne was close enough to him to get her scent, he knew she was his mate.
Caitlynne’s disappearing act from her job started things rolling. Her boss wasn’t taking I quit as an answer. When they tried to kill her by setting her apartment on fire, Joel thought it was time to take the situation into his own hands….
Cody Martin was a good attorney. Never appreciated at her job, she still never wavered in her loyalty. And when she was suddenly fired for no reason, she found it would be the perfect opportunity to start a business with her brother Matt.
Layton Tate was also an attorney, but he and his brother Loren were bogged down with cases and needed to hire a new firm to help with their caseload. Cody would make a good candidate as her stellar reputation proceeded her. He reached out to shake Cody’s hand. The blast sent them both reeling to opposite sides of the room and shocking the family. Layton and his wolf both knew what that meant.
Cody wasn’t stupid, she knew what Layton was to her too, but she had to make sure the ground rules were straight before she’d have anything to do with him. No one would be pushing her around, mate or no mate….
Shade Cornwall did her best to help her mother and siblings escape that maniac known as her father, but she’d never acknowledge that. Their run ended abruptly when he tossed a Molotov cocktail into their moving vehicle. Her mother was burning, and it was all she could do to help save her and her siblings from the burning vehicle. As it ended up, her mother’s prognosis for survival didn’t look too good. Cliff Tate had just returned from a long stint out of the country. It felt good to be home. He didn’t hesitate to take in the kids from the burning vehicle while the driver and their mother were rushed to the hospital. Shade had no trust in men. Her father had seen to that. Cliff seemed to be a good man, but she’d had enough of men to last her a lifetime….
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Prologue
Andy had been working with the young woman for about three weeks now. She didn’t say much. Hardly anything at all, as a matter of fact. But the two of them worked well together washing up the dishes after people finished up with their dinner in their restaurant. He was happy to be able to get out of the restaurant at a decent hour nightly,
mostly because of her.
Not only did she work really well, but she’d told him shortcuts
that they could use that had saved them both a great deal of time and energy. As old as he was, Andy didn’t like using up his energy by doing things the wrong way.“Twelve thousand forty-one.” She did that a great deal too. When a string of numbers was said, it seemed to him about any place in the restaurant. She would total them up quicker than the person who was adding them could. Especially the boss man.
Even with the boss using a calculator, she usually had them all added up and was correct about it as well. But she said it low so that no one would hear her, he guessed. No point in getting the boss in a tizzy when there was no reason for it. Andy was sure, too, that the only
reason that he’d been able to hear her was that he was a wolf. She’d been that low.
“Twelve thousand forty-two.” Before he could remind himself that he needed to keep his mouth shut on certain things, he corrected the man who had been adding up the numbers. “What did you say, Andy? You thinking that you’re smarter than my phone is?”“No, sir. I didn’t think that at all.” He glanced over at Hanna and saw the terror on her face as she shook her head at him. “No. I was just keeping a running total in my head when you kept repeating yourself.
I’m more than likely wrong.”Mr. Hendershot walked away but did return a few minutes later to tell Andy that he’d been correct in his adding. That was another thing that he liked about working
here—and there weren’t that many things—they were quick to tell you that you’d done a good job. Quicker, too, sometimes to tell you that you didn’t, but he didn’t make that many mistakes anymore just by keeping his mouth closed all the time. Best way to keep a job, he thought. After the dinner rush, he and Hanna were allowed to have a break.
There were plenty enough dishes and glasses to set up the tables again, so they were free from the hot room washing dishes for an entire thirty minutes this time. Usually, he would sit out on the steps, and Hanna would disappear someplace else. But today, she sat down next to him on the stairs. He shared his carrots and celery with her with barbeque sauce. She only took the carrots, he noticed, and not dipping them.
She didn’t seem inclined to empty her head. He’d noticed that right off if she had something to say, then she’d say it. Otherwise, she’d just sit there and not say a word for hours on end. Andy supposed that was why he had taken to listening to the radio when they worked together. It staved off the too quiet of clanking dishes and tinging silverware sounds. That was a sound that he’d heard in his sleep.
Clank-clank-clank.“There are seven men in the dining room that are looking for me.” Startled out of his thoughts, he asked Hanna if she needed his help. “No. I don’t really need anyone’s help, but I wanted you to know because they’re going to come into the kitchen in a few minutes and open fire on the people there. I don’t want you to be hurt. Will you do what I tell you, Andy? I really have no desire for anyone to be harmed, but especially you.”
“I see.” He didn’t really but thought of what she was telling him. “You’re not human, are you? I’m not either, in the event, you might not have noticed. I’m a wolf, not at all like them kind on television. This time of year, what with Halloween coming soon, there are lots of scary movies on.”“No. I’m not human. But I’m powerful enough to keep you safe.” When she didn’t say anymore, he nodded. Andy did think about what she’d said about the seven men and asked her about them. “Why are they looking for you? If you can tell me.”
“I can’t. However, if you value your life, which I’m assuming most people do, then when the break time is over, don’t go back into the building. Once you’re inside, it will be the end of your life. I can’t save you if you’re already dead. Do you understand that? They will not leave anyone alive in their pursuit of finding me so that there are no
witnesses left behind.” He said he wasn’t going back in. However, he did ask about the others in the kitchen. “The chef is getting everyone out of the area as we sit here because I suggested it to him with my magic.
He’s been keeping tabs on the two of us so he can point right to us when the men come into the kitchen. He’s not at all loyal to
anyone but himself. But he won’t have time to point them out to us as he’s a coward and has already left the building in favor of going home before it begins. I’m glad that I was able to have him warn the others. While he knows that these men are looking for a dishwasher, he didn’t bother finding out if they were looking for a male or female and
sold us both out. He’ll be taken care of later tonight.”A chill of fear raced up and over his spine when she said that. Andy didn’t want
to know what she meant by that as he was sure she meant that he was going to die.
However, he also thought that the man would suffer in ways that no one before him had ever suffered before, too. Andy couldn’t shake the feeling that he needed to keep close to Hanna and keep her on his good side for some reason. He might be well into his late fifties, working this job to have extras like food on his table. He liked living too much to let someone kill him for no reason. Standing up when the little alarm he had on his phone went off, Andy made his way deeper into the parking lot, following Hanna.
There were lights out all over the lot, he just noticed, and that, too, scared him a bit. He thought that would be the best place to hide for both of them. When she stopped suddenly, he did as well. His wolf, right there on the edge of his fear, seemed to understand better than he did what was coming for the two of them.
“Stay here.” Dropping down to his belly, he rolled under the car when Hanna told him to take cover. He was glad that he’d been looking at her feet from his position on the ground, or he might well have scared twenty years off his life when she turned into a cat. Not a little bitty one either, but a big one that he’d seen in a zoo one time.
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