All Chapters of Tasting Summer: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

Summer POVMy chest heaved my body ached as if I’d been beaten with rocks. Something wasn’t right. I shot up from the soft bed and adjusted to the dark room. It was too dark to be my basement room. The upper window on the right that let the moonlight in was missing. I swung my legs off the bed and stood. I willed myself to scan my surroundings but… it didn’t work.Sometimes I forgot what I was now.Barefoot I slowly found my way to the wall. I patted the space looking for a switch but instead, I found a door. I rattled the handle but it wouldn’t open.“Dad’s going to kill me.”Why was the room so dark? I walked cautiously back to the bed. I patted my jeans and my phone wasn’t there. I grabbed my sticky shirt. I froze. Half of my shirt was gone.“Crap.”I gasped when the door jiggled. I crawled backwards and hit the bed. Light burst into the dark room. I hugged myself to cover my naked belly. The man in the centre of the doorframe took a step forward. I swallowed the lump in my throat.

Summer POVDad was gone early the next day and the ladies weren’t back from their shift vacation. What did I wear to swear my loyalty to my new demi-god Alpha? Something that covered every inch of my skin so when that dumb mark appeared he wouldn’t see it. Unless it showed up on my forehead. I wouldn’t put it passed the Moon goddess she had a wicked sense of humour.Since I lost my phone I would have to find a job to replace it. Now that Ezra knew I was here I wouldn’t have to hide. I grabbed a few help-wanted flyers and stuffed them in my bag. The Alpha’s house was a ten-minute walk from home. When I arrived beta wolves marched in and out of the property as young ladies giggled with trays of food mostly meat and fruit walked into the house.Dad’s truck was parked in the driveway. Of course, he had to be here. I took a deep breath and proceeded.“Can I help you?” A man stopped me at the door.I took a step back. My breath caught in my throat and memories spiked my brain.“I…uh…”I wil

Summer POVMarcella and the girls were back I didn’t want to play happy family. I ran to my infested basement and locked the door. I needed a cold shower but when I came out dripping wet the ache hadn’t gone. An ache there because of someone I shouldn’t give a damn about.“Ugh,” I slapped my face.How could he mark me? He practically told the shifter world that I was his which I wasn’t. He must have marked me when he stuck his claws into my hand. In the shifter world wolves had a way of telling which wolves were taken. It was effective on male wolves only. Most male wolves didn’t care but Ezra’s an Alpha and touching someone marked by an Alpha was a death sentence. What did it mean to belong to a man like Ezra? A mature man with a stare that could freeze anyone. Blake was a young Alpha and Jacob was a young beta but each thought they were on top of the world.Just thinking about them made me start hyperventilating. It’s over now, I repeated over and over in my head. He can’t hurt me.

Summer POV“Don’t touch me.”I slapped his hand away.“I’m going to do more than touch you, human. I’ll lick, spank and fuck.”“Get lost!”He chuckled and backed into my space. “Can’t you take a hint?”“I like it when they fight.” Before I could react Ollie grabbed my right arm and dragged me two feet to his car.“No!” I kicked his knee.He ground his teeth and chuckled.What?“Save it, sweetheart. We can bite all we want in my hotel room.”“You’re disgusting.”The street was quiet and the lights flickered. The darkness felt like a mocking laugh. I would be kidnapped without a witness to stare apologetically. No, I might not be a wolf anymore but I was trained to fight.I twisted Ollie’s arm and kicked the inside of his thigh. He bellowed into the night. I stomped on his foot and ran for dear life. I dropped my bag and pumped my legs to the limit. Ollie’s rough hand grabbed my shirt and yanked me back. I rolled on the concrete and scraped the side of my head.“You little bitch,” Ollie

Ezra POV“Ezra.” Hunter marched in.“Brother,” I said setting the glass of brandy down.I was more of a scotch guy but I thought I would change things up today. My younger brother of three years settled on the leather seat in front of me. I was at the pack house. I was rarely here these days I found myself at the bar longing for a petite human girl.“What’s up with you?” Hunter asked.“Can’t a guy have brandy?”“Sure. We found something you might want to see.”“Yeah?” I raised a brow. “What?”“We found rake venom.”I sat up, my fingers curled around the glass. “What the hell? Where?”“By the lake, if that stuff made it into the water there’s no telling the damage that could have happened.“They’re trying to kill us,” I murmured.“Yeah but who out of all the packs?”There were thirty-one packs in the country and all of them banned the rake venom. It’s a drug but it’s also a venom. It could make you faster and give you better night vision it was addictive and it messed with the ability