Vampire's Soul: A Vampire Queen Series Novel by Joey W. Hill

Author:Joey W. Hill [Hill, Joey W.]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9781942122630
Publisher: Story Witch Press
Published: 2017-09-29T18:30:00+00:00

Rand shifted. When he came to a raised berm over a ravine, he lifted his head, scenting the air. On a whim, he put his nose to the sky and howled, long and deep.

He was answered by an enthusiastic chorus that hit him like a shot of pure adrenaline. He ran through the forest, letting the wolf have him once more, though he had to moderate his pace since the climax had drained some of his stamina. The vampire knew how to work a man over, that was for sure.

Rand followed the howls, the inviting yips, and caught up with them. They were running through the forest purely for the joy of it. Cilya nipped his shoulder flirtatiously as he joined the pack. He rolled her in playful answer and they were all up and moving together, running, stopping briefly to sniff and take a different direction. Flushing out a mole, Todd gulped it down in one swallow, an after-dinner snack.

If they’d been hungry, if they’d been with him when he ran down the stag, they would have hunted as a pack. They would feed in order of hierarchy, unless there were new pups just starting to eat raw meat who needed to feed first, to ensure their strength. Then the alphas, Fane and Lynn, then the beta, Stalker. Then the others.

Rand, if he was part of their pack, might be recognized as a beta ranked over Stalker, because Fane would acknowledge his contribution to protecting and caring for the family, and offer his respect to Rand for not challenging Fane’s domination of the group.

Though they identified strongly with wolves, there were key differences between wolf shifters and actual wolves. Like most wolf packs only had the one female, the alpha female. And she’d be the only one to get pregnant. In contrast, Rand suspected Lynn was hoping rather strenuously for grand-pups from Sangra and Idris. Todd and Zelda might or might not ever have children, but Rand didn’t see Fane or Lynn discouraging the couple from being together. Sometimes you just had to let things happen. And hope for the best.

It’d been awhile since he’d let himself have that kind of optimism about families. Attributing it to the pleasure of running with a pack, he left it at that.

When they ran themselves to near exhaustion, he flopped down next to Cilya. She rubbed against him affectionately, the two of them mouthing one another’s muzzles in play, though it stopped there. Rand saw the speculation in Lynn’s dark eyes, but he knew Fane would tell her. It was different when he was a wolf; he could flirt and play, and enjoy that, but actual consummation outside wolf form…not so much.

He and Sheba had consummated as wolves because it was easier for him that way. Perhaps for her too, with her memories of Sylvan as a human male, holding her in their bed, touching and kissing her. Her heart had still belonged to her dead mate, all the way to the moment she joined him in that afterlife.

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