Never let your old bully try to love you, even if he says you're mates in his head.
Avery, a sophomore in high school who, with permission from his parents, started living by himself. He loves what he does in his free time, but there's one problem, the voices in his head. Since Avery was 10, he could hear random voices. At first he didn't know where they were coming from, but then he found out he could hear people's thoughts when his family were planning his 11th birthday. He doesn't want to tell anyone, and he miraculously hasn't been caught... Besides all the mind reading, Avery has another problem, and his name's Dante.
Dante, the ever-so called man amongst men. He is the epitome of all manliness, and he always gets what he wants, but he has one fatal flaw... he's in love with Avery. Dante wants to be with Avery, but he fears that Avery's still upset about what happened in middle school.
Avery was being abused at school, Dante being one of his bullies. But things changed one day after a certain altercation. Avery ended up in the hospital. Dante went to visit Avery because he had a strange kind of worry for him. Avery, having been given anesthesia, thought he was dreaming, so he confessed his feelings to Dante, but Dante didn't really respond in the best way. After that, Dante hadn't seen Avery since.
Two years pass by, and Avery wants to start off his sophomore year by finally getting over Dante and actually using his powers to his advantage, but Dante has other plans... He'll stop at nothing to get Avery's attention, no matter who or what gets in his way.
Lucas has been hiding for his entire life. Cursed by what he is, eeking out a living on the fringes of wizard society, he has one foot in two worlds. His birth should have been impossible, and yet, he is alive; part wizard, part shapeshifter. He's managed to live under the radar and settle himself into a comfortable life. And if he's still lonely sometimes, well, that's just something he will have to get used to.
But when his mother needs help and calls Lucas, he meets the most powerful Alpha shifter in North America; Gabriel, a wolf shifter of the old blood. In an attempt to save Gabriel, Lucas accidentaly becomes his mate. Gabriel is overjoyed, despite thinking that Lucas is only one-quarter shifter, three-quarters human. He's polite, gentlemanly, sexy-as-sin, and determined to pry Lucas out of the shadows his secrets have shrouded him in.
But a war between shifters and wizards is brewing, and Lucas knows his secret will make him a target for both sides. And his birth father - Midas, head of the Wizard council and most powerful magic user in the world - is making plays for power. Almost thirty years ago, during the first paranormal war, Midas created Lucas in an attempt to create perfect, controllable soldiers of his own blood. If Midas were to ever find out where Lucas was, he would stop at nothing to get to him, and he'd even go through Gabriel to get what he wanted.