Crimson Island

able t

, but my wolf would not

to me as wild. The social worker in charge of my case indicat

it were

in human form. Everyone believes I murdered

ild after discoverin

d to feel s

launched into a diatribe about how he couldn't let m

ith Alpha Clinton's wol

amn about assigning gu

enraged.

m also

imson Island, home of the

elieve I murde

about to scream. I

, so they put a muzzle on me. My wolf is enraged and in

t my wolf, his nose twi

, my beast allowin

ntly delighted by

alize I'm suc

zips along the water, leaving the land

ure my old Alph

" Alpha Nathan told my father the previ

the moment, my head hammer

lieved it was

paws informed me it

. Then I awoke in a jail, where my

r has pa

And the Elders believe I mu

and rage engulfed me, prompti

rds tranquilized me

times in the previ

the most hazardous island on the planet. So I'm con

, however, continue

d with the

oth la

r let it

lf that he is

ll her mat

he have be

t of me murmurs. She should have informed

have los

e forced her to ter

dn't b

she did no

her feeli

pay the ultimate

She's still very much in command, exuding a conf

feeling

ow. I may have been able to bargain where the Elde

t

ed our fate by growli

n the fresh sea air. Unfortunately, the g

old air. My fur keeps me warm as we spee

by a bridge. All of the Reject Islands beyond

it was via a

dump me off at the water's edge and fl

tone Pack never came into our town back home.

s ensuring m

that I anticipate these jer

y wolf lets me shift, I'll be abl

ven move with a

These are the kinds of

w as the soldier ahead

curled in an unnatural way that makes

r opposite of what I want to be doing right now. She's behaving lik

dds, kneeling. "Why don't you mo

as if she doesn't compr

ntrol. I think it's how she's felt all these years while I'

ouple of puppies runn

e pup

you out until you

g to happen, I

curls up in a mou

en up trying to figure it out. Instead, I jus

"I can't let you out in

to abandon my container

a halt, the guar

nd leave!" The guard at t

e goes for the latch. "If you try to attack me, I'll throw you in the water

c possibilities, I thou

ins still, simpl

agging joyously, as

hore, which I can now see is approximately a hundr

ers and paws

yes. "I'm not f

nd lies dow

?" Immediately throw her overboa

"All right. Come here, and I'll take it

ere a pet. I'm curious whether he recognizes I'm no

he believes it'

iven that I am the

as I used to shove her to

taste the spoiled food they served me in my cel

this silly wa

girl and I'll take it off b

it is his tone and motions that she is processing rather than his words. Th

uld be able to kee

olf remains still, allowing him to remove the muzzle. H

n leaps for

his brute power and propels me into the

king idiot," says

egins to splutter, the rear

ath the waves, uns

water is

lik

to doggy paddle, and to show her the way up. But she

goin

w at the dark depths, attemptin

is com

yell

me up. "What on earth are you doing?” a guy deman

ot at

ing at him, enra

ha energy flashing across my fur in

ersonifies

iately sooth

s, allowing him to

y whether she's faking i

to submit to someone she feels is

turning me to my side and peering down in

ark and seductive. At least until their eyes widen i

ck, evidently not p

e does und

ow what mo

" he su

my wolf isn't going to allow me. Because I

rs, slightly accented and more p

even con

command for a split second. How do you know I'm unable to shift? He's the first

es a step forward, his aura bu

an

person n

e both

the Crim

mo

s turning to ice as

e says quietly, lying do

ineffe

far too Alpha to s

" he says, his voi

right. I'm freaking awful. I'm imprisoned in my wolf form, accused of

ice adds, sending frost through my veins. "I'm not com

hree Crimson

arnation, I irrit

own in the last two days. And now I'm going to

s caressing my fur with an inexplic

he hummi

t lump of fur. She is unconcerned about being surrounded

t shift?” The man

erk up. Yes, wh

ng blue stare scanning every inch of my body. I tense as he bends in to sniff me. At least on th

gins to roll onto her back

ed. You were all ferocious and enraged, and now

race his palm down my bare abdomen. "Are you safeguarding your hu

an? I inquire about my stray animal. Are you le

nt you permission to shift back?” He go

acing with p

t to emerge. But he ne

ips a beat as I ponder. What does this imply

me, Moon. Not after ever

stuck for the re

dition, Anthony," the muscular Alpha says

he approaches. "She'll be mounted

e-eyed Alpha permits it, allowing her to curl into a protective ball. But he keeps running his fingers

again, this time to me rather

o my nose. "She's small," he observes. "And submitting like an Omega." He leans in aga

gaze meeting mine. He looks at me for a minute, his blac

lies the blue-eyed on

g to an unsaid query. "I'l

ights before she meets the pack," the blue-e

to stay until then

person behind me. "Wher

e stops off, but the others groan, indicating th

ve a question.

not fe

female. My testing all pointed to the same c

p telling me that

I can see why. Because in comparison t

about a

rly s

so not

fingers through his thick blond hair. "I'll come with you, Anthony," h

standing at th

r, it's a challenging grin as he stares at the

to moan. She enjoys his deep hum. It nearly sounds like a purr. "Would you like t

now? I'm perplexed by t

en I learned I'd be transported to Crimson Island, but it's not the

m clever

se

ri

all s

ti

o dema

ut she's standing still. She simply wants to nestle up behind

," he adds, ris

annoyed at the abs

hest soothes her and she shuffles

ed just in

the shore only a few feet away. He wasn't wearing them when he haule

quires, dressed in jeans and a bare chest i

uctive purr underpins his words

his face. Before gazing at Anthony, he pushes it ba

e jaws," Antho

uddenly exhausted. "Yeah,