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Ares knew he had met the man he wanted to spend the rest
of his life with when Simon Fiske joined the Aberdeen Pack. There’s just one
problem. Everyone believes that Simon is simple and slow, not able to make
decisions on his own.
When Simon and his brother Adam were banished from their
pack, he had no idea that it would lead to him meeting the most beautiful man he
had ever seen. After Ares claims him, life for Simon just gets more complicated.
Adam refuses to talk to him, his ex-lover is back demanding that he return to
his former pack, and Simon has his hands full keeping other pack members safe
when they are attacked.
Being mated should have been the most wonderful thing
that ever happened to Simon and Ares but it seemed to just bring on more battles
than they could fight.
STORY EXCERPT
“He’s beautiful.”
“No, Simon,” a slightly
thicker, rougher version of his own voice hissed into his ear. “Not again. You
thought Alpha Kohl’s son was beautiful, too, and look where that got us.”
Simon Fiske dropped his
eyes from the gorgeous man standing on the porch next to their new alpha and
stared down at the ground as he kicked at the dirt with the tip of his boot. The
last time seriously wasn’t his fault. The alpha’s son had been cute.
He’d also been a jerk.
“I wasn’t going to do
anything,” Simon mumbled under his breath. “I was just saying that I thought he
was pretty.”
“Stay away from him,
Simon.”
“But, Adam,” Simon
protested, his head popping up to look at his brother. “Alpha Khenti said he’s
the head of the enforcers.”
Adam’s dark-green eyes
narrowed in warning. “And that means there is absolutely no reason for you to be
around him.”
Simon’s shoulders slumped
not just because his brother was ordering him away from the beautiful head
enforcer but because Adam didn’t think there would be any reason for Simon to
even be around the man.
He was slow, not stupid.
He could still fight. It didn’t take a genius to fight and defend his pack. It
took muscle, strength, a willingness to give his life for a cause greater than
him. Simon wasn’t the strongest wolf in the pack, but he wasn’t ready to roll
over and show his belly to everyone either.
“I mean it, Simon,” Adam
snapped, reaching over to grip Simon’s chin between his fingers. Simon hated it
when Adam did that. Big brother or not, Adam didn’t need to treat him like a
child. He got enough of that from everyone else. “We’ve barely been here more
than a couple of weeks. Don’t fuck this up for us.”
Simon felt his eyes water
as he shoved his fisted hands into his pockets and dropped his eyes from Adam’s
angry gaze. “Okay, Adam,” he said in a voice that was filled with so much
resignation that he winced. He hated when he sounded so defeated, but sometimes
it was easier to give in to Adam than to fight with him.
Just as soon as Adam
grunted and turned back to listen to what the alpha was saying to the new pack
members, Simon glanced up at the gorgeous enforcer again through the fall of his
bangs. Something tight unfurled inside him at the sight of the tall man.
Damn, he really was hot.
He was a dark figure of a man, big and powerful. Simon thought he probably could
have been an alpha if he wanted to be. But the air of danger that seemed to
hover around him gave credence to his role as an elite enforcer, his presence on
the porch as commanding as the alpha and beta of Aberdeen Pack.
The large man towered
over most of the other men on the platform by several inches. The thick muscles
rippling under his tight white shirt quickened Simon’s pulse and made his cock
throb in his pants. The enforcer had long, sturdy legs encased in a tight black
material, emphasizing the thickness of his thighs. His wide shoulders seemed to
stretch endlessly, pulling at the seams of his white shirt.
Simon inhaled slowly,
trying to beat back his arousal, not wanting anyone to smell it. Scent was very
powerful among wolf-shifters.
Anyone standing close to
him—including his brother—would be able to smell the subtle change in his scent.
Please don’t let me
embarrass myself.
Simon just couldn’t seem
to help it. Every time he caught a glimpse of the handsome enforcer, his body
just reacted, going from cold to hot in the blink of an eye. It was like it
happened whether he wanted it to or not.
When the new alpha
finished talking, he introduced everyone. Simon finally heard the name of his
dream man for the very first time—Ares. It was a beautiful name for a beautiful
man. Simon knew his Greek mythology. Ares was named after the God of war,
violence, and bloodshed. It suited the enforcer. In his line of work, he
probably saw a lot of violence and carnage.
Simon stepped back behind
the other new pack members when Alpha Khenti and Ares, along with the rest of
the Aberdeen Pack inner circle, came down off the porch of the alpha house and
started to move throughout the throng of people.
Simon knew he would have
to meet with Alpha Khenti at some point, and probably Ares as well. He just
didn’t want to do it in a crowd of people. He knew if the enforcer got too
close, there would be no hiding his arousal from Ares or anyone else.
“Simon!” Adam’s jaw
ticked as he glanced over his shoulder at him. “What are you doing?”
Simon searched his brain
for a good answer that Adam would accept. His heart started beating with
excitement when he spotted the gunmetal-black barbeque cookers and wooden tables
piled high with food.
“I’m hungry,” he said
quickly as he edged back even further. “I want to get something to eat.”
“You will wait here until
our new alpha greets you.”
Simon grimaced as he
looked through the people milling about and spotted Alpha Khenti moving slowly
toward him and Adam.
Simon felt his face
flush, his arousal deepening when he spotted a set of deep-bronze eyes staring
back at him from just behind the alpha.
Oh.
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