Shades Of Passion

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(Flavors: Pineapple Passion Sangria, Sweet Red Juicy Sangria, Peach Tea, Mango Lemonade, Rum Punch, Naughty Strawberry, and Watermelon) I want to thank God for letting me be able to write the stories that I love. I also want to thank my mother and the love of my life for putting up with me. I would also like to thank my editor for helping me to give you the best reading experience! Big thank you to my ARC Readers: Blossom, Ticola, Stasea, Trae, Tasha, Shanee, Victoria, and Huanna! Also, thank you to Sinful Secrets with a Deadly Bite Group, who always has my back whenever I release! 'It's like when I'm right, I'm right when I'm wrong, I could been right, so I'm still right cause I coulda been wrong, you know, and I'm sorry cause I could be wrong right now, I could be wrong, but if I'm right...' ~Huanna Prentice I would love to hear from you, so please consider Joining the Sinful Secrets With A Deadly Bite Facebook Group! https://www.facebook.com/groups/272939360052936 Contents 1. Prologue 2. Chapter One 3. Chapter Two 4. Chapter Three 5. Chapter Four 6. Chapter Five 7. Chapter Six 8. Chapter Seven 9. Chapter Eight 10. Chapter Nine 11. Chapter Ten 12. Chapter Eleven 13. Chapter Twelve 14. Chapter Thirteen 15. Chapter Fourteen 16. Chapter Fifteen 17. Chapter Sixteen 18. Chapter Seventeen 19. Chapter Eighteen 20. Chapter Nineteen 21. Chapter Twenty 22. Chapter Twenty-One 23. Chapter Twenty-Two 24. Chapter Twenty-Three 25. Chapter Twenty-Four 26. Chapter Twenty-Five 27. Chapter Twenty-Six 28. Chapter Twenty-Seven 29. Chapter Twenty-Eight 30. Chapter Twenty-Nine 31. Epilogue 32. Until Next Time... About Author Also By The Author Styles I felt sadness as I looked into my little girl’s eyes. This was something that was customary for all female pups in the Kenyan Pack. They must go live in the Alpha house. This was new to me, and I still did not understand why the Alpha had all the she-wolves living with him when they turned twelve years old. My wife Sheba was being very tight-lipped, and I grew tired of it. “Papa, everything will be okay. I stay with Alpha Kane every week. It’s no big deal,” Shani smiled at me. “Sheba, I dislike this. This…this time feels different. This is not the way things are done,” I grumbled. Shani wrapped her arms around my waist and looked up at me. “It’s fine, Papa. I promise,” she grinned. “Styles, this is the way things are done in this Pack. I know you think the Rayne Pack and your bloodline are superior to others, but they are not. Things are done differently, and you said that once she is of age, most of her raising is up to me. That was our deal,” Sheba sniffed. “Of age! Are you serious right now? She is not of age, Sheba. She is still a child who should not be away that long without her parents. This is…what is wrong with this Pack,” I growled. Sheba raised her head, and I stared into the glowing champagne-colored eyes that hardened like diamonds. “This is how things are done, and I told you this, Styles. She will go because it is expected of MY family since we raised her in this Pack. Shani wants to go. Isn’t that right, Xashania?” Sheba stared me in the eyes, and I could tell she wasn’t about to back down. None of this sat right with me, but the pleading looks in my baby’s eyes weakened my resolve. I sighed and closed my eyes, knowing nothing good could come of this. “Shani can go today, but I will escort her there, and if I see or feel anything I dislike, she will return with me. Then we will leave this Pack with or without you,” I growled. “Papa!” “Go outside, Shani. Now,” I growled. Shani looked between us both before stepping around me and leaving the house. “You believe you can take my child from me? Are you fucking serious?” “You’re goddamn right. I will take Shani away from here if I have no other choice. If I go there and something goes down, I know you were a part of it because why would you send our child there? I am only doing this because Shani wants to go, and she has never told me that she felt like she was in danger when visiting the Alpha’s house. You know my senses Sheba, and you know that I will know if something is off,” I growled. Sheba’s eyes narrowed as she stepped closer to me. “You do not have the right to take my child anywhere. When we mated, and you left the Rayne Pack to live with me, your Mate, you joined the Kenyan Pack.” Her eyes flashed brighter, and her words became a growl. I thought about the meaning of having a Mate and couldn’t understand why Kannuck would give me such a Mate. The only reason I could come to was that it was all for my child, my pup, my daughter. Things are done for a reason, and I strongly sensed that Shani was destined to be something great. I knew it in