Wolf's Magic: Westervelt #4

Wolf’s Magic is the story of Azriel Kane, fifth brother in the royal Westervelt wolf pack. Always different from his siblings, Azriel prefers to spend his time underground in a lab than out fighting battles to save the pack from destruction. In his own way, he feels he is contributing to the pack’s success. However, when fate plants his destined mate in a cage where he can’t ignore her, Az will be forced to face up the demons that have plagued him since childhood and be the shifter she needs him to be.

Leah St. James has no idea who she is or how she came to be trapped in a cage in Azriel’s lab. The only thing she is certain about is that she is not a wolf and that she wants out of her false wolf body as soon as possible. Counting on Az to save her from the same doomed fate as the other wolves Az is given to study, from the distance of her cage she can see Az for who he really is and not the false front he presents to the world.

But Kendrick Kane is not done with Westervelt and when he steps up his game to eliminate the Kanes from Westervelt, Az and Leah will need each other to discover the truth behind his evil plans, that is if Azriel can finally reveal the secret he has been keeping since he was a child.

With Leah’s help, can Azriel finally take his place in the pack hierarchy or will they fail and lose Westervelt forever?

Ah, Azriel. The shortest of the Westervelt brothers. The introvert. The one who fails to comprehend relationships and buries himself away in his underground lab.

Reminds me so much of Rydan. Remember him??? [hint]

In this book, Az is trying to heal the wolves that were a part of his father's dastardly experiments. And bear with me, there's a lot of stuff going on in this series. It's actually one of those when you might need to read them all at once just to keep everything straight.

Failure after failure has left one remaining wolf still alive.

Leah is trapped inside the body of a wolf with no memory of how she got there, or if she's really just a wolf after all. It's the cutest thing to witness conversations between a man who has no idea how to talk to others and a woman who has no idea whatsoever.

Seriously cute! So many quotable lines. But no, I won't clutter the post.

So while Leah is slowly discovering things about her personality, Azriel is dealing with his inner wolf, who is much more violent than Azriel himself. The enforcer looks at him funny and what does his wolf suggest? 'Hit him' LoL

In a world where strength lies with the males and magic with the females, it's a shock to all when it is revealed that Az possesses more magic than anyone. And it's also one of the reasons their father once tried to drown Azriel when he was a small child. Yeah, it's a twisted little world in Westervelt.

Oh and little Leah, a senator's daughter, can channel the dead.

Good grief that's a lot of drama!

He sat down on the floor and he tucked his legs under him like a pretzel. “I discovered I could do this by accident and unfortunately in the presence of my father when I was about two years old. I travelled backwards into his mind.” He shivered at the memory. Not too many people could remember things from that age but he could remember doing that. First off, it had scared him that it happened and second because of the way his father had reacted to the whole thing. “He didn’t much care for the experience.”
“Will we get to see what happened to me? Or is it just going to be my childhood, my parents and stuff like that?”
He shook his head; maybe he would actually start laughing at how little he
understood what was going to go on. “She-wolf, I have no idea what’s going to happen. I’m so sick of saying that to you. Sit here.” He indicated the spot next to him.
“Do we have to be right there next to each other or can it be just that you’re touching me?”
And it was already starting. She didn’t want to be near him. Well, he had warned her. He shifted slightly trying to cover his discomfort. “Just sit close enough for me to be able to reach you with the tips of my fingers.”
She nodded. “Right.” Moving to him, she placed herself directly on his lap, her back pressed up against his chest. “Does this work?”
Yes, it worked. His heart pounded hard and his groin jumped to attention. Shit, she smelled so good. All he wanted to do was stick his face into her colored hair and stay there for eternity. Forget anything that didn’t exist outside of Leah. “Um, yes. It works.”
He heard her laugh slightly. “I saw your face. You thought I didn’t want to sit near you.”
Okay, now he felt foolish. She squirmed in his lap and before he could stop himself, he groaned. Her tight, snug ass moving on top of him nearly undid him.
“Are you going to be able to concentrate?” Her voice had taken on a low, husky sound.
“No, but don’t you dare get off.”

“Everyone is so tightlipped about the mating. I don’t even really understand what happens.” He blushed and she wanted to giggle. “I mean, I do understand a lot of what happens. I think there must be more to it than anyone talks about otherwise what triggers the change in everyone? Cullen practically became a puppy after he mated with Summer.
Theo came back from the brink of madness and Tristan stepped up to finally become
Alpha.”
She couldn’t help but tease him. “Maybe the sex is just that good.”
He smiled and looked at her again. “Now if that isn’t pressure, I don’t know what is.”

Links

Her Wolf: Book 1- my blog post
Summer's Wolf: Book 2- my blog post
Wolf Reborn: Book 3- my blog post