"You aren't the only one who can bite, love. Did you forget that?" I tensed, feeling his breath against the exposed flesh of my neck. "Don't-" "Why shouldn't I? You seem to have an issue understanding where you are right now." My hands began to shake as I felt his fangs scrap against my neck, sharp and almost ticklish. "I know you aren't stupid, Esma. You know what I'm capable of and yet you continue to test me. You are lucky that I am a very, very, patient man." I'd never been bit before but I knew it was excruciating. I braced myself for the pain, clenching my eyes shut, heaving in breaths that I tried to control but was too weak to do so. "I can feel your heart going a hundred miles a minute. Are you excited or afraid?" "Excited to be bitten by a vampire?" Aspen's teeth slowly dragged against my neck again, my tongue going dry. "You never know. Some humans find it enjoyable, but they're the ones who like pain. You remind me of them Esma, a little pain whore."

What do you do when a tall, unreasonably attractive alien crash lands in front of you? You shoot him of course. ─── ･ ｡ﾟ☆: *.☽ .* :☆ﾟ. ─── It's been years since a nuclear war decimated the Earth, killing about 90% of the world's population. The ones that survived now live in the ruin of nuclear wastelands with their numbers slowly dwindling due to starvation, radiation, and even murder by a gang called The Deviants. Blake West is one of the survivors - sassy, brave, and brutally sarcastic, she takes crap from no one. With her father's past as a cop, she knows her way around a pistol and has managed to survive by following a few simple rules. Rule One: Trust no one Rule Two: Never go anywhere unarmed Rule Three: ALWAYS shoot first Simple right?

Exiled for being a Never Wolf, Mabel returns to her pack for her sister's wedding, only to discover her fated mate is the new Alpha, Sebastian. Determined to leave the pack that rejected her, Mabel must resist Sebastian's charms as he tries to convince her to stay and become his luna. Standalone in the Never Wolf series *** Exiled for being a Never Wolf, Mabel reluctantly returns to her pack for her sister's wedding, only to discover that her fated mate is the new Alpha, Sebastian. Knowing the pack that once cast her out will never accept her as Luna, Mabel is determined to leave-until her sister, Amber, begs for her help. Blackmailed by rogue wolves into stealing a sacred relic, Amber's life hangs in the balance if the truth is exposed. Mabel agrees to stay, but resisting her growing attraction to Sebastian becomes more difficult with each passing day. As her feelings for him deepen, Mabel is torn between saving her sister and escaping the pack that rejected her. But Sebastian has no intention of letting her walk away so easily. Now, Mabel faces an impossible dilemma: can she save her sister without losing her heart to the Alpha determined to make her his?