Wolf's Bane (Moon Marked Book 1) by Aimee Easterling

Author:Aimee Easterling [Easterling, Aimee]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: werewolf, alpha, fox shifter, shifter, Shapeshifter, wolf shifter, wolf romance, werewolf trilogy, werewolf action, family wolf pack, wolf shifter paranormal, wolf shift series, wolf shifter series, shapeshifter wolf romance, urban fantasy, urban fantasy series, Paranormal, Paranormal Fantasy, Paranormal romance, kitsune
Publisher: Wetknee Books
Published: 2018-06-10T04:00:00+00:00

IT WASN’T RANSOM, THOUGH, who appeared on the other side of the small cage as my eyes adjusted to the over-illumination. Instead, resembling his brother enough to make the false identity work from a distance, Gunner greeted me with a grin that did odd things to my stomach. Then, taking advantage of my unconscious lean in his general direction, my opponent opened the fight with a forward lunge transitioning into a slashing stroke of the sword clasped in one long-fingered fist.

In response, I dropped to the ground and somersaulted past him, rolling upwards even as the alpha spun to trace my path. I told myself it was just Mama’s unhelpful words of encouragement that made Gunner’s reappearance hit me like a punch to the gut the moment I set eyes upon him. But his verbal greeting both deepened my reaction and illuminated my lie.

“I was worried,” the big, scary alpha told me, a subtle tightening around his eyes suggesting he was actually telling the truth even though his sword continued to parry mine stroke for stroke. “Crow and Tank called two hours ago. Said you’d slipped your leash. The whole pack’s been tearing the city apart ever since. I figured you could take care of yourself. But...”—he feinted then struck at my knees, a blow I easily blocked—“...I’m glad to see your face.”

“Aw, you missed me,” I countered, finding it easy to keep my words light when my feet felt as if they were walking on rainbows. Taking advantage of the emotion-fueled energy, in fact, I transitioned into one of Dad’s favorite combo moves then. Bing, bang, boom. Feint, parry, attack. Gunner must have had more experience with swordsmanship than I’d expected or he would have ended up with a game-ending scratch right then.

Instead, the male proved his prowess by nearly catching me on the rebound, swiping low a second time and forcing me to leap to evade his sword. “I did miss you,” he agreed, not even out of breath as he offered a stab that could easily have pierced my stomach lining. “And I’m glad to be back. Not least because we have a mystery to solve.”

I inhaled as I twisted sideways, windmilling my arms then using the change in balance to launch my own attack. “I could have told you Ransom’s feet weren’t that little,” I puffed, finally losing a bit of my composure as Gunner’s blade caught mine and nearly ripped said object out of my grasp.

The scrape of metal against metal provoked a cheer from bystanders I’d nearly forgotten, widening my tunnel vision at last. The crowd members were standing on their seats now, pounding fists against the cage that locked me and Gunner in. Calls of “Ransom” and “Mai” rang out across the Arena in equal measure, and I wasted half a second hoping Ma Scrubbs was right and fewer watchers had bet in my favor this time around.

Because I was going to win. Never mind what a smirking Gunner thought as a flick of his wrist ripped my sword away to send it flying toward the chain link behind my back.

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