Samantha Dixon rescues a wounded wolf shifter in the woods
near her home … and unwittingly gets drawn into a dangerous game of cat and
mouse with a murderer. Callum Blake is on the trail of an evil man who would be
king of all wolf kind, no matter the cost … it’s up to Callum to stop him. How
can Callum fulfill his duty to protect his pack and save the woman who is
destined to be his mate?
Wolf's Blade
Author Clare Dargin
Series The Paladins
Book # 1
Genre Contemporary, Paranormal, Shifters, Wolves
Heat Level 4
Words 32,000
Content Notes Intense, Extreme Violence, Non-Sexual Physical
Assault
Publication Date 12/28/2015
Excerpt:
Callum Blake growled and grabbed his forearm. He opened his
clenched fist as the nails on his hand morphed into long dark claws. He gritted
his teeth and closed his eyes as he fought the urge to shift. He pounded the
tree and glanced up at the night sky and prayed in agony to the wolf goddess.
He pleaded for help. He’d take anything she had to offer if it would provide
even the smallest amount of relief.
Nothing. The pain continued. He shook his head and grimaced
in an attempt to remove the fog that was starting to shroud his mind. He
silently cried out to her again.
Why are you silent? You’re the reason I took this mission
and now you’re allowing me to suffer?
His frustration mingled with his physical pain, adding to
his misery. The beast fought its way to the surface. He opened his mouth and
howled. A mixture of a roar and a yell, it relieved some of the tension within
him, but it did not drive away the urge to shift. Leaning against the tree, he
dug his claws into the bark, burrowing deep grooves as he exerted his strength
against the muscle contraction. His pulse pounded in his ears as sweat poured
down on his face. Unlike his wolf self who resided peacefully inside of him,
his lycan did not have the same kind of placating nature. It yielded only to
the strongest of commands exerted to it from his mind. It was supposed to live
in harmony just as his inner wolf, but it refused.
For wolf shifters, their human and wolf self were like two
individuals abiding in one nature. One innately human, sharing some of the same
abilities and desires as regular people only with keener senses and more
powerful instincts. The other, their wolf side was wild and untamed. It acted
on a gut responses, using its innate sixth sense to interact with the world
around it. The wolf freely gave into its passions, choosing strength and
cunning over calculated reasoning.
The lycan, however, was a being whose nature lived far
beyond that of the wolf. Not present in all wolf shifters, it was like a curse
of their wolf self causing them to revert to a primitive version of their wolf
self. Acting on impulse and rage, the lycan did not use reason or soft emotions
like joy, love, and happiness, it understood violence.
Buy Links-
Liquid Silver Books- http://www.lsbooks.com/wolfs-blade-p1090.php
Author Bio
Clare Dargin is a multi-published romance author. She has
written for several publishers in different genres, including erotic romance,
military romance, contemporary, paranormal, and sci-fi. She lives in the
mid-west, and when not surfing the web, she is hard at work writing her next
romance novel. You can find her on Facebook, Twitter, Google Plus, and Amazon.
Web Links-
Clare's Blog 2 The Haven- http://claresblog2thehaven.blogspot.com
The Embraced: Scribal Love- http://theembraced.blogspot.com
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