Ian has always believed he was human, but the arrival of Archer, his enigmatic co-worker, changes his life as he knows it.The connection between them is intense and triggers unknown dreams and sensations in Ian.Ian discovers that Archer is a powerful werewolf who was sent to protect him because of an ancient prophecy that speaks of a pure Omega who happens to be him. Together, they must unravel the mystery of the prophecy and confront dark forces while finding out if the bond that unites them can save their world.
View MoreThe rain was coming down hard that spring morning and I was soaked through and through.
I didn't know if it was a bad omen, but I did know that I would be chilled to the bone if I didn't run the remaining block to my work. I crossed the street with alacrity and ran carefully until I reached the library where I worked.
"Ian, you're soaking wet,” Henry, the doorman, said with concern. “I think there are towels in stock and something you can use to change your clothes.”
I sighed in relief and Henry smiled at me.
He was an old man who cared about everyone and who, like few others in Veltonne, treated me with great care because of my history. For that, I respected him a lot.
“Thank you, Henry,” I said before taking off my jacket.
I shook it out a bit and walked into the library waving to everyone.
The cold was chilling my skin a bit, so I went straight to the bathroom to get some hot coffee. On the way there, however, I didn't expect to find Carol, my best friend, trying to see our boss's office through the copy center window. She looked like a demented stalker and I held back laughter.
“What are you doing here?” I asked her quietly as I stood next to her.
Carol held back a scream and her black curls jumped with her.
“You scared me!” whispered Carol and held her hand to her chest histrionically.
“What are you doing?”
“I'm trying to see the new librarian,” she said smugly and I was startled.
“Was the new librarian arriving today?” I asked in confusion. “I thought Connie's understudy was coming in when she retired and that's going to happen in two months.”
“The chief mentioned that they need to train someone new because the government is asking him to fill the position quickly. So apparently, they already sent someone,” Carol said and I nodded, then she frowned as she looked at me from head to toe. “Why are you soaked?”
“It started pouring rain; I need to dry off and change.”
“There must be clothes in the storeroom; God knows how many people lose jackets, sweaters, and miscellaneous nonsense in this library,” Carol said indignantly, and I laughed.
“I'm going to get coffee first; I need to warm up my body.”
She nodded but remained in her spy position, so I went to the break room and poured myself a large cup of hot coffee. The warmth flooded my system quickly, which made me sigh in bliss and after that I went to the storeroom.
The Veltonne Regional Library was one of the most modest in the country, yet it was a regional repository, so it had one of the largest subway storage facilities of all. The place was as big as four whole blocks, so a novice could easily get lost. However, I knew this place like the back of my hand because my mother had worked as a book curator.
I went straight to the lost and found towels. I grabbed one and dried off as much as I could until I started looking through the racks for a sweater. Everything was feminine, but I found a simple blue sweater. As I took off my wet shirt to change, a throat clearance made me turn around.
Rob, my boss, was standing with his arms crossed next to a man I had never seen before.
The man was tall, imposing, and olive-skinned, with thick black hair and green eyes that looked like emeralds. He was very handsome, so handsome that I was breathless. He didn't take his eyes off me and I felt my body heat up immediately.
Rob cleared his throat again and I finished pulling my sweater on in embarrassment.
“Ian, this is Archer Coleman,” Rob told me calmly. “He'll be your new section mate. You need to train him to adapt quickly to the job, so you're in charge of him.”
I nodded and Archer held out his hand.
It was a very large hand, but I kept my posture calm and gave it a light shake.
I wasn't prepared to feel the electricity between us, so I pulled my hand away in bewilderment. Archer's expression was one of astonishment, one he hid when Bob whistled.
“At the end of the shift, I want a report,” Rob said before walking off and leaving me alone with the new librarian.
“Are you okay?” asked Archer and his voice gave me chills.
I nodded and he smiled.
His smile made me open and close my mouth several times.
I shook at that and had the strength to speak.
“I'm fine,” I told him firmly. “Give me a few minutes to put my clothes out to dry and I'll give you a tour of the warehouse. Then I'll show you the section you'll be working in and the categorization of the books, as well as the library's recognition and fingering program.”
Archer frowned for a moment.
“Okay,” he said and I nodded.
I grabbed a bag and stuffed the wet shirt in it, then carried it over to the drying room, a place the curators used to restore books. It had fans and lights that would dry my shirt quickly.
My every move was being watched by Archer and it felt strange.
I liked men; that had been a truth I had dealt with forever and I took to it easily. My family was very supportive in that regard and the community didn't usually meddle in my affairs. However, I wasn't ready for someone to see me with that intensity, much less a man as handsome as Archer.
“Do you have a lot of time working in the library?” he asked and I nodded as I turned to look at him.
“Yes,” I said confidently. “My mother worked all her life at this library, so you could say I helped out a lot here. That's why I studied to be a librarian and since I graduated very young, I earned a job at the library three years ago. I have enough time to know the complete running of the library, so if you have questions about anything, I'm the ideal person to answer them.”
“How old are you?” asked Archer and my eyebrows went up.
