When Dr. Finn Hope gets a new patient, yet another victim of the Anti-Werewolf Organization's experiments, he has his hands full with assessing and treating the young boy. Just what will he do after discovering the main officer on his patient's case is none other than his mate? All the while, he has secrets he keeps hidden from everyone around him, too afraid of the world viewing him as weak. How will he handle the truth coming to light?
Easton Thatcher, the newest addition to the LPD (Lycan Police Department) in New York. He just moved from Michigan with his pack and already he has the weight of too much on his shoulders as he tries to figure out his mate. Easton is immediately captivated by the doctor working with him on the new case. Dr. Hope truly seems amazing at his job, getting through to the latest victim in hardly no time at all. He just has one question, why can't Finn Hope talk to him the way he does to his patients?
Their meeting is off to a rough start; Finn keeping his walls up with no plans of taking them down any time soon and Easton not understanding the shortness his mate directs his way. Will they be able to keep dancing around each other while their case comes to a head?
‼️CONTENT WARNING‼️
The following content contains themes and topics that may be triggering for some readers. Stay safe and please prioritize yourself. Triggers are as follows:
- Violence, gore, depictions of human experimentations (child abuse)
-language
-self deprecation; potentially suicidal ideation and tendencies/thoughts
-anxiety, panic, and PTSD episodes and discussions
-mxm romance (no smut, but there will be non-sexual D/s dynamics;))
Will add more as necessary, but I think that about covers it for now.
❕UPDATES ON SATURDAYS❕
Every half century in a small little town hidden in the woods, a beast comes out from the forest to claim his bride on the night of an eclipse. The people of call this phenomenon "the taking". This beast is said to be very dangerous. It roams door to door searching for the woman whose being calls to his animal instincts. He will kill, mutilate and destroy everything in his path until he finds his bride. In the past, the townsmen have tried to hunt the creature and kill him before they can steal one of their marriageable daughters, but the beast does not hunt alone. He has followers among the shadows to make sure his goal is accomplished. Once he finds his bride, he carries her back to the forest where she is never seen or heard from again.
Celeste believes this so-called "legend" is just some scary fairytale her grandmother made up to scare her. But was she ever wrong when a pair of moonlit eyes stared straight at her through her bedroom window and entered her room. Next thing she knew, she was being carried out the house and into the woods by a half-naked man who called her his.
Who would have thought? Grandma wasn't crazy after all.
Young Adult novel. Paranormal/Comedy-Romance @2014