Page 1 of Opposites Attract
Prologue
Fallon
“We stay until the day of the hunt and then move out.” My brother’s voice held the threat of an alpha bark. He’d always had it, even before he became Alpha, and even though he never intended to use it. The commanding tone echoed through the chilly night. But it was the pack’s howls of war and revenge around the fire that made shivers dance on my skin.
They were all idiots.
I took another pull off the whiskey bottle, letting the burn wash the sour taste from my mouth.
This is good. It gives us more time.
Time is the last thing I want to give you, I scolded my internal beast. She’d been distracted and worked up the last few days, ever since the Luna Trials ended. We’d gotten a stronger whiff of the faint trace that lingered in the stands after the nesting trial elimination round. That scent was delicious and masculine and called to a primal part of my being.
And I wasn’t going near it with a ten-foot pole.
Mating season was riding everyone hard. I shuddered to think of what catching a particular scentright nowmeant to my wolf. It was not the time to play around with nature or hormones.
It’s not like we’re committing.She rolled her eyes.I just want to see who it is.
Morbid curiosity was going to screw us over.
It’ll be fine.
I’ve heard that before.And I’d also lived long enough to know it was no good to argue with my beast.
With any luck, he’d be some production crew member and that’s why we hadn’t scented the male until now. We could find him while Ranger tried to sweep Aspen off her feet. A quickie might be enough to scratch the itch and get him out of our system.
But we needed to move fast because I wasn’t boning anyone this mating season except for Poe, my trusty vibrator with the swelling base.
It’s not strong enough,my wolf complained.
I’ll charge the batteries once we get home.I handed the bottle of whiskey to Jones and stood. He gave me a side eye but said nothing.
I shoved him anyway.
“What was that for?” he growled.
“Looking at me wrong.” I pulled the shirt over my head.
He averted his gaze. “Come on, Fallon.”
“They’re just tits, dude.” I knew he wasn’t a fan of breasts unless his mate Foster could somehow grow them, but I had a decent rack. Plus, we’d seen each other naked since we were young and scrawny pups.
“How many sets of magic nipple rings do you own?” Jones raised the bottle to his lips.
I glanced down at my starred bars and shrugged. Guess I hadn’t worn this pair yet. “Want me to hook Foster up with my piercer?”
Jones seemed to think about it before shaking his head. “I’d never hear the end of that one.”
“Too late,” I said as my beast took over. “I’m getting your mate’s dick pierced now if it’s the last thing I do.”
The rest of the pack hooted and hollered as I finished shifting into my wolf. They were used to our teasing. Most of the time, they’d be egging us on and I’d stick around to make Jones uncomfortable, especially once he’d given me an opening likethat. After thirteen years of us fighting with each other, it was second nature to bite back.
But my wolf pulled us away.
He’s out there.
In the woods?