Matt’s mom taught him to fear the town of Springwater. It may have been where Matt was born, but it was a violent, dangerous place. It had already taken Matt’s father, and if any of its residents learned Matt had been born there, they would want to kill him.One Friday night, Matt meets a tall, attractive stranger at a bar. Things seem to be going well until he learns that this mysterious stranger is from Springwater. This would ordinarily be enough to keep him away from him. However, soon afterward, a gruesome murder will embroil them in a life-or-death mystery which will force Matt to question everything he thought he knew about who he can trust and who he even is.** “I lean forward, burying myself more in him. In the smell of Mate. Not just of a person, of sweat and skin and breath and blood, but of destiny. Of a moon that calls to me and tells me I am his and he is mine.”**The Springstorm Alpha is written by Davis Collins, an EGlobal Creative Publishing signed author.

Chapter 1: A Guy Who Smells Weird (But in a Good Way?)

I sit on the hard wooden barstool as I sip my beer. It’s cheap and tastes like it, but I’m not drinking it for the flavor. I’m drinking it because I’ve had another long day at work and need some ethanol in my bloodstream. It’s only Friday night once a week, and I can’t let it go to waste.

The bar is busy, full of people doing the same thing as me for the same reasons. I don’t mind that at all. The more people who are around, the better I can disappear into the crowd. I like disappearing into the crowd. I like feeling unseen, inconsequential, like there’s nothing about me worth worrying too much about, so I might as well just relax.

Of course, while having some people around me can help me reach that feeling, it’s best of no one sits too close to me, which is why I’m a little annoyed when someone walks right up to the bar, and, despite the myriad seats available, takes the seat just next to mine.

The first thing I notice about him i