Ranger's Mate

By Dawn Wilder

Ranger has had his eye on Takeo ever since he joined the pack. But he's kept his distance, tried to be responsible despite his aching body.

So when his investigation of the pack information leak leads to him watching Takeo for a week...it can only be described as torture.

However, the investigation takes a turn when Takeo casts doubt on one of Ranger's oldest friends. How is Ranger supposed to unravel the complicated mess while holding his own body in check?

***Gay Werewolf Romance Novella, Adult Content, ~20,000 words

• Language: English
• Publisher: Dawn Wilder
• Release date: May 7, 2016
• ISBN: 9781311537270

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RANGER'S MATE

By

Dawn Wilder

Copyright 2016 Dawn Wilder

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This book is fictional and any resemblance to persons, places, or events is coincidental.

Adult Reading Material (language, violence, sexual content). All characters are above 18 years of age.

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By Dawn Wilder

Paranormal Erotic Shorts:

Mate Me

Were My Mark

Incubus Needs

Foxy Lady

Runt of the Litter

Paranormal Erotic Shorts Collection (contains all of the shorts above)

Were It (best read after Were My Mark)

Sea Me

Fangs for Coming

Were Break (best read after Were My Mark)

Paranormal Erotic Shorts Collection, Volume 2 (contains the four above, plus Were My Mark so it can be read before the other Were shorts)

Were Shield

Gunner’s Mate

Tracker’s Mate

Breaker’s Mate

Ryder’s Mate

Asher’s Mate

Elena’s Warriors

Curves Ahead

Foster’s Mate

Fisher’s Mate

Play Hard

Luther's Mate

Sayer's Mate

Casper's Mate

Rader's Mate

Fuller's Mate

Ryker's Mate

Carver's Mate

Keller's Mate

Hidden Mate

Denver's Mate

Foxy (adapted from the short Foxy Lady)

Billionaire's Mate

Billionaire's Neighbor

Ranger's Mate

Dawn Wilder Writing as A.R. Dawn

Paranormal Romance:

Going Lupe

In the Lupe

Let Sleeping Lupes Lie

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Connect

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RANGER'S MATE

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Chapter 1

Ranger

The light turned on in the apartment across the alley.

I watched as Takeo set down his briefcase and loosened his tie. Silky black strands had fallen out of his ponytail to frame his high cheekbones, but even that small bit of dishevelment only made him look sexier.

The longer I watched him, the more like a voyeur I felt.

Not that it deterred me.

He walked through the living room and into the bedroom, sitting down at the foot of the bed to take off his shoes. He was always very deliberate when he took off his clothes, putting everything away in its place.

I glanced back at the bedroom I'd been using, taking in the pile of clean clothes and the pile of dirty clothes.

Not at all like me.

I turned back to find him hanging up his suit pants, his body now clad only in a pair of gray boxer briefs that hugged his round ass faithfully. I watched the muscles in his shoulders and back flex under his smooth, pale skin as he hooked the hanger on the rod.

He turned back around, offering me a view of his front.

I scanned him slowly, feeling my pulse pick up.

He was all lean, cut muscle, no fat on him that I could see. And unlike me, he was almost completely hairless.

My fingers curled into my palms as I thought about sliding my hands across that supple skin, feeling the firmness of his muscles under my hands.

His boxers molded to his hard thighs and the bulge at his crotch, outlining it but not giving me all the information I wanted.

He stopped in front of the pull up bar he had installed and took a firm grip on it.

I grimaced a little as I shifted in my seat.

I didn't feel great about watching him during this time, but I didn't have the self-control to stop.

He kept going until his chest was heaving with his breaths and his skin was glowing with sweat, throwing his muscle definition in higher relief.

He had a weight set-up in the living room, but he used that in the mornings. As far as I could tell, the pull ups were more for stress release than anything else.

As he turned to the bathroom, he hooked his underwear and pulled it down to reveal one tight ass cheek.

And then the bathroom door closed on me.

I sighed, sitting back.

Reaching down, I cupped myself.

I definitely deserved the daily dose of blue balls.

I'd been watching him for a week, waiting to see if he'd slip and incriminate himself. There was no digital trail leading back to him, no financial trail that I could see. But I'd already crossed Sheldon and Irene of the list.

The deal our pack was making should be finalized in a couple of days, assuming details weren't leaked again to one of our competitors. Something that had been happening much too often in the past few months to attribute to coincidence.

Nolan had finally voiced the suspicion and Vishnu had made a short list of the people who would have had the knowledge and perhaps the opportunity. As the pack Second, he couldn't leave his Alpha and pursue our suspicions, so he'd delegated to me.

As Third, I was well used to handling the dirty work and the actual practicalities of a plan.

Truth was, usually I thrived on it.

Sure, there was the occasional mind numbing job, but more often than not the problems that landed on my plate were the ones that were either too complex to hand off to someone else or too sensitive to risk a leak.

But I didn't feel

Reviews for Ranger's Mate

[ChandlerTexas · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

Pretty forgettable. Needed more relationship development. HFN ending was weak.