When He's an Alpha (The Olympus Pride, #2)

by Suzanne Wright

Bailey clicked her fingers. “Ooh, baptizing Hoe Bag in the pool?” His lips thinned. “Her name is Ginny. And I wouldn’t call holding her head under the water until she almost drowns a baptism.” Bailey shrugged. “She was praying.”

and specific details to give grieving shifters hope. “Do you wish you could bond with another female?” “No,” replied Vinnie without hesitation. “No one could ever replace Gaia for me. There’s no room in my head or heart for anyone else, and there isn’t enough of me left to give anyway. I’m not a full person without her, and I don’t wish I was. Because the parts of me she took with her when she died were all hers to take.”

Havana looked at Bailey. “I envy her ability to literally work off her emotions until she’s right back to cool and composed.” “It’s like her superpower.” Bailey grinned, adding, “Mine is to cause bloodshed and mayhem.”

Bailey blinked up at her. “Huh? Oh, yeah. I was just wondering if caterpillars actually know what’s gonna happen when they build a cocoon for themselves, or if they’re later like ‘whoa, what’s with the wings and shit?’”

For months, he’d subconsciously prevented that primal knowledge from sinking in. Right then, he didn’t fight it. He let it take hold. Let himself accept it. Havana Ramos was his true mate.

“Yo, mamba, you okay?” Her eyes coming back into focus, Bailey nodded. “Yeah, I was just wondering … why do people say ‘unsolved mysteries?’ I mean, obviously they’re unsolved, or they wouldn’t be mysteries. Don’t you think it’s weird?”