Alien Awakening: An Alien Shifter Romance (Alien Wolf Tales) by Honey Phillips

Author:Honey Phillips [Phillips, Honey]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2026-03-12T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 19

The snow creaked beneath their boots as Rykan led Korrin through the darkening trees. Neither spoke. He had nothing to say, and Korrin seemed content to observe. The other Vultor moved with the easy confidence of a male comfortable in his own skin, scanning the forest with the casual alertness of a born predator.

He hated how natural it felt to have another Vultor at his side.

Six years alone in these mountains. Six years of silence and solitude and the slow, grinding work of rebuilding himself from the wreckage of his old life. He’d convinced himself that he preferred it this way. That the absence of pack meant the absence of betrayal, and that was a trade worth making.

But walking beside Korrin now, matching strides through territory he knew better than his own heartbeat, something in his chest ached with recognition.

You miss it, his beast rumbled. The belonging.

He ignored it.

“This way.” He veered left, following the trail he’d broken earlier when he’d abandoned his kill.

Korrin kept pace easily, his amber eyes missing nothing. “Nice territory you’ve carved out here. Good hunting grounds, defensible position, fresh water year-round. You’ve done well for a lone wolf.”

“Stop calling me that.”

“Why? It’s what you are.” Korrin shrugged, unbothered by the growl in his voice. “Nothing wrong with it. Some males aren’t built for pack life. I thought I was one of them, for a long time.”

“And now?”

“Now I have a mate who refuses to let me retreat into my own head.” A wry smile curved Korrin’s lips. “Tessa has a way of making solitude seem less appealing.”

The words hit closer to home than he wanted to admit. He immediately thought of Ember—her quiet determination, her unexpected laughter, and the way she’d started to fill the empty spaces in his cabin with warmth and purpose.

He said nothing.

They found the sleigh where he’d dropped it, half-buried in snow. They brushed away the snow and both of them took a handle. The weight was familiar, grounding.

“So,” Korrin said as they started back towards the cabin. “Your female.”

“What about her?”

“You haven’t claimed her.”

His jaw tightened. “That’s none of your business.”

“Probably not.” Korrin didn’t seem concerned by the warning in his voice. “But I’m curious. I watched you almost kill me because you thought I might be threatening her. That’s not the reaction of a male who doesn’t care.”

“I never said I didn’t care.”

“Then why hold back?” Korrin ducked easily under a low-hanging branch. “She’s clearly willing. More than willing, if I’m reading the scent markers right.”

He shifted uncomfortably. The cabin would be saturated with the evidence of their shared desire—every moment of tension, every interrupted kiss, every night spent lying awake wanting what he couldn’t let himself take.

“She’s leaving,” he said flatly. “The southern pass will clear soon. She has a life waiting for her down below.”

“And?”

“And what?”

“So she’s leaving.” Korrin’s tone was maddeningly reasonable. “Why does that mean you can’t go with her?”

He stopped walking. The question threatened to steal the breath from his lungs.

Go with her. Of course the thought had crossed his mind.

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