Vanessa Davis never imagined her life would lead to Dusty Creek, Texas. A city girl scarred by her mother’s abandonment, she buried the pain—until a letter from the woman who vanished begs for a second chance. Reluctantly, Vanessa heads to the small town, only to find herself stranded on a desolate road. Enter Colton Hayes—rancher, alpha wolf, and everything she’s tried to avoid. With a piercing gaze that sees through her, he offers her a place at Silver Ridge Ranch while her car is repaired. As Vanessa adjusts to life in Dusty Creek, she discovers her mother’s plea hides a darker secret—her new family desperately needs something only she can provide. Hurt and angry, Vanessa plans to leave, but uncovering the town’s poisoned water supply reignites her investigative instincts. Determined to find the truth, she digs deeper, realizing the corruption runs further than expected—and Silver Ridge Ranch may hold the key to saving the town. Colton has his own battles, torn between protecting his pack and keeping his heart guarded. Trusting Vanessa could destroy everything he’s worked to protect. Yet, under the Texas moon, their connection sparks with undeniable energy, pulling them closer despite the dangers. Vanessa must decide: will she risk everything for a future in Dusty Creek, or will the secrets they uncover tear them apart before they have a chance?
View More▄︻デ══━一 COLTON HAYES💥 Sheriff Bastillo is a piece of shit.I cannot stress that enough.If dirt could crawl into a uniform and pretend to be a man, it would be him.I leaned back in the creaking chair, arms folded, my face set in stone as he rattled on about how this town was going to shit—and how, apparently, it was all my fault.Typical.He leaned forward, fingers steepled, eyes narrow and gleaming with fake authority. “You people don’t understand how things work. You’re all just looking for a reason to stir up trouble.”I clenched my jaw so tight my teeth ached. “Poisoned water isn’t a conspiracy, Bastillo. It’s killing people.”He rolled his eyes like I had just told him ghosts were haunting the town well.“Oh, please,” he scoffed. “Next, you’re going to tell me the trees are whispering secrets in the wind.” He laughed, and I could feel it in my bones—the disgust simmering, threatening to boil over.“You think this is funny?” I asked, my voice low. Too low. The kind of quiet tha
★。\|/。★VANESSA DAVIS★。/|\。★I sat with the cup of tea in my hand and my phone recorder on. “How do we do this?” she asked me. I offered her a smile. “Start by introducing yourself.”“And this will go public?” she glanced at the phone, then at me. “Yes, of course. You might not know me, or trust me-”“Damn right.”“- but my blog has alot of followers, and so does my social media accounts, and i work for a huge company in manhattan. I can get this on national news. Trust me. I just need to know what I’m working with. There’s a man at a graveyard who-”The woman perked up. “You met him? And he approves of you? Okay then. Let’s do this. You better be ready for what I’m about to say.”I sighed, picked up my phone, ended this recording so i could start a new one."This is Vanessa Davis for The Metropolitan Muse. I’m here in Dusty Creek, trying to expose the man responsible for the deaths of many and the slow, brutal destruction of this town. Today, I have with me the sister of one of t
★。\|/。★VANESSA DAVIS★。/|\。★The drive into town was suffocatingly quiet. The kind of silence that creeps under your skin, making every small movement feel louder than it is. I couldn’t bring myself to say anything, and Colton seemed content to let the stillness settle between us like an old, worn blanket.When he pulled onto the familiar street, I felt my stomach tighten. The houses looked the same, yet they carried the weight of too many memories. He shifted in his seat, flicking his hat up with a casual ease, though I caught the way his fingers hesitated. He’d added sunglasses since the last time I saw him, and somehow, they made him even more infuriatingly attractive.What is wrong with me? It was one kiss. The animal part of me seems far too interested all of a sudden. He finally spoke, his voice low and steady. “This is the same spot I dropped you off a few days ago. Why are you here again?”His question was reasonable. Hell, I had asked myself the same thing more than once on
★。\|/。★VANESSA DAVIS★。/|\。★We dressed quickly after setting the rules, barely able to keep our hands off each other. Every glance, every brush of skin, felt like a promise neither of us could wait to keep.We set rules, so we’re good. And I’m not turning down sex.By the time we reached the house, the tension between us was unbearable—thick enough to smother every rational thought.The moment we crossed through the door, Colton yanked me into his body, stealing my breath before I had a chance to exhale.His lips crashed against mine, a devastating collision of heat and hunger, raw and desperate. He didn’t hesitate, didn’t waste time easing into it. He took. Claimed. Branded. Such fire, isn’t he supposed to be a lover boy?My back slammed against the door, a startled gasp slipping from me, but he swallowed it, turning it into something deeper, something I felt in every nerve ending.His hands were everywhere at once, gripping my hips, sliding up my spine, threading into my hair. I c
