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  “Mmm,” he rumbled. “Maybe you are. I love when you wear white sneakers.” There was a smiling tone to his voice.

  “You won’t change me so don’t even try,” she teased, stretching her leg out and pointing the toe of her Chucks.

  His eyes went serious, and the smile faded at the corners. “I don’t want to change you. You’re perfect just how you are.”

  “I love how you give me butterflies.”

  Ram wrapped his arms around her shoulders and whispered against her ear, “What else?”

  “I love how you listen to me, and when you look at me, you really see me. And how you stick up for me no matter what. I love how you hide the ghosts from your Clan so only you carry the burden. I love that you are a leader, but not power-hungry. You don’t just boss people around to make them do stuff. I love how you’re honest, fearless, and you care very deeply about your people.”

  “I love you,” he murmured against her ear.

  “What?” she gasped.

  “You heard me. You fixed me, Vina. I knew exactly where I was headed, and there was no one who could stop my fall. And then you came into that clubhouse, and you caught me. Even when I didn’t deserve you, and couldn’t pick you back, you caught me. At my worst, you looked at me and said ‘no matter what, he’s mine.’ And now all I see is you. Everything else is secondary, but you…you’re everything. You earned my loyalty. I love you.”

  “Then say it,” she whispered. Please. Say the thing she’d longed to hear. Say the thing she’d dreamed of. Say the thing she’d uttered to him the first time he’d taken her to his bed.

  His lips brushed her earlobe as he murmured with such sincerity, “I’m yours.”

  And she just…held on. Wrapped her arms so tight around him and held on. She’d been so scared that her fate was to be alone, but everything had changed the moment the matchmaker had set them up. She’d found her mate, and he was better than she could’ve ever imagined. Tears leaked out of the corners of Vina’s eyes as he kissed her worries away.

  Tomorrow they would face the public. They would figure out how the Clan would move forward and hunt down the person who bugged the clubhouse. They were right at the edge of a long-brewing storm, and it would be rough waters to navigate for a while. But for tonight, none of that mattered. All that mattered was the man in her arms, swaying them gently from side-to-side, brushing his lips to hers in a silent chant—I’m yours, I’m yours, I’m yours.

  She’d found her crow, and he wasn’t just any crow. He was the King of Crows. Her man, her mate, her future.

  This town had never felt like home, and she hadn’t been able to understand that until right now.

  Home wasn’t a place at all. It wasn’t a city, or her duplex, or her job, or the clubhouse.

  Home was an unbreakable bond her mate had built with her.

  It was feeling completely secure in the person she was with.

  It was feeling safe to be her exact self, and be loved despite her faults.

  It was finding happiness.

  It was her mate.

  Her. Mate. She’d lucked into something she would never take for granted. Something that she would always covet and protect. Something that she’d waited so long to find.

  Home was Ramsey.

  Up Next in this Series

  For the Blood of a Crow

  Coming June 2018

  For More of these Characters

  These characters can also be found in the Outlaw Shifters Series.

  Entire Series, Available Now

  For the Love of an Outlaw (Book 1)

  A Very Outlaw Christmas (Book 2)

  For the Heart of an Outlaw (Book 3)

  For the Heart of the Warmaker (Book 4)

  For the Soul of an Outlaw (Book 5)

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  More Series By T. S. Joyce

  Sons of Beasts

  Son of the Cursed Bear (Book 1)

  Son of Kong (Book 2)

  Son of the Dragon (Book 3)

  Red Havoc Panthers

  Red Havoc Rogue (Book 1)

  Red Havoc Rebel (Book 2)

  Red Havoc Bad Cat (Book 3)

  Red Havoc Guardian (Book 4)

  Red Havoc Bad Bear (Book 5)

  Harper’s Mountains

  Bloodrunner Dragon (Book 1)

  Bloodrunner Bear (Book 2)

  Air Ryder (Book 3)

  Novak Raven (Book 4)

  Blackwing Dragon (Book 5)

  Kane’s Mountains

  Blackwing Defender (Book 1)

  Blackwing Wolf (Book 2)

  Blackwing Beast (Book 3)

  Bears Fur Hire

  Husband Fur Hire (Book 1)

  Bear Fur Hire (Book 2)

  Mate Fur Hire (Book 3)

  Wolf Fur Hire (Book 4)

  Dawson Fur Hire (Book 5)

  Chance Fur Hire (Book 6)

  Saw Bears

  Lumberjack Werebear (Book 1)

  Woodcutter Werebear (Book 2)

  Timberman Werebear (Book 3)

  Sawman Werebear (Book 4)

  Axman Werebear (Book 5)

  Woodsman Werebear (Book 6)

  Lumberman Werebear (Book 7)

  Fire Bears

  Bear My Soul (Book 1)

  Bear the Burn (Book 2)

  Bear the Heat (Book 3)

  Gray Back Bears

  Gray Back Bad Bear (Book 1)

  Gray Back Alpha Bear (Book 2)

  Gray Back Ghost Bear (Book 3)

  Gray Back Broken Bear (Book 4)

  Lowlander Silverback (Book 5)

  Last Immortal Dragon (Book 6)

  Boarlander Bears

  Boarlander Boss Bear (Book 1)

  Boarlander Bash Bear (Book 2)

  Boarlander Silverback (Book 3)

  Boarlander Beast Boar (Book 4)

  Boarlander Cursed Bear (Book 5)

  Wolf Brides

  Wolf Bride (Book 1)

  Red Snow Bride (Book 2)

  Dawson Bride (Book 3)

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  Visit www.tsjoyce.com for a full reading list.

  About the Author

  T.S. Joyce is devoted to bringing hot shifter romances to readers. Hungry alpha males are her calling card, and the wilder the men, the more she'll make them pour their hearts out. She lives in a tiny town, outside of a tiny city, and devotes her life to writing big stories. Foodie, bear whisperer, ninja, thief of tiny bottles of awesome smelling hotel shampoo, nap connoisseur, movie fanatic, and zombie slayer, and most of this bio is true.

  Bear Shifters? Check

  Smoldering Alpha Hotness? Double Check

  Sexy Scenes? Fasten up your girdles, ladies and gents, it’s gonna to be a wild ride.

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