Emmalyn's Strength

Emmalyn has spent her life being stronger, bolder and more independent than just about any other female her age. She’d never had a problem going toe to toe with any male, regardless of their stature, but that was probably because she was born a Bear shifter. Her very nature prepared her for the career she ran head first into since graduating the Academy in Quantico. She’s a profiler for the FBI, and a very good one at that. The only thing that’s ever frightened her at all was her mate. They grew up together as children, but the mate thing only came to light near the end of their high school years. Still, it was enough to send her running for the hills of Quantico, Virginia. No matter how much she cared about him, and she did, there was no way she’d give up her independence, her strength, her sense of self to be somebody’s mate. You admit you need anyone it’s an indication that you can’t take care of yourself, isn’t it? Let some of yourself go, in order to become part of a couple? Nope. Not happening, no way she was going to allow any male, not even her beloved Barron, to rob her of the strength and self-reliance it took her years to perfect.

Barron has always been easy going and laid back. Born of two Alpha shifters, he was strong enough to assume the leadership of their shifter clan — if he wanted it. He didn’t want it. He wasn’t interested in becoming Alpha and leading them all into the next generation. All he wanted was to run his father’s construction business, build a home, and prepare that home for the time his too-stubborn-for-her-own-good mate would finally realize her place was beside him and return to him. He knew she feared settling down, and he knew why. But he also knew that with him beside her, she’d be stronger than she already was. As soon as she accepted that together they were both stronger, she’d stop fighting becoming his mate. Making her realize that may take some time, though. She was just as stubborn as she was strong. But that was okay, he’d give her all the time she needed. The one thing he had more of than anyone else in their shifter clan was patience. Slow and steady would win out. Or would it?

Moving too slowly, allowing her too much room to keep her distance might just cost her her life. What neither of them planned for was one of the criminals she’d profiled tracking her back home and making her the center of his twisted plan for vengeance. But he has. And now he’s embedded so deeply on their home turf, hidden so well, that Emmalyn has no idea she’s about to deliver herself right into his hands. Has she run again, or is she in need of saving for the first time in her life?

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