Rebel's Claw by Afton Locke

Author:Afton Locke [Locke, Afton]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Black Hills Wolves
Publisher: Decadent Publishing
Published: 2015-06-16T16:00:00+00:00

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The next morning, Roark met Drew at the conference hall. The Alpha was alone. Roark’s gaze dropped to the conference table. A glass platter embossed with wolf paws held a knife, white cloth, and disposable bandages. Carvings of wolf fangs decorated the knife’s handle.

A hangover from last night’s drinking hammered into his skull worse than one of Ogden’s hatchets. Although he could’ve shifted to heal it faster, why not feel like shit while he bled away his identity? He still couldn’t believe Ryker had thrown his ass over that embankment. If he hadn’t shifted midway down, he’d probably be floating to Idaho by now with a snapped neck.

If Drew knew about it, he didn’t mention it. Instead, he picked up the knife and held it across the table to him.

“Make sure you’re sure,” he said. “Are you ready to follow me as your Alpha, obey pack laws, and be one with the pack?”

Roark grabbed the knife and clenched the hilt until it was slick with sweat.

The Dominant cleared his throat and drummed his fingers on the table. “Is there a problem?”

Hell, yeah. Giving up on the Lamar pack sucked, but since they were here now, he needed to be close to them, especially Lara.

“No. No problem.” After sucking in a breath and holding it, Roark rolled up his sleeve, laid his forearm on the table, and cut a thin line across his flesh with the tip of the knife.

Drew did the same. For a moment, Roark watched pearls of blood bubble across the Alpha’s cut. Then he laid his arm across Drew’s and pressed. The sting of the injury morphed into something more powerful on contact. As the blood mingled and flowed, he became a Tao.

It felt right.

“There. Done deal.” Roark withdrew his arm and put a bandage over the cut, which should heal up in an hour or two.

Drew clasped his hand after tending to his own wound. “Welcome to the Tao pack, Roark. I think you’ll find once you get to know us, we won’t bite…unless provoked.”

“Thanks,” Roark said after they released each other. “I’m glad to be part of a strong pack.”

His new Alpha stood. “You’ll feel more at home here with time. It beats living like a refugee.”

He ought to know.

Stately evergreens swayed in the breeze outside the window. Not a bad place. He might even like it someday. But how could Hellhole, South Dakota, be home sweet home when his mate was in Wyoming?

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