Some mornings smell like coffee. Some smell like him. All of them smell like home.
BEN I’m not looking for a second chance. I’ve had love, and it damn near broke me. Now I just want my early shifts, my quiet routines, and a perfectly made flat white. Then Felix walks into my café.
Sunshine in human form. Bedhead, cinnamon-sweet smile, and a habit of humming through my silence. He’s too young. Too chaotic. Too much.
I’m supposed to be training him, but every time he brushes against me, my carefully constructed world cracks open a little more.
And suddenly, the one thing I thought I was done with—the one thing I swore I’d never want again—is the only thing I can’t stop thinking about.
FELIX They say when you meet your fated mate, you just know. I knew the second I saw Ben—grumpy, gorgeous, and looking at me like I was a noise he didn’t ask for. My wolf wanted to claim him.
My heart wanted to melt for him. My brain? Total static. He has no idea what I am, or what he is to me. But I can’t stay away.
I came to this town for a fresh start. I didn’t expect to find him.
Now all I want is to sneak kisses between coffee orders, protect him from everything trying to pull us apart, and make him realize that love—real love—is always worth the risk.
