Beckoned (The Brazil Werewolf Series) by Amanda K. Dudley-Penn

Author:Amanda K. Dudley-Penn
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2012-10-20T05:00:00+00:00

Exhaustion was the only reason that I slept at all. Andre’s presence was known from the moment he laid down next to me. His scent surrounded me, embedding into everything as his heat reached for me causing my whole body to tingle as if expecting to be touched. I closed my eyes, hearing every breath he took as I tried to pretend that his presence wasn’t so known. It took hours but I finally forced the darkness of sleep to surround me.

When my senses came back to me I no longer heard Andre’s steady breaths. Instead, I heard the hoots of owls and rustlings of animals moving through the bushes. A thrill of fear shot through me. Did I sleep walk again? I shook my head. It wasn’t possible. Andre would have stopped me.

Slowly, I opened my eyes, finding myself in a large grassy meadow in the middle of a dense forest. Wolves sat in a circle, completely surrounding me. My heart trembled as I looked at each one finding each different but as docile as pets. Their eyes were large and submissive…staring at me as if waiting for an order.

I was only shocked out of staring at them when Garridan stepped beside me, grasping my hand in his. Another tremble shook me and I jerked my hand but he held it easily within his large palm. Panic began engulf me when I felt someone else grab my other hand. I looked at the other person expecting to see my father but instead I found Andre standing calmly next to me. I looked at him confused. Why did he look so peaceful with Garridan near me?

I opened my mouth, wanting to ask Andre what was happening but couldn‘t. Instead, I just waited for him to give me an answer to my unspoken question. Finally, he gave me a lopsided grin and said, “You’re here because you must choose between us.”

I frowned, truly confused as I shook my head. My frown was so fierce that it hurt my head, “But I already have.”

“No,” Garridan said in a voice that was almost kind, “You haven’t.”

I turned to stare at him in shock. I didn’t understand anything that was happening. Worse than that, no one was really answering me.

I looked at the wolves again who were still sitting docile and quiet around us and then, looked back at Garridan. Maybe he would answer my questions, “What do you mean?” I asked, angrily, “I married Andre. I made my choice.”

“It’s the mating and the blood,” Andre whispered, capturing my attention again,“It isn‘t just the marriage. You will still have to choose.”

“I don’t understand this,“ I whispered as Garridan released my hand and began to walk through the wolves and into the trees. Oddly, I wanted to call for him to come back and answer my questions. A moment later, I realized that Andre was gone too. I hadn’t even noticed that he had released my hand. I swallowed hard as I realized they had left me alone surrounded by the wolves who stared at me more peacefully than a wolf ever should.

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