Moon Burned (The Wolf Wars Book 1) by Gordon H. D

Author:Gordon, H. D. [Gordon, H. D.]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: H. D. Gordon Books
Published: 2017-07-22T04:00:00+00:00

26

The Midsummer Solstice was upon us, the single day of the year where Dogs were not forced to work the fields or clean the latrines or train for The Ring. It was the only holiday still observed by our kind, the midway point between the beginning and end of the year.

In Dogshead, most of the Dogs (and everyone else, too) would head to the chapel in the early hours to pray to the Gods for a myriad of things. In the evening, these same Dogs would head to the nearest tavern or whorehouse to drink and fuck the night away.

I wasn’t a woman of the gods, and I didn’t pretend to be, so I usually skipped the morning festivities and took part in the evening’s… but I was not in Dogshead anymore, and Marisol had its own way of doing things.

“You can’t wear that,” Kalene told me. “It’s the Midsummer Solstice, you have to try a little harder.”

I raised a brow at her, ever marveling at her obliviously blunt way of addressing people. I looked down at the brown woven shirt and skirt I wore, normal Dog attire. “I don’t own any other clothes,” I said.

She grinned. “Who said anything about clothes?”

Oren and another male named Ares had joined us, and if the former sensed any shift in me after what had happened with Ryker, he didn’t comment. I did notice that he was careful to keep more of a distance, however, and I couldn’t decide if that annoyed me or not.

Kalene and I walked side by side up a tilted street with the males trailing behind us. “So… I didn’t see you around last night,” she said, eyeing me with that dark gaze, red lips pursed in question. “What have you been up to as of late, my friend?”

I shrugged. “Sleeping, eating, being a slave. You know, the usual.”

“You should be careful,” she told me, her voice lowering. “Dogs have been disappearing from Marisol lately, vanishing without a trace.”

We rounded the corner of the street and then crossed to the other side. “What are you talking about?”

“Haven’t you heard?” Kalene asked. “Surely you’ve heard others whispering about it? Dogs are disappearing and no one knows where they’re going. Puppies mostly… but there have been a few older ones, too.”

Overhearing our conversation, Oren and Ares pulled up alongside us. Oren offered me his elbow, and I was relieved to lace my arm through his, glad that Ryker hadn’t scared him enough into avoiding me altogether.

“That’s right,” Oren said, and pointed to the northern skyline. “Some claim there is a creature in the Northern Mountain, and that its been awakened and is stealing pups in the night to devour them in its cave.”

“That’s fucking morbid, Oren,” Kalene snapped.

Ares chimed in. He was a quiet male with light brown skin and even lighter brown eyes. “And who says that they’re being taken?” Ares said. “They could just be leaving.”

From the look on Kalene’s face, I could tell this was a possibility she’d considered as well.

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