RETH
She stayed naked. It was glorious. He vowed to bring her up there every day if she'd do that. After the very inconvenient entry of Behryn and the men when the Silent One was close, he understood why she didn't feel comfortable in the cave without clothes. So it was a special treat to have her out there, the sunlight kissing her skin—and Reth kissing it too.
They lounged on the blanket for a while, talking about nothing important, then her stomach growled, and Reth grabbed the picnic basket.
"It's getting very late. My Queen needs her lunch."
"I'd like some more desert," she said cheekily, and ran a finger down the center of his chest. His breath came faster and he grinned at her, his cock twitching because she'd rolled onto her elbow, and with her other hand extended towards him like that, it pushed her breasts together. She noticed and raised an eyebrow at him.
RISE OF THE DARK ALPHA
Just days after Sasha gave herself to her childhood love, he disappeared. Five years later, on a dark city street, Zev came back—with danger on his tail.
Zev is Chimera: Half-human, half-wolf. Made in a secure research lab, his existence is a secret. But when the powerful men who created him try to kill the only woman who ever made his heart sing, Zev snaps their leash and steals her away to the brutal, hidden world of the Chimera clans.
Torn between the magnetic draw of her first love and the painful betrayal of his disappearance, Sasha tries to keep Zev at arms-length. But when they reach this mysterious world, Zev discovers that in his absence the humans took control and stole almost all the females. The Chimera are dying—and Zev isn’t Alpha anymore.
Now, Zev must fight his own people to win the right to mate his only love. Can he prove to her that his long-ago promise to protect her heart, as well as her body, was true? Or will the humans cross worlds to hunt the wolf and tear the lovers apart forever?
[Mature content, no sexual assault]
NOTE: This book is a standalone story and NOT part of the Anima/King of Beasts series (but fans should keep an eye out for Easter Eggs!)