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Strays #4
Absentee Wolf
[Siren Classic Erotic Alternative Paranormal Older Hero Romance, M/M, werewolves, HEA] Tobias "Toby" Dunham quietly fled Kansas eight years ago. Alpha's orders now compel Toby to return and upgrade the Strays Preserve's security system. Trying to finish his degree early, Kent Matthews is interning at Strays Preserve. His unexpected arrival coincides with Toby's. After a chance encounter Kent instantly realizes why his father's best friend disappeared. Kent is Toby's much younger mate. Toby wants to start a relationship, but Kent had grown up and left no room for his absentee mate. The mate bond is pulling strongly but only adding more damage and confusion to their strained relationship. Insert outside opinions, resentment, and a dash of hormones, and Toby and Kent have a recipe for disaster. Kent has to come to terms with the past and accept Toby's decision if he is ever to have the relationship he's dreamed of. But will Toby have the patience to wait for his mate? ** A Siren Erotic Romance
124 pages, Kindle Edition
First published February 19, 2014
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April 1, 2024
When Kent was 14 and Toby was 39, Toby realizes they're mates and leaves his pack and doesn't see any of them again for 8 years, to avoid "influencing" Kent. He has some bad childhood memories of a young girl being influenced by an older mate and he's trying to avoid that.
The alpha calls Toby back home. Kent comes home from college and immediately senses that Toby is his mate. Kent is angry and feels abandoned, and rejects Toby. Kent basically feels like Toby is making all the decisions (whether they're a couple or not, whether they are even living in the same state or not), and he doesn't agree that Toby can just show up now and declare that it's time to be mates. I agree with Kent. Toby wasn't even planning on telling him yet. He had to because the alpha forced him to come home, and there was no way to hide from Kent at that point. I don't know what he was waiting for, honestly. They will always have a huge age gap. Waiting isn't going to narrow the age gap.
Kent's parents are more concerned with maintaining their friendship with Toby than being supportive of their son. The dad never has any kind of talk with Kent. The mom does, and just tells Kent they don't love him as much as his mate does, so he probably shouldn't reject his mate. Ouch. That was a terrible thing for a mother to say. WTF is wrong with these people??
So basically they are forced to work together and forced to be around each other outside of work because Toby is friends with Kent's parents. So they get together, because what the hell else are they supposed to do. It was inevitable and kind of depressing.
The alpha calls Toby back home. Kent comes home from college and immediately senses that Toby is his mate. Kent is angry and feels abandoned, and rejects Toby. Kent basically feels like Toby is making all the decisions (whether they're a couple or not, whether they are even living in the same state or not), and he doesn't agree that Toby can just show up now and declare that it's time to be mates. I agree with Kent. Toby wasn't even planning on telling him yet. He had to because the alpha forced him to come home, and there was no way to hide from Kent at that point. I don't know what he was waiting for, honestly. They will always have a huge age gap. Waiting isn't going to narrow the age gap.
Kent's parents are more concerned with maintaining their friendship with Toby than being supportive of their son. The dad never has any kind of talk with Kent. The mom does, and just tells Kent they don't love him as much as his mate does, so he probably shouldn't reject his mate. Ouch. That was a terrible thing for a mother to say. WTF is wrong with these people??
So basically they are forced to work together and forced to be around each other outside of work because Toby is friends with Kent's parents. So they get together, because what the hell else are they supposed to do. It was inevitable and kind of depressing.
March 2, 2014
i kinda liked this!!
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