Free A Lion for Christmas by Zach Collins

happy to claim his mate again. However, first there were a few words to be said.
    “I love you,” Crispin whispered.
    “I love you too,” Chase laughed and pulled him closer.
    “Remember who said it first,” Crispin laughed and the phone rang.

 
    Epilogue
     
    Zade shifted in his chair, he was feeling worse and worse as the night wore on. It was a fucking full moon, his cat wanted out, but for some reason he was not able to shift . There was something suffocating him.
    He picked up the phone and called Bria, “Ma’am , I am sorry to bother you. But t here is something wrong!”
    “We are having an incident, please come to my office, I am calling everyone to the hospital wing,” Bria said and Zade took a deep breath, he could make it.
    “I am on my way , ” Zade said and hung up. He could call his Alpha, but he was not ready to cause concern. He was certain it had to be something he ate, or possibly maybe a plant he ran through.
    Standing up his legs felt shaky and he was a little dizzy. His tiger growled inside, he was pissed from being held down. During a full moon, they usually shifte d and remained in their animal form if they were unmated.
    Making his way to the hallway he opened the door, a bright shining light was coming from down the hallway, it was from where the Fae ’s rooms were . That must be what Bria was talking about. Weird shit was going on around here.
    He leaned against the wall and began to walk towards the light. He had to pass the Fae ’s suite before he could make it to the stairs . M aybe one of them could help him if they weren’t too busy with the whole light thing. As he reached the doorway he sucked in his breath, the feeling became unbearable as he sank to the floor. Damn it, he should have called his Alpha .
    “Kill ian what is wrong?” Zade heard a man ask as he felt someone move close to the entryway.
    “We have to go, someone has tried to kill Sasha, and she is my mate . I was waiting until in the morning to talk to her ! ” Zade heard a man yell.
    “Sir, we will get the Guards called , ” a nother man said.
    Zade felt a presence in the hallway with him. He wanted to lif t up his hand and ask for help but he was too weak.
    “Sir, there is someone collapsed in the hallway.”
    Someone knelt next to him and he felt a hand touch him softly.
    “It is my mate. Holy s hit, another mate.”
    Zade heard the man beside him say and then nothing.

 
    Books Available by Zach Collins

    Stratum Series
     
    Wasted Time – Book One
    Enough Time – Book Two
    A Lion for Christmas – Book Two ½
    Twisted Time - Book Three – Coming Soon
     
    Meridian Warriors Series
    Co-Authored with Jana Leigh
     
    Xander and Dre – Book One – March 28, 2013
     
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Excerpt from Enough Time
    Stratum Series Book Two
    by Zach Collins
     
    Prologue
     
    “Uh….Ian could you come into the office for a minute,” Trent asked his best friend, as he stared at the large muscular man who was staring at him intensely.
    “Sure, give us a minute guys,” Ian replied and nodded to the man he now called his husband.
    Trent frowned when Ian’s mate had to pull the large man from the room they were standing in. When his best friend showed up, and called him after being gone weeks with only one prior phone call, he had been pissed. Not that he needed to check in with him, but he was his boss, and also his friend. It was bullshit that he was doing this right now.
    Trent paced around his friend’s apartment, looking at the boxes and the things that were being packed. His best friend was leaving. It sucked, but he could live with it. What he couldn’t live with was the fact he and his friend had been fired from their jobs at the University, for stupid shit. Then his friend announcing it didn’t really matter because he was moving to another