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By the Author
A Royal Romance
Courting the Countess
Dapper
Royal Rebel
Unexpected
Charming the Vicar
Royal Court
Wooing the Farmer
Someone to Love
The Duchess and the Dreamer
Wild for You
Hunger for You
Longing for You
Wolfgang County Series
Heart of the Pack
Soul of the Pack
Blood of the Pack
Acknowledgments
Thank you to Rad, Sandy, and all the BSB staff for theirtireless hard work. Thanks to Ruth for her guidance, patience, and advice. I’mdeeply grateful to have you help me make my books the best that they can be.
Thanks to my family for their support and encouragement.
Finally, thanks to Lou and Barney for putting up with mycraziness as I approach every deadline. I’ll love you both forever and always.
To Lou
Always and forever
Chapter One
The sounds of laughter and happiness were making Alexis Villiersmore down and depressed by the second. She should be happy. It was her bestfriend and mentor’s wedding day. Byron Debrek had already been bonded by bloodto Amelia Honey, but Byron wanted to honour Amelia’s human side, and so theyplanned a lavish wedding.
The wedding was taking place at the Gothic and picturesque DebrekCastle in the Highlands of Scotland. Byron invited all of their paranormalallies and friends, including the four heads of the UK and Ireland werewolfpacks—the Scottish Wulvers, the Irish Filtiaran, the English Ranwulfs, and theWelsh Blaidds—plus the BoaBhan Sith, all-female vampire-fae beings with whomthe Debreks had a long alliance, who used the Debreks’ Scottish residence astheir home.
There were also representatives of the fae, the shapeshifters, andthe witches, with whom they had a much more fragile alliance. And since Byron’scousin Victorija, the head of the Dred vampire clan, killed the leader of theFrench coven, relations between the vampires and witches had become even morestrained than usual.
The wedding was the event of the century. Nobody, especiallyAlexis, ever thought that Byron would become bonded by blood, the vampireequivalent of marriage, but when Amelia Honey came along, everything changed.Alexis stood at the back of the banqueting hall watching the wedding guestsdancing with a deep sadness and worry in her heart. She had been feeling it formonths now and just couldn’t shake it.
Alexis watched Byron pull Amelia closer as they embarked on theirfirst dance, and the guests gave them a round of applause. Alexis could notshare this happiness. She wandered over to the bar area and waited for service.Slaine, who ran The Sanctuary in London, had agreed to run the bar for thisevening’s special event.
The Sanctuary was a club where all paranormals could come togetherand have a drink in peace, no matter what grievances they had outside the door,and was the oldest bar in London. Slaine was part shifter, part fae, and it wasthe shifter part of her genes that gave her the six-foot-eight height andsolid, imposing body. Slaine spotted Alexis and left her staff to handle theorders and made her way over to Alexis.
“What can I get you, Alexis?” Slaine said.
“Whisky, please.”
Slaine grinned. “Try this.” She brought out a bottle with a greywolf on the front of the label from underneath the bar and poured Alexis alarge drink. “Kenrick Wulver gave Byron and Amelia ten cases of this specialreserve to mark their wedding day. Byron let us use one case behind the bar.It’s a bit special.”
Alexis took a sip and felt the satisfying burn as it travelleddown her throat. It was really good, but she’d expect no less from the Wulverdistillery. Kenrick was the new Alpha and not long mated herself. Everyoneseemed to be destined for happiness except her. Alexis had lost her chance atlove a hundred and seventy years ago, when Victorija killed Anna, the woman shewas going to marry.
“It’s good,” Alexis said with little enthusiasm.
“Good? You can’t describe that masterpiece as good, Duca.”
Alexis swirled the amber liquid around her glass. “Really good?”
Slaine sighed. “You sound like you’re at a funeral instead