▄︻デ══━一 COLTON HAYES💥 When she started stripping, I was struck. Just staring at her. My eyes couldn’t leave her body, the fullness of her, the desire it unlocked within me. My heart was pounding. Racing faster than it has ever before her. Everything I feel right now has not happened. I had my face in high school when I gave in to the lures of meaningless sex up until I got my first girlfriend. That first relationship, coupled with watching how my parents expressed their love, made me wish for something like that. So I composed myself. For years, I went by having zero problems. Only for me to run into the greatest temptation. In the form of a city girl with a distaste for small towns. Once Vanessa was completely nude, she dove into the water while I stood there following her outline in the lake. She popped her head back up, swimming backward. I spotted her gorgeous tail. Sometimes I forget how many of us are on the planet. Most are werewolves and vampires, and coming close are wit
★。\|/。★VANESSA DAVIS★。/|\。★After the discussion with Darcy, I met up with Colton back at his house. It was a long hot walk there. I’m grateful he’ll be driving me into town rather than me having to cycle there. Which I can’t do because I broke my bike. He did not look happy. I’m not surprised, he seems to be dealing with pressure poorly. I’m sure this is the first time he’s had a threat to his farm that he couldn’t see. I can’t imagine dealing with that. I checked my phone to confirm if the woman, Margaret’s sister had responded to my message.And voila! Yes, she has. I shoved the phone back into my pocket. “You good, cowboy?”He snapped from his thoughts. His eyes darkened for a second. “No, I’m not good. But there’s nothing I can do about it.”I fought against my instincts which said to just ignore the sadness in his eyes, the slump in his shoulder and just go meet with Miss Holloway. Those journalistic instincts wanted me to put this story first. After all, it was my source o
★。\|/。★VANESSA DAVIS★。/|\。★Colon waited until the sun rose before ushering me to come to Darcy’s lab so we could share what we discovered. I wasn’t able to wake up clearly, but after a shower and breakfast, I was able to muster some energy to go speak with Darcy at her.... botanical garden. Darcy was not happy to see me. “What is she doing here? The last time she was here she asked if I bought my degree at the dollar store.”Colton turned to me, his eyes flashing for a second before he turned away. I shrugged, I’m not sorry. She was being a complete bitch the last time I was here. She wouldn’t listen to me at all. So I said what I said. Was it rude? Who the fuck knows?“I don’t want to speak to her.” “She was right, Darcy.”the woman froze, and I peaked over Colton’s muscular body to wiggle my eyebrows at her. “What? But I-”“She ran an experiment using two fishes. The one in the contaminated water died. Within two days. There’s something in the water that’s killing the animals
★。\|/。★VANESSA DAVIS★。/|\。★I couldn’t sleep that night.The conversation I had with Tom lingered in my head, replaying in loops like a broken record. His lack of remorse gnawed at me, not because he didn’t care—he just didn’t feel the way I did. He didn’t know my father, didn’t grow up under his shadow, didn’t watch the slow, aching unraveling of a man betrayed. Tom had the privilege of distance, the safety of time. He had years to come to terms with the fact that he fell for a married woman, that he stood by while she tore a family apart.I couldn’t wrap my head around it.The sheer indifference of it all stunned me. My mother and Tom had moved on, built a life, never looking back at the wreckage they left behind. They never thought about my father, my siblings—never cared about what it did to us.The anger burned deep in my chest, too thick and heavy to let me rest.I pushed the blankets off and swung my legs over the bed, the movement too fast, too careless. The moment my foot h
▄︻デ══━一 COLTON HAYES💥As expected my seven-hour walk around the entire land, there was nothing I could find. Nothing that helped me figure out what was going on with the land. The grass looked as green as they were gonna get, everything on the surface level looked good. But the crops are dying slowly, the cattle too, and now I know one of my horses is suffering from an injury I can’t explain, the others might suffer from the same issue. It would take me longer if I wanted to speak to everyone in the pack while also carefully looking through... god, I’m tired. I can’t even mentally check myself into any conclusion because this land is becoming less beautiful. I might be panicking, to be honest. My head sometimes switches when something goes wrong... with my animals, and the pack who who need this land to survive. It’s how they make their money, and how they live their lives, this pack is where they raise their children. I’m tired. I know I shouldn’t give up, and I won’t but with no
★。\|/。★VANESSA DAVIS★。/|\。★The engine sputtered, letting out a high-pitched whine before descending into a series of jarring clunks, each one louder and more ominous than the last. A metallic scraping sound joined the cacophony, like nails on a chalkboard, before the car gave one final, wheezing groan. The momentum ebbed, and with a reluctant shudder, it jerked to a halt, silence settling like a heavy curtain in the aftermath of the mechanical chaos.“HOLY FUCKING SHIT! WHY NOW? WHY THE FUCK NOW?!” I yelled, banging my head on the steering wheel over and over again. The honking sound didn’t even stop me from freaking out. I’m not even near this stupid godforsaken town. And this piece of crap has given up on me. I hate THIS!Okay, you might need some backstory to understand why I’m freaking out. This is all the fault of my estranged mother. Two days ago she sent me a letter. In these modern times, she sent me a fucking letter. After twenty years of pure silence, after running out on...
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