Chapter 1
Paige kept changing channels, trying to find something sufficient to watch, something that would drown out the two angry wolves arguing right outside her front door.
“I’m telling you,” Dario said. “We can’t just bust in and kill these people. To the townspeople they’re just normal humans. We can’t go around murdering.”
“I’m an alpha wolf!” Travis said. “Human laws don’t apply to me. I do what I want; these rats deserve to pay for what they did to my pack, to our pack.”
“Now you want me in the pack?” Dario asked.
“If you help me get our land back then of course I will welcome you back into the fold,” Travis said. “We can’t go home until we have the staff; the spirits will ward us off.”
“Do you actually believe that hokey story?” Dario asked. “I think it’s a load of crap.”
“Jacob would not lie about that!” Travis shouted. “How dare you question our pack founder!”
“Oh my god!” Paige said aloud, turning the TV volume up to nearly max levels. Luckily a song came on the TV, completely drowning out the two wolves.
It had been a tense day ever since they had discovered the scent of the wererats on her niece. Travis had wanted to charge into the parking lot and demand answers from her twelve year old niece, Lyric, but Paige had managed to stop him.
“How could I be so stupid?” she asked herself.
Travis had explained to her that wererats all live together in one house, like a big family. The Lockharts were known around town for cramming a huge family into the dilapidated mansion right outside town. She should have realized it the moment he explained wererats to her, it was so obvious now.
Unfortunately things didn’t get any easier when Travis discovered what he had been looking for since he arrived in town. Travis wanted to march right over there and murder them all, luckily Dario was the voice of reason. Listening to the intensity of the argument though, she didn’t know how much longer his reason would last.
The Travis she had made love to the night before was completely gone now, replaced by an angry alpha wolf thirsty for blood. His demeanor was no longer arrogant yet playful, instead he appeared to be on the edge of a breakdown. His eyes were wild and his muscles had remained tense since earlier today. She was afraid he would shift and take off at any minute, a fact that scared the shit out of her.
Paige’s life was boring and she felt trapped in her tiny town. Travis had come on the scene like a wild flame that caught her attention. She was all in with the alpha now, ready to be his new alpha mate and restart the pack, but now he might be gone just as quickly as he’d arrived.
The front door slammed hard, rattling the entire trailer. She looked up to see Travis standing in front of her, his chest heaving from the deep breaths he was taking.
“That wolf has no guts!” he said, looking down at her. “None at all!”
“Why do you say that?” she asked, knowing the answer already.
“He wants to play this safe, study them and then move in. I think we need to go make the streets run red with their blood.”
“That’s one idea,” she said, turning off the TV and giving Travis her full attention. “Or you could play it safe.”
“Not you too,” Travis said, his face turning red.
“Of course me too,” she said. “You told me that there’s no way wererats can kill an entire pack unless they were in lunar form. Do you really think two wolves can take out a whole family of rats in lunar form?”
Travis stood there, his face twisting in concentration. She knew he hadn’t considered this fact. He had described lunar form as a twisted amalgamation of man and beast, much more powerful than either man or beast form. Usually shifters could only achieve this form during the full moon, but the rats had figured out a way to do it without the moon.
“You are right,” he finally said. “It would be suicide. I can’t let them
Paige kept changing channels, trying to find something sufficient to watch, something that would drown out the two angry wolves arguing right outside her front door.
“I’m telling you,” Dario said. “We can’t just bust in and kill these people. To the townspeople they’re just normal humans. We can’t go around murdering.”
“I’m an alpha wolf!” Travis said. “Human laws don’t apply to me. I do what I want; these rats deserve to pay for what they did to my pack, to our pack.”
“Now you want me in the pack?” Dario asked.
“If you help me get our land back then of course I will welcome you back into the fold,” Travis said. “We can’t go home until we have the staff; the spirits will ward us off.”
“Do you actually believe that hokey story?” Dario asked. “I think it’s a load of crap.”
“Jacob would not lie about that!” Travis shouted. “How dare you question our pack founder!”
“Oh my god!” Paige said aloud, turning the TV volume up to nearly max levels. Luckily a song came on the TV, completely drowning out the two wolves.
It had been a tense day ever since they had discovered the scent of the wererats on her niece. Travis had wanted to charge into the parking lot and demand answers from her twelve year old niece, Lyric, but Paige had managed to stop him.
“How could I be so stupid?” she asked herself.
Travis had explained to her that wererats all live together in one house, like a big family. The Lockharts were known around town for cramming a huge family into the dilapidated mansion right outside town. She should have realized it the moment he explained wererats to her, it was so obvious now.
Unfortunately things didn’t get any easier when Travis discovered what he had been looking for since he arrived in town. Travis wanted to march right over there and murder them all, luckily Dario was the voice of reason. Listening to the intensity of the argument though, she didn’t know how much longer his reason would last.
The Travis she had made love to the night before was completely gone now, replaced by an angry alpha wolf thirsty for blood. His demeanor was no longer arrogant yet playful, instead he appeared to be on the edge of a breakdown. His eyes were wild and his muscles had remained tense since earlier today. She was afraid he would shift and take off at any minute, a fact that scared the shit out of her.
Paige’s life was boring and she felt trapped in her tiny town. Travis had come on the scene like a wild flame that caught her attention. She was all in with the alpha now, ready to be his new alpha mate and restart the pack, but now he might be gone just as quickly as he’d arrived.
The front door slammed hard, rattling the entire trailer. She looked up to see Travis standing in front of her, his chest heaving from the deep breaths he was taking.
“That wolf has no guts!” he said, looking down at her. “None at all!”
“Why do you say that?” she asked, knowing the answer already.
“He wants to play this safe, study them and then move in. I think we need to go make the streets run red with their blood.”
“That’s one idea,” she said, turning off the TV and giving Travis her full attention. “Or you could play it safe.”
“Not you too,” Travis said, his face turning red.
“Of course me too,” she said. “You told me that there’s no way wererats can kill an entire pack unless they were in lunar form. Do you really think two wolves can take out a whole family of rats in lunar form?”
Travis stood there, his face twisting in concentration. She knew he hadn’t considered this fact. He had described lunar form as a twisted amalgamation of man and beast, much more powerful than either man or beast form. Usually shifters could only achieve this form during the full moon, but the rats had figured out a way to do it without the moon.
“You are right,” he finally said. “It would be suicide. I can’t let them
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