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Wolf Creek
Nikko Lee
Release date: September 9, 2015
Blurb:
Being the Silverbane pack's omega is killing
Josh. His plans to escape are foiled when he is blackmailed into finding a new
alpha capable of controlling the largest pack in New England before the Amazons
cull it. Josh has no clue how he is going to accomplish this task, let alone
stay out of the sights of his power-hungry cousin, Bryce, who is convinced he
is the pack’s next alpha.
Josh befriends Andrea, an erratic Amazon
trainee, who talks to the ghost of her dead mother and has her own agenda when
it comes to the wolf pack. When he is rescued by Gavin, a handsome park ranger
driven to live in the furthest reaches of civilization, Josh feels a pull
toward him that is more than just physical attraction. The three develop a bond
that is stronger than friendship and tested at every turn.
With the help of his new family, Josh must
find the strength within him to save the Silverbane pack and defeat the evil
that threatens to turn them into killers. Only then can he finally be free.
Categories: Contemporary, New
Adult, Romance, Urban Fantasy
87,700 words
Publisher: Prizm Books
Cover Artist: BSClay
Excerpt:
“I
don't know about this.” Josh waited with Andrea outside the ranger station.
Gavin would be off duty in a few minutes.
Andrea's harebrained scheme was the only plan they had time for. Instead of
slowly baiting Gavin into revealing his true nature, they were going to have to
shock him into it, but Josh was starting to have doubts.
“What if he isn't a werewolf?”
Andrea frowned.
“Okay, what if he is and he tries to kill
me?”
“I'll protect you,” Andrea said, but it
didn't give Josh much assurance.
“Have you ever won a fight against a
werewolf?”
Andrea tore her shirt at the collar, then
unbuttoned her jeans.
“Almost,” she said with a smile.
Josh didn't have another second to protest.
Andrea pulled him against her so suddenly that their lips collided and her
teeth cut into his lips. Just as suddenly, she was pushing him away and
screaming.
“No!” Andrea fought to get away from him
without really letting go of him. She shook him back and forth. “You're hurting
me!”
Then, Josh was being hurled backwards.
“What the fuck is going on?” Gavin shouted.
Josh scrambled to his feet.
“I don't know,” Andrea said through sobs.
Blood smeared her lips and tears drenched her cheeks. “He said he wouldn't
share me, that I was his.”
As ridiculous as it sounded, Gavin looked
utterly convinced that Josh had attacked Andrea. Gavin's chest expanded from
more than just heavy breathing. The fabric of his uniform strained against
flexing muscles, but it was the wild look in his eyes that worried Josh. Gavin
was on the verge of losing control. He actually looked like he could transform.
“Go inside,” Gavin said to Andrea, without
taking his eyes off Josh. “I'll deal with this bastard.”
Josh scrambled backwards as Gavin stalked
toward him. The normally good-natured ranger was seething with rage. His soft
brown eyes were hard and flinty.
“I told you to stay away from her.” He
hauled Josh up by his collar and threw him against a tree.
Josh cowered against the tree trunk and
waited for the inevitable beating. Gavin loomed over him, his breathing ragged,
but no blows came. He seemed to be struggling within himself, his hands clawing
at the tree bark and his eyes shut. Josh could see him regaining control over
his anger. If he didn't act soon, Gavin would calm himself enough that Josh
would never know if he could save the pack.
“She's mine,” Josh said. It was a timid
challenge, but a challenge nonetheless. “I saw her first. I'm not going to give
her up without a fight.”
He stripped off his shirt and tried to
remember how Silverbane looked just before he transformed. At a foot shorter
and fifty pounds lighter, Josh wouldn't have been surprised if Gavin laughed at
him. But Gavin was lost to his anger, taking off his shirt and backing away,
ready to fight.
“Come on,” he said, and motioned for Josh to
attack him. “Let's settle this.”
The air was electric on Josh's skin. He
could feel the gravel shift under his feet. He smelled the forest behind him
and the testosterone of the menacing male in front of him. For the first time
in his life, he was going to have to fight to save those he cared about. Even
if it meant getting hurt or dying, Josh had to bring out Gavin's beast and test
him as Elaine would.
He took a swing at Gavin, but Gavin had
already moved to the side. A crushing pain in Josh's ribs was followed by a
blow that knocked him from his feet, and he scrambled to put space between
them. There was no doubt that Gavin could best him in a fist fight. The only
other person Josh had ever taken a swing at was Andrea, and she had dealt with
him like he was no more than a child throwing a temper tantrum.
If he was going to challenge Gavin, Josh had
to transform. He felt close to it. His muscles ached to expand. Inside his
body, he felt the howl of the beast that cried to be set free but refused to
break the invisible pack bond that held it in check. The full moon was so
close. Even Elaine and Bryce looked ready to heed its call earlier. Why
couldn't Josh?
Gavin attacked, but it was Josh's turn to
evade. He might not be a fighter, but he was an expert in avoiding getting
hurt. The more he evaded Gavin, the angrier Gavin got. His body was beginning
the transformation. The seams of his pants split and the leather of his boots
creaked under the force of expanding feet.
“Fight me.” Gavin's voice was little more
than a barely intelligible grunt. “Fight.”
As close as he was to transforming,
something was holding him back. Maybe he didn't have control over it.
Josh had seen teenage pack members
experience their first transformations without a command from Silverbane. It
was a struggle that could last hours. His own first time had come at
Silverbane's command. He'd been fourteen, older than most werewolves who
transformed when they reached puberty, and even after he'd taken wolf form, he
had cowered until Silverbane released him.
Gavin's swings were faster and harder, but
less coordinated. It was getting harder for Josh to predict where they'd come
from and how to avoid them. Josh had only transformed a handful of times under
Silverbane's command. Now that his alpha was gone, he had to find out if Gavin
was his new alpha.
“You want me to fight?” Josh said stepping
out of the way of a wild haymaker.
“Yes, fight me now.”
The pull from Gavin was undeniable. Josh
realized then that there was nothing he could refuse Gavin; not because he was
infatuated with him, but because Gavin was his alpha. Josh would do whatever it
took to satisfy him. Right now that meant having the strength to give him the
fight he needed.
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Let’s talk about Nikko Lee:
The author is a scientific curator who
enjoys writing genre fiction from erotica to horror under the pen name Nikko
Lee. Born in Canada, she moved to Maine after completing a PhD in Zoology and
her post-doctoral training. She resides near Bar Harbor with her husband,
daughter, two cats and malamute. The author blogs about hiking, writing and
science at www.nikkolee.com.
Find Nikko Lee here:
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