I was still basking in that possibility when I folded Kaci into my arms a minute later.
She squeezed me tightly, and only let me go long enough for me to put on my jacket. Exhausted, I forced a smile for Kaci’s benefit, trying to ignore the way Marc and Jace went out of their way to avoid each other, yet stay close to me. Then I slid one arm around Kaci’s shoulders.
“Can we go home now?” she asked, staring up at me in exhaustion and uneasy relief. Neither of us would truly feel safe until we were far away from the thunderbirds and their prison in the sky.
“Absolutely.” We would go home, if only long enough to rest and plan our full strike. Because if the blood-soaked feathers of a murdered thunderbird weren’t enough to convince the other Alphas that Calvin Malone should be removed from power, we’d be prepared to do it the hard way.
And sometimes, the hard way is the only way to go.
Don’t miss the next Faythe Sanders novel, ALPHA, coming in September 2010!
There are only eight breeding female werecats left. And I’m one of them.
Female werecats are disappearing and the Pride is helpless to stop the stray responsible. Then Faythe Sanders ends up in the claws of the kidnapper himself.
Now, armed with nothing but animal instinct and a serious attitude, Faythe must free herself and stop the kidnappers before they rob her Pride of its most valuable asset: its own continued existence.
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The claws are out!
Rebellious werecat Faythe is shocked to find bodies of murdered men turning up in her pride’s territory. Faythe knows that a past indiscretion may have led to their deaths. She also risks exposing her family’s supernatural secret.
Faced with a terrifying choice, Faythe must decide: pray the tribal council grant her mercy – or risk everything to pursue her own brand of justice.
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Pride comes before a fall…
The werecat council has three cardinal laws. Faythe stands accused of breaking two of them, and now the death penalty hangs over her head.
That is, until a shapeshifter informs the pride of a rash of rogue strays terrorising his land. Only Faythe has the knowledge to save the pride, but can she prove her worth?
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“The fight was about to get unbelievably, irreversibly bad”
A dark danger lurks in the bloody and mysterious disappearance of werecat Faythe’s boyfriend, exiled stray Marc. Tired of being a target, defiant Faythe’s ready to embrace her destiny and fight like an Alpha to get Marc back, and defend the honour of her Pride.
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