Arie Pappas I’ve worked for RGB Security as a receptionist for over two years. They all feel like a family, which is what I sorely need given that I only really have my rockstar brother otherwise. Sure, everyone else at RGBS is a certified badass, either because they’re professionals at badassery or shifters, or both, and I’m just a puny human. Still, everyone at work is great and never treats me different, despite my lower security clearance and general non-badassery. They’re great people, especially one of the three founders, Ren. I’ve been crushing on the alpha wolf since the first moment I met him. He’s not into me, but then something tragic happens to him while on a job, and suddenly he needs a friend. I can be that friend, right? Even though I want him to be my Daddy and it kinda hurts to have him so close, yet so far, too? Ren Farris I’ve known Arie is my mate since I first saw him. I’m just too damn damaged to be any good for him, so I’ve never said anything. He has a chance of meeting someone else, and he’s younger too. I can deal with whatever, even though I’ve seen what losing a mate does to a wolf. Then I almost lose my life on a job, and Arie is the one who takes care of me. It’s not supposed to be this way, I’m supposed to take care of him, being the alpha and his mate. But it feels so damn good, and I even start to recover, eventually. Just as we start to figure things out, tragedy strikes again, and everything is up in the air once more. I haven’t even told him he’s my mate, yet, and now I might never get the chance to be his Daddy.