Mated by Moonlight

Author:Jessa Slade [Slade, Jessa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Literature & Fiction, Romance, Paranormal, Ghosts, Werewolves & Shifters, Series, Harlequin Nocturne
ISBN: 9781460316368
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2013-06-30T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 7

Merrilee knew Beck and Nally were close behind, but she didn’t glance back, not even when she smelled blood from the doctor’s tender paws. Her pack cried out for her, and she would not slow.

Still, despite the impulse hauling her homeward, she sensed Beck’s powerful presence behind her like the bow of a shockwave giving her fresh energy when the night’s miles wore at her.

They crested the ridge above the valley—she and Beck side by side, with Nally a short way behind. She scanned the village. All the house lights blazed, and an unfamiliar line of lights—coldly wavering—spiraled through the darkness near the lake.

They raced down the hill toward the back of her cottage, shifting as they hit the edge of the trees.

Peter was waiting with an armful of clothing, glancing at the other two males without comment. “The phae are down by the lake. They want...I don’t know what the hell they want. They’ll only speak to you. Keisha is stalling them.” He swallowed, fear for his wife echoing in his human voice just as it had suffused his howl.

Merrilee took the clothes from him. It was a summer tank dress, inappropriate for the cool of night, but she could rip out of it in a heartbeat if she shifted. “How are we doing on weapons? I hope we have more than sketches.” She strode for the back door, yanking the red silk over her head.

Peter followed her inside. “We cut apart the fencing after you left. Each shaft is pure iron. It’s all on the front porch, waiting for you. We didn’t want to challenge them.”

“That’s what I’m here to do.”

“We. That’s what we are here to do.”

She swung around to face Beck who was only steps behind.

Her mouth opened automatically to warn him off, but she closed it with a snap. She wasn’t stupid. Confused and—little though she wanted to admit it—frightened. Not of the phae, but of him.

But she also knew—as deeply true as her verita luna—he would stand with her against anything.

She gestured down the hall. “Spare clothes are in the bedroom.”

He nodded and tossed Nally’s satchel to the doctor. He brushed past her, his skin hot from their run, and disappeared into the spare bedroom where she kept various castoffs for shifting visitors.

She took a breath to steady herself. Without his presence, the air was strangely bland.

She faced Nally who was pulling his clothes from the satchel. “Doctor, I want you to stay here, out of the phae’s sight, smell, senses or whatever else they use. Help Peter find this Vaile’s Valley. If these phae have an enemy, I want that enemy as a friend.”

Nally grunted an assent, but Peter dogged her steps as she headed for the front office. “I need to be with Keisha.”

She paused to touch his shoulder, feeling the wolf-kind muscle under the layer of computer programmer padding. “I’ll send her back to help with this search, which is more important than any posturing down at the lake.

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