“I'm 23. Why do you ask?”
“It's just that you look so young; you don't look like a typical librarian,” Archer replied and I smiled.
People used to have the same conclusion he did.
“Let's just say I had certain privileges because I like to read,” I said calmly. “And how old are you and how long have you been a librarian?”
I saw him frown again.
“I'm 28,” Archer said, and I wasn't surprised. “I recently took a specialization course, so let's just say I'm a complete novice at this book thing.”
The way he expressed himself was a bit disconcerting to me.
“Well, don't worry about a thing; I'll teach you everything you need to know,” I said calmly. “Rob showed you all the main places?”
“I don't know where I can eat,” Archer said seriously and I laughed.
“Come on, I'll take you to the break room,” I said and we walked in silence.
I showed him around and offered Archer a coffee; he accepted, but it was a bathroom break. It wasn't even a minute before Carol came running into the break room with excitement.
“I just saw a new librarian!” said Carol with delight. “That man is handsome; he's divine; he looks like he was carved by the gods.”
I laughed with her.
“I know.”
“How do you know?” asked Carol curiously. “At what point did you see him? You were in the warehouse.”
“Rob took him with me; I'm responsible for training him,” I said and she sighed sadly.
“Just my fucking luck,” she said reproachfully and I laughed. “I get the chance to be with one of the most beautiful men I've ever seen and my gay friend gets to keep that perk. It's unbelievable!”
“He's not going to be interested in me; a lot of men like him are usually very straight, so don't worry about that nonsense,” I said and Carol folded her arms.
“Ian, you're very good-looking; you just don't think that's so,” Carol said firmly and just then Archer came over. “Any man who has doubts about his sexuality would fall at your feet. I would fall at your feet, but you're too gay to ram me against a wall fiercely, as if you were a beast thirsting for passion.”
Archer smiled and I wanted to be swallowed up by the earth.
“Why are you blushing?” asked Carol and then grinned like the Cheshire cat. "Would you like that delicious He-Man to pound you, or would you like to pound him?" I'd pay my annual salary to see them like that. It would be a good cause for BL mistresses.”
I was going to kill my best friend.
“No, I wouldn't care for that and I recommend you limit your imagination to safe spaces,” I mumbled and Carol spun around.
She opened her mouth in embarrassment at the sight of Archer and then smiled flirtatiously, which made me shake my head.
“I'm Archer,” Archer said and held out his hand. “Although you seem to have called me He-Man delicious.”
“In my defense, I'll just say you're very handsome,” Carol said shamelessly and Archer laughed a very amused laugh.
Archer's laughter made my skin crawl.
At that moment, I knew Archer Coleman was trouble.
ArcherWe returned home with sadness plaguing everything.Ian was devastated; there was no other way to describe what was happening to him.Gloryn was being a good confidant for my mate at the time; somehow, she could understand what was happening to Ian in a way that I wasn't able to. I tried to put myself in Ian's shoes; I understood, but Ian's I resented.I felt guilty for letting Will leave home like that; I was unaware of the danger; I clumsily thought that if Ian's father stayed away, it would minimize the risks he was exposed to.I was an imbecile.“Do you need anything?” I asked Ian, and he denied it; then Gloryn gave me a pitying look. “I'll go to the pack house, then I'll be back.”Ian nodded without meeting my eyes, and I left with my friends.I didn't want to leave my mate alone, but given the circumstances, I needed answers about what happened with his father.The safe deposit box we had jealously guarded with Gloryn's help was the answer, but until we could get a way to
IanMy father, the man who raised me since he took me from an orphanage, was in the middle of the shed inside the mill with his guts out.I froze, perplexed, and shook my head, thinking it was some kind of hallucination, then I took a good look, and sure enough, my father Will was lying dead with his intestines out of his body from what were clearly claw tears.He lay with his eyes closed, staring into nothingness, and I felt what little hope was left in my body just extinguished.“It can't be,” I said in pain and approached my father.He was wearing the same clothes he had left Archer's house in, the ones he had said goodbye to me in. I held back a cry of pain, just felt my body go numb and closed my eyes to him and then cried loudly.My mother was dead and my father had been murdered.I closed my eyes and raised my head in search of relief, but it was impossible to feel anything quite like that when devastation had knocked painfully at my door.We must get out of here; it could be d
IanThe thread that linked Archer and me felt very much alive.And my wolf was unhinged from approaching Archer's wolf in all sorts of ways I couldn't understand. It was as if the bond wasn't completely choking him.“You're so sweet,” Archer said to my wolf, and Aldo growled in amusement. “I've been waiting for you too.”Aldo's feelings were soft, easy to understand, and I realized they were identical to my own, yet I was completely confused and overwhelmed at the situation.It was not something I expected to feel; I didn't even know how to size it up.“Whoever cast the seal spell was someone very powerful,” Tori said, and we looked at her. “It drained me completely and broke all the magic wards Ian had. Now he's much easier for others to track.”Aldo groaned, and Archer immediately stroked his ears.“We're going to be fine; I'm going to protect them,” Archer said with conviction.I believe him, so trust, said my wolf, Aldo.I trusted; maybe I trusted too much, and it was that very th
