I should hate him, I want to hate him. But I can't hate him.
He's my brother's best friend, they've grown up together, and I've had a crush on him for as long as I can remember. Fascinated by the boys who may as well be the four horsemen, I wanted to be a part of their night, of their chaos. And one night, once upon a time, I got a taste of what it's like to be free, to be the center of his attention.
Ari Levinson, a god amongst men, the captain of the Sutton City Spartans, the elite basketball team, the same one my brother was on. It was like everywhere I turned, Ari was in my vision, and I was fighting to look away.
When the holiday they deemed Mischief Night rolls around every year, Sutton Bay holds a collective breath, because they bring chaos, and this year... I'm the target.
Love and Sin seem to mix when Ari is involved, and the games have just begun.
''Dude! Let go!'' I yell, my voice muffled by the wall of flesh smashing my face. My one arm was still being held secure in the guy's grip and my other hand is now pinned to my side. Desperate to escape I resort to just wiggling my whole body, thrashing around to try and get loose.
Instantly, I'm released and my anger comes back in full force.
"You think you can file for harassment over a spilled drink!? Wait until I get a chance to talk to the police because holding me without my consent, against my will is actual harassment!" I yell at the man, trying to straighten my shirt.
Brayden Jones was dealt a harsh hand in life. At only nineteen, he finds himself the sole guardian of his five younger siblings after the sudden death of his mother. When a job arises in a small town, he immediately latches onto the opportunity. The Jones soon find themselves packing up and moving across America's midwest, to the rural town of Rocky Falls. Undeterred by the strange hostility from the locals, Brayden quickly discovers other oddities beginning to take place in this seemingly normal town. Such as, a particularly brooding town leader that keeps appearing everywhere Brayden seems to be.
Alpha Damien Radcliffe is the leader of the Rocky Falls werewolf pack. With the ability to manipulate the minds of his followers, and the benefits of unequivocal loyalty, there isn't much this Alpha has to work for. At thirty-two, the young werewolf leader has yet to find his life partner, and with feelings of betrayal from his deity; rejects the Goddess his people worship. Until a lean blonde rolls into town with a van full of kids and the previously celibate man discovers the power of lust.