The Beat You Chase

The wolves are real—and the closer Kris gets to the truth, the less certain he is which alpha poses the greater danger to his heart.

At twenty-eight, investigative journalist Kris has built his career by finding rational explanations for impossible stories. Ghost sightings, cursed houses, creatures in the dark—every mystery has a human answer if he asks the right questions.

Then a string of disappearances draws him to an isolated mountain town where strangers fall silent at the mention of the forest, locals warn him not to stay out after dark, and something with inhuman eyes stalks him across the pack border.

Pablo, the powerful and guarded alpha who saves Kris's life, wants him gone before his curiosity exposes secrets that could destroy an already fractured pack. Pablo carries every burden alone, trusting silence more than promises and control more than desire. But beneath his cold restraint, Kris glimpses a man exhausted by a war he inherited and unable to imagine a life beyond it.

Felip, the sharp-tongued alpha of the rival pack, has a very different proposition. He offers Kris access, answers, and a version of the truth Pablo refuses to tell. Charming, provocative, and always several moves ahead, Felip knows exactly how to turn an interview into a challenge—and how to make Kris question where professional fascination ends and attraction begins.

Caught between two rival packs and two men who awaken different hungers in him, Kris uncovers evidence that the conflict tearing the mountain apart may have been built on secrets neither alpha fully understands. Every answer deepens the danger. Every night draws him closer to Pablo. Every encounter with Felip makes walking away harder.

Kris came to expose the truth. Now publishing it could ignite a war, destroy the men who trusted him, and cost him the first place that has ever felt like home.

When the story of a lifetime demands the ultimate betrayal, will Kris chase the truth—or protect the hearts caught inside it?