IanMy head was going to explode.“Alpha Quill was about to get married a dozen times before he met your mother,” Archer said.“Your father was a very handsome man and desirable, so he got a lot of marriage proposals. In order not to be so adamant about saying no, he used legal loopholes to buy time to meet his mate,” my father said, and I could do nothing but laugh.“Do you want to ask one of the women my father turned down for help?” I asked teasingly.“Her situation was very different; actually, they never had any kind of rapprochement; she had simply been sent to do her internship in the Reserves. She and Alpha Quill became very good friends, and over time she fell in love. Then the event happened that got her kicked off the Reservation.”“That woman will not want to see me,” I said calmly and with common sense.“She will; she'll help; she'll hesitate, but she'll give in because it was your father who stopped the Reservation wolf council from slaughtering her for using forbidden m
IanMy father decided to be my guide into the pack.Not on the populated side per se, but in the areas surrounding my biological father's hut. The situation felt a little out of place, since he was the one guiding me in a community I didn't even belong to, but it felt right.Give him a chance to explain himself, my wolf said, and it seemed like a reasonable recommendation.My father and I sat near the river and watched a couple of men hover nearby.“They are wolves from this pack; they are patrollers,” my father said, and I sighed.“How is it that this world exists and humanity hasn't questioned it?” I asked with a frown.“Some of humanity, at least the one that rules, knows about the supernaturals and the Reservation,” my father said, and I looked at him open-mouthed. “There's a silent deal about it; it carries a lot of ancient magic and dire consequences for revealing the truth in such a simple way. So let's just say the situation is much more complicated than that, but it's been ef
Archer“So you can take possession—”“I already said no!” said Ian in a deep voice, and I noticed his eyes turned a little golden.It was easy for me to tell that my grandfather was going to say something else stupid, so I interrupted him sternly.“Ian has been blunt, Grandpa,” I said, and my grandfather looked at Gloryn for help.She looked completely conflicted.“Ian is the one who decides what to do about his name,” Gloryn said. “No one can force him to take on a name he doesn't recognize as his own, so I urge you not to pressure him about it. He's got enough on the subject; that's enough for now. The important thing is for Ian to learn more about our people, our customs, and his powers so he can fit in with himself.”Ian looked at his grandmother as if she were his savior and I could tell that the two of them would get along very well. However, I was sure that the situation with my grandfather wasn't going to get any better. I knew it when Gloryn told Ian to walk her out so she co
IanWhen I woke up, my best friend was holding my hand while my father was pulling a handkerchief off my forehead. They were both still dressed in the black clothes they had worn to my mother's wake.“Are you okay?” asked Carol immediately and I nodded. “I insisted on taking you to the doctor, but your father and Archer insisted that what you have is an emotional fade.Are you sure that's what it is?”My friend was too perceptive, so I nodded to calm her down.“I don't feel so good,” I admitted out loud.The truth was, I was feeling very confused by all the maelstrom of feelings that were consuming me at the moment. So, I decided to be alone; I needed it.“What do you need right now?” asked Carol and I looked at her sadly.My friend knew me too well, so I made the decision to be honest.“Solitude, I need a night of solitude,” I told Carol and she nodded sadly.“Then it's time for me to go home,” my best friend said with a smile to make me feel better. “However, I'm going to be as close
IanMy mother was dead.And I was on autopilot because of the pain.I was numb despite knowing what my mother's fate would be after aggressive cancer treatment. I had made up my mind that I was going to lose her, yet the fact that I had discovered that she was actually best friends with my birth mother and that there was a whole hidden plot behind it made me feel completely sick.I loved my mother Mare like I loved a few other people, but I felt conflicted.I had pushed my anger aside so I could say goodbye to her, but after her death, I felt something snap inside me.That's how I was found by one of my neighbors, who had kindly gone to the hospital to find out about my mother.The woman tapped me on the shoulder and my response was to pull back in a very defensive way.“Are you okay, Ian?” asked the neighbor, an older lady with concern.“No, my mother is dead,” I said gruffly and the neighbor gasped.“I'm so sorry, my boy; I know how painful it can be for you,” the woman said in a le
IanI couldn't believe what was happening.I felt like I was in a nightmare within a nightmare and seeing my mother like this was like a slap in the face of reality.Everything that was happening was true.And a sign of them is that my mother convulsed in the ambulance during her transfer to the hospital. From that moment on, everything was a growing chaos.When we arrived at the hospital, Archer was already waiting there to support me. It was something I was grateful for because I was going crazy and he was being a support for me.My father seemed to be worse off than I was.It must have been horrible for him to see the love of your life agonize like that.There was no way I wasn't going to be there for him, at least not at that blunt and difficult time for both of us.The only way I could describe it all was that it was a frightening situation.“It's going to be okay,” Archer said.His words sought to give me comfort, but the reality was grim, so I put my annoyance at Dad aside, sat
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