Wolf on the Hunt
©2015 by N.J. Walters
In the hunt for love, there’s no going halfway.
Salvation Pack, Book 5
Drawn to Salvation by her passion for nature, Gray Everson’s looking forward to some peace and quiet to work on her paintings. She didn’t expect hunters shooting up the forest around the cabin she rented. And she certainly didn’t expect to find a wounded wolf.
It’s only after Gray sends the hunters packing that she realizes the creature hidden in her cabin is no ordinary wolf. He’s a ruggedly handsome man with an extraordinary ability Gray thought only existed in fiction.
Louis LaForge has given up on finding a mate and channels all his energy into protecting his pack. But his instant attraction to a skittish artist is more than simple lust. There’s something about Gray he just can’t put his finger on—until he gets close enough to touch her.
Louis is sure of what he wants, but pushing Gray too far, too fast is risky. The hunters aren’t going away peacefully, and Louis’s former pack is coming for him. When the final battle comes, there will be only one way to protect everyone he loves.
EXCERPT:
She was about to go inside and barricade the door when Shadow growled. He was staring at the edge of the woods beside the house. His ears flattened and so did his tail. Not a good sign.
“We should go inside.” She held the door open but Shadow ignored her and growled again.
She was about to order him inside when she heard an answering growl. Shit, there was something out there. Shadow stopped growling and gave a small whimper before bounding off the porch.
“Come back here,” she ordered. She might as well have been talking to the wind. Shadow was gone. Gunshots sounded again. No way could she leave her beloved companion out there. With his size and heritage, he could easily be mistaken for a wolf, especially with this trigger-happy bunch.
Swearing under her breath, Gray hurried after her pet. She’d scold him to within an inch of his life as soon as she got him to safety. “Shadow,” she called in a loud whisper. “Where the hell are you?”
He answered with a soft woof. She hurried toward him, all the while praying the animal he’d gone after wasn’t dangerous. Although any animal was dangerous if it was hurt or cornered.
She skidded to a stop and almost ended up on her butt when her sneakers slid on the pine-needle-covered ground. Shadow was standing over a wolf that was sprawled out on the ground. A really, really big wolf.
She shook her head. It had to be a cross between a wolf and some big-dog mix like a Mastiff or Great Dane or something. He was bigger than Shadow, and that was saying something.
Shadow whined, and it was then Gray saw the red on the wolf’s side. It had been shot. She knew it wasn’t safe or smart to approach a wounded animal, but she couldn’t stop herself.
“Don’t kill me,” she crooned as she crept closer. “Please don’t eat me.”
The animal was magnificent with a pelt that consisted of many different shades of brown. It growled as she approached, and she held out her hands in supplication. “I won’t hurt you.” Another gunshot echoed in the distance. “But they will.”
“This is so stupid,” she muttered under her breath, but no way could she leave the wolf here to die.
She felt mildly surprised when she reached the creature’s side and it didn’t immediately snap at her. She did a quick visual scan of the wolf’s large body. It was definitely male, and he was bleeding from several different places.
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N.J. Walters is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author who has always been a voracious reader, and now she spends her days writing novels of her own. Vampires, werewolves, dragons, time-travelers, seductive handymen, and next-door neighbors with smoldering good looks—all vie for her attention. It’s a tough life, but someone’s got to live it.
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