Rejected Exile (Wolf Ascendant Book 1) by Lucy Auburn

Author:Lucy Auburn [Auburn, Lucy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-03-11T16:00:00+00:00

It's a good thing my father's house has fallen into a state of complete disrepair, because right now I need the distraction more than anything. Fixing all the broken and damaged bits of the house gives me something to do besides dwell on the microchip in my neck. It lets me have breathing space to think and consider my options.

And it's a damned good excuse for having the guys around.

Well—Finn, Roarke, and Lance, that is. Kieran stays away after the first day; the morning that follows his visit, Roarke passes on some message from him. Apparently he'll be "too busy" hunting up near the mountains to help with the house anymore. Based on the way Roarke won't quite meet my eyes as he repeats Kieran's message, I get the feeling it's at least mostly a lie, but I decide I don't quite care.

Anything to keep him away from me, so I don't have to look at the way he's turned out and feel bad for him. It's foolish of me, I realize quickly, to think he can be fixed. Men don't change just because we want them to—and despite our childhood friendship, Kieran is broken beyond repair.

Better to turn my attention to things that can be fixed, like this house. And things that don't need to be fixed, like the three hunky men spending their time inside it.

"You should go flirt with Finn," Cat murmurs to me over cups of coffee, as we watch the guys carefully slide the sofa back onto the repaired hardwood floor. "He seems pretty eager to catch your eye, and he's no lightweight. I bet it'd be easy to get with him."

I roll my eyes at her words, though I don't deny myself a little look at Finn's ass as he braces beneath the weight of the sofa. "They're just here to fix the house, Cat. Slavering all over them isn't exactly hospitality."

"How did you grow up to be such a prude? I thought I raised you better than that."

"You did. But this is different." I take a long sip of my coffee, letting its warmth trickle down my throat. "These are werewolves. They don't do flings or half-commitment. At least... not with other werewolves."

Cat raises a brow at me. "Have you told them about the chip?"

"No!" My hand goes to my neck, and I have to drag my fingers away. "I haven't decided what to do with it yet. So I'm not telling anyone until I do."

"Well, then that means they still think you're shiftless. Which makes you basically a human—they can't mate with you, right?"

"They could," I admit, wincing at the old memory of my father's refusal to even consider having his shiftless daughter find a new werewolf mate. "But it doesn't always work, and plenty of werewolves don't want to try."

"So you could have a fling, then. I mean—what's the harm? It's not like sex and marriage are the same thing."

They're not. Even werewolves have been known to have dalliances and affairs.

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