Fated Curse by Skye Malone

Author:Skye Malone [Malone, Skye]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Wildflower Isle

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Lindy

Wes was breathtaking.

And every instinct screamed for her to run.

Not daring to move, she waited as he jumped down from the truck, muscles rolling beneath his fur. He wasn’t what she’d expected—although, really, she didn’t know what that would’ve been. His fur was the color of dark ash, of storm clouds and smoke, though lighter shades interspersed it here and there like wisps of daylight. His paws were enormous, splayed out on the snow as if they were snowshoes all on their own. Pale-gray eyes locked on her when he turned back, as if questioning whether she was going to follow, and all the while his ears twitched like he was catching sounds beyond anything she could hear.

And he was huge. Most ulfhednar were large, surpassing the size of any ordinary wolf.

But God help her, up close like this, he seemed really huge.

He regarded her for a moment, and she braced herself, waiting for him to attack. She was Order, after all—or had been. Would his wolf side be as understanding as his human side had been? How did that work, anyway? The Order taught that all ulfhednar were beasts no matter their form. Wily crafty beasts, sure, with heightened intelligence that made them dangerous as hell, but without a trace of anything resembling a soul. When they shifted, nothing of their human “facades” remained. Just animal instincts. Just hunger and bloodlust and violence.

Their real selves, the Order said.

Lindy had never really put the Order’s description to the test. Her best friend, Hayden, disappeared every month right around the full moon, always with one excuse or another, so Lindy never had the opportunity to prove to herself how wrong the Order had been—and it wasn’t like she’d gone hunting for any other ulfhednar to find out for sure.

Years of putting their bullshit out of her head evaporated in the face of a wolf that maybe, just maybe, would show her the one thing the Order hadn’t been wrong about.

But would Wes really have suggested this if he knew he was going to be a danger to her?

He nodded to the side, the motion almost like a request for her to go on.

She swallowed hard. Was he still in there? Was this a trap? “Y-you go ahead.”

The wolf watched her for a moment, and something flashed through his eyes that almost looked… hurt?

How could she know that?

Wes bobbed his head as if in agreement to her request. He started across the snow ahead of her.

For a moment, she hesitated, glancing around at the truck, the snow, and the utter lack of alternatives. If she didn’t move, he wouldn’t keep going. He’d just come back here, and then they’d both be stuck standing next to a truck they couldn’t drive, miles from the destination she’d insisted they try to reach.

Forward was the only option.

She took a step out onto the snow. The rough snowshoes he’d made her held up beneath her feet surprisingly well, and the two longer branches like walking sticks helped her stay steady.

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