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“This was all I ever wanted. To be close to you, even with you knowing what I am.”
Faran looked down into her face, his human eyes as impassive as the wolf’s had been.
Lexie’s hands found his chest, bringing back a flood of sensory reminders. Suddenly she felt flushed and aching with memory. Her first thought was to push him away, but the crack in his voice stopped her. Her heart was pounding so hard she felt breathless. “I’m sorry.”
Her hands slid down his shirt, feeling the quivering muscles beneath. He was holding himself in check so hard, it felt as if he might explode.
And then her hand found hot, sticky wetness. She gasped. “Faran, you’re bleeding.”
He exhaled, his breath warm against her cheek. “That wasn’t what you said in my fantasy of this moment.”
SHARON ASHWOOD is a novelist, desk jockey and enthusiast for the weird and spooky. She has an English literature degree but works as a finance geek. Interests include growing her to-be-read pile and playing with the toy graveyard on her desk. Sharon is the winner of the 2011 RITA® Award for Paranormal Romance. She lives in the Pacific Northwest and is owned by the Demon Lord of Kitty Badness.
Possessed
by a Wolf
Sharon Ashwood
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To my Grandma, who taught me the joys of the kitchen (and the occasional tall tale).
Follow love and it will flee,
Flee love and it will follow thee.
—English proverb, 16th century
* * *
The Royal Family of the Kingdom of Marcari
King Renault
Dowager Queen Sophia
Princess Amelie
* * *
The Royal Family of the Kingdom of Vidon
King Targon
Crown Prince Kyle
Prince Leopold
Contents
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them.
—Andre Gide
Something cracked, a snapping sound that shot up Lexie Haven’s spine with an icy,
