What the fuck are you doing? Let him go! Let him go now, Wolf! Alek screamed inside. Wolf had taken the surface before he could warn Bell or his brothers. Wolf must’ve agreed with the darkness that their mate couldn’t leave.
Bell yanked his arm away, glaring down at the bright red mark on his skin that quickly faded away. Alek fought like hell, fought like he never had before, aiming for the surface. He needed to tell Bell it was okay, and yes, he’d wait. He’d lock his animals away or bury himself in completing his part of the mission to prove to his mate once and for all that they could do this together, and no matter how insane he behaved sometimes, he did respect him as the Lord High.
“Alek, fight your wolf back. He’ll listen if you command him, brother,” Justice said, with his hand outstretched towards him.
“If you are his brother than do not send away his mate,” Wolf told Justice.
Wolf let me out! Let me out, goddamn you!
“I don’t answer to you,” Justice growled. “It’s the other way around. Now, let me speak to Alek.” Justice made the mistake of pushing some of his power at Wolf, which only managed to outrage him.
Alek felt his brother’s force penetrate them, but Wolf absorbed most of the energy, building it into a weapon, then pushed the power back at his alpha, times two, knocking Justice off his feet. “Do not challenge me!” Wolf growled, then shifted the rest of Alek’s body into his massive, white and gray wolf. He shook out his thick fur and growled menacingly at the rest of the pack around him.
Alek groaned at the pain when Wolf forced their shift. He was a mere bystander now, but he could still feel Wolf’s emotions. He was furious and he believed his brothers and the pack were all spineless traitors. They’d turned their backs on Alek when he was young and in the most need. After their land had been attacked and their mother killed, no one would console Alek or hold him while he mourned alone. Too afraid of his beasts. The pack had abandoned him, and Wolf hated them for it. He and Alek might could’ve reconnected if the aftermath of the trauma hadn’t been so great.
“Justice!” Mac rushed forward, his eyes wide. The rest of Justice’s betas and officers rallied behind their AZ, ready to defend him.
Justice rose fast, his bare, hairy chest heaving from the force Wolf had used to knock him to the ground. But not for long. “You don’t want to do this. I will speak to my brother even if I have to tear him out of you.”
“The hell you will. What is going on?” Bell stood in front of Wolf, blocking Justice’s aim.
Let me out! Let me out! Alek screamed. He couldn’t take the way Bell was watching him, unsure if it was Alek in there or if Wolf was acting on his own, like when he’d first bitten Bell. No one could hear him, not even his siblings, with their link. Wolf was powerful enough to cut it all off, and that was exactly what he’d done.
Alek was devastated, not only because he was now severed from his pack, his friends, his brothers, and his alpha, but he was also restricted from communicating with his mate. If they’d fully mated there’d have been no influence strong enough to break their mental link. But that wasn’t the case. Alek hoped Wolf didn’t keep the surface long. Often, Wolf thought he was acting in their best interest, and most of the time his animal instincts were right and got them out of very dangerous situations, but right now he begged Wolf to trust him that he knew what was best, and that this was an issue that Alek—the man—had to fix.
Wolf was poised and ready to pounce on anyone who tried to go away with their mate, Alek could taste his animal’s hostility. Suddenly, he felt a shift inside them, Wolf getting jerked hard to the right, his hindquarters hitting the ground before he shot back up. He inched backward on high alert, their body heat spiking to an uncomfortable temperature. Alek shook inside Wolf’s body as the air started to shimmer around them.
Oh no. Alek panicked. Wolf?
Shifter and Vampire True Mates story.
Alek’s older brother, Justice—the Alpha Zenith—was the first shifter to mate with a vampire in many generations, and it was believed the rare, fated pairing would stop at him. But, it hadn’t. Aleksei ‘Alek’ Volkov was second beta, next in succession to the most powerful shifter in the world. He was proud of his title and he took his duties seriously. It was all he had. Until his true mate literally showed up on his doorstep.
While his brother—the overachiever—excelled at having a vampire as a mate, Alek wasn’t that optimistic he would. He wasn’t averse to love, and he’d often thought of how different his life could’ve turned out if he’d ever experienced the emotion. His life was a mess and he’d worn a mask of stability for a majority of that time, only showing his siblings and pack what they needed to see—a strong Volkov alpha. Not the damaged man he was, with a tortured soul and a rogue wolf.
Alek dropped his heavy head in his hands. Now, for some reason, I’ve been granted a true vampire mate. And not just any vampire. The intimidating Belleron Liatos. Lord High to the King and the leader of his army.
Belleron ‘Bell’ Liatos had come to the states for one reason—his best friend and Vampire King, Chadwick Bentley. He certainly didn’t come to be pounced on by a wolf that could act independently of its master. Not only was his destined cherished a complicated and confused man; but he was also unaware of the powerful presence that lurked in the shadows of his soul. Bell didn’t know he’d be the key to unlocking an exceptional triad that would play a critical role in fulfilling the prophesy.
This story DOES NOT contain or even mention MPREG.
No multiple pairings. No cliffhangers. Ends with a very HFN.
Warning: This book is M/M paranormal: If you DO NOT like alpha men shifting into large wolves, or vampires feeding from their destined beloveds, than this may not be the novel for you.
A.E. Via has been a best-selling author in the beautiful gay romance genre for five years now, but she’s no stranger to MM. She’s been an avid reader of gay lit for over fifteen years before she picked up her laptop to place her own kiss on this genre. She’s also the founder and owner of Via Star Wings Books, having published a couple great new up and coming MM authors.
A.E. has a Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice from Virginia Wesleyan College that she used to start her own paralegal firm after she graduated in 2008. She spent five years preparing and filing bankruptcy petitions for struggling blue collar workers who couldn’t afford to file with a lawyer. It was a rewarding and satisfying career… but another path called to her. Writing.
A.E.’s writing embodies everything from hopelessly romantic to adventure, to scandalous. Her stories often include intriguing edges and twists that take readers to new, thought-provoking depths.
Now that she’s gotten over her 10 books published hump, she’s kind of known now for her hardcore, play rough and love hard, bad boy, alphas. However, she does like to push herself to step out of her comfort zone, exploring different tropes, but she won’t push herself into a whole other genre. She’s head over heels for gay romance and she has tons of more hot stories to tell.
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Looking forward to reading this one.