Unwilling

Jacx

My mom fell in love with a vampire. Sounds cool, sure. It probably would be if I hadn’t been conceived as a result of a one-night stand my mother had with a shifter nearly two decades ago. Imagine finding out as a preteen that dear old dad tended to strip down and take to fur. My mother’s new boyfriend hadn’t been a fan of the whole “my-daughter-turns-into-a-wolf when-the-moon-is-full” explanation. No, when I met Gerard for the first time, my inner animal knew exactly what he was thinking. I was the problem. One that needed to be removed immediately.

Making myself scarce had been an easy decision. I was eighteen, had plenty of money thanks to…well, I had no idea who it was. The fact that they didn’t care how I spent their money was good enough for me. So, I moved out, went to college, dropped out, found a remote job designing marketing campaigns, and spent the next three years searching the country for my long-lost father.

Then he showed up. A guy several years older than me with the same eyes and matching hair. He wasn’t my father, but he had a lot to say about that situation. My mother was no longer one of the living, her boyfriend still wanted me dead, and I wasn’t safe on my own anymore. So what did I do? I let him convince me to join the pack. That was a big mistake that I couldn’t undo...

Levi

I’d been on my own from a young age. My mother was human. I couldn’t save her. Couldn’t protect her. It was something that tormented me throughout my youth. My father never bothered to come around after she became ill. Instead, he foisted us off on the Pack. I met my closest friends there and built myself a found family. My mentor was more of a father than my own blood. He’d shared many of his fears and worries with me. My mentor had warned me about the older male leading our pack being unwell.

He wasn’t able to make a difference, but I wouldn’t sit back and allow his loss to go unanswered. My mentor’s son was my best friend, and losing his father hadn’t been easy. I bided my time, waited until I had the necessary strength. With my fury stoked and my determination at its peak, I challenged the Alpha. Retribution for my brother. Protection for my friends. Dedication to the cause. Becoming the Alpha of the largest Midwest Pack at twenty-two wasn’t in my original plans, but when I discovered the sick and twisted schemes my Alpha was a part of, my beast wouldn’t allow me to do anything but act.

I’m responsible for safeguarding nearly a hundred shifters. With the local vampire threat on the rise, my job isn’t going to get any easier. Meeting her only raised the stakes, forcing me to put everything on the line. Carefully made plans, training, and countermeasures on top of countermeasures. All of it meant nothing now; without her, I would be nothing...

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