Twisted Mates by Crystal J. Johnson & Felicity Vaughn

Author:Crystal J. Johnson & Felicity Vaughn [Johnson, Crystal J. & Vaughn, Felicity]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2025-02-26T00:00:00+00:00

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Xander

Tonight is the full moon, and I think I’ll come out of my skin if the sun doesn’t set soon. Ever since my and Alexia’s night under the stars, I’ve had two things on my mind: her and the shift.

I need to be in my wolf form; I need to run, to be free from all that’s been plaguing me since first seeing her at her cleansing ritual. Because as glad as I am that Alexia is in my life, that’s also been the source of most of my stress. Wondering where my brother is, who’s after Alexia, and worst of all, if he’s the one behind the weird shit happening to her.

And since I agreed to watch over her during her shift, we should stay home. We should do nothing besides shift and hang out in the backyard or something. That would be the responsible thing to do. But I don’t want to be responsible. I want to run with her. I want to see what she looks like when she shifts and can be totally free. I can protect her out there just as well as I can in here.

That is, if Clayton will get off our asses.

“No, absolutely not.”

“Why not?” Alexia says, propping her hands on her hips and glaring at my stepfather. You’d think she hates him as much as I do, but there’s no way. She doesn’t know the half of it.

“Because it’s inappropriate, Alexia. You will not be with Xander while you shift for your first time away from your family. You will be with Carrington and that is all,” he says, glaring in my direction as if he knows something is going on between us.

And honestly, if the fucker couldn’t put me to death for it and get what he’s wanted ever since he’s known me, I wouldn’t care. But after what happened the other night at the overlook, I know Alexia is worried sick. She’s tried to tell me she’s not, that it isn’t bothering her anymore. But I know better. I’ve gotten to know her well enough by now that I can tell when she’s hyperfixating on something. And I know just by watching her in those moments when she goes quiet that she’s thinking about it. She’s scared. And because of that, I am determined to be with her during the shift.

“Why can’t we all just be here together?” I butt in, leaning against the counter. “Don’t you think it’s hard on all of us with Kai not being here?”

His gaze darts between us and the silence is deafening as he hits us with his disapproval. “I don’t think it’s difficult for you at all, Xander. It seems to me like you’ve been perfectly content since Kai’s been gone. I don’t think you’ve given one thought to him or what he’s going through; imagine how he must be feeling, separated from his mate like this.”

I fail miserably at holding in the sarcastic laughter that erupts from me. “I think if Kai was concerned about his mate and her first shift since leaving home, he would be here.

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