River Wolf (25 page)

“…hurt her. She kept her grief private.” Sadness etched into her scent. “I always thought she was just so old-fashioned, so hidebound by her culture.”

Pressing a kiss to her forehead, Brett said, “Do you want to go see your mother?”

“We’re on our honeymoon.” So much in the way of an apology hung together in her words.

“We are together, my beautiful mate. We will always be together. We can have a honeymoon for the rest of our lives. She’s your mom, so if you want to go see her, we can go see her.”

Pushing away the papers, she straddled his lap and leaned in to touch her forehead to his. “How did I get so lucky?”

That was simple. “Because you’re you.”

“Okay.” She kissed him, then swiped away her tears and he recognized the playful gleam in her eyes. “How did
you
get so lucky?”

Joy filled him because the answer was the same. With his mate by his side, his best friend home, and his pack celebrating—yes, he was damn lucky. Hudson River and Colby would both thrive. Sweeping the tray aside, he rolled her onto her back and whispered, “Let’s find out…” Together.

C
assius
, Alpha of Sutter Butte, leads the most ruthless and dangerous pack in the United States. A pack comprised of misfits who didn’t fit in their previous packs, cast offs discarded by their packs and forgotten wolves who rose to create a pack more than a century before it utter defiance of the order of the day. Sometimes pitiless and cruel, he wants more for his people than a yearly bloodbath as they fight for a new place, a better spot in the pecking order. To change his pack, means to change himself and he will find rebellion on all sides, not the least of which is his own defiant heart.

Sovvan Stark, Omega of Delta Crescent, lives a cherished, beloved life in the center of her pack, a delicate and hard won balance. Though she is not the only Omega, she is the most experienced with the tremors of pack upset when power shifts from Alpha to Alpha. When her Alpha approaches her about Sutter Butte’s request, Sovvan considers the matter for several long months. While she might hold within her the key to helping the Sutter Butte Alpha, the undertaking could very well kill her.

Accompanied by a single Hound, Sovvan begins a journey to help Cassius rebuild the foundation of his pack, but first she will have to transform him…

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, Heather Long, likes long walks in the park, science fiction, superheroes, Marines, and men who aren’t douche bags. Her books are filled with heroes and heroines tangled in romance as hot as Texas summertime. From paranormal historical westerns to contemporary military romance, Heather might switch genres, but one thing is true in all of her stories—her characters drive the books. When she’s not wrangling her menagerie of animals, she devotes her time to family and friends she considers family. She believes if you like your heroes so real you could lick the grit off their chest, and your heroines so likable, you’re sure you’ve been friends with women just like them, you’ll enjoy her worlds as much as she does.

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