by RJ Blain
Tully prodded me in the ribs. “You can’t fall asleep there, Richard.”
“Yes, I can.”
“No, you can’t.”
I showed him my teeth.
“If you fall asleep there, no one will be able to get you up. If we can’t get you up, it’ll be difficult to get you to the lodge. If we don’t get you to the lodge, Desmond will come here and kick our asses. You know how much I hate when Desmond kicks my ass, Richard.”
“Toss him in the pool,” my mate suggested, rolling off me. “That should wake him up. I’ll help.”
I scrambled to make my escape. Tully caught me, and the rest of the pack converged. Nicole watched and laughed when they threw me in, jumping in of her own free will to chase me down and dunk me.
By siding with the pack, she did the one thing no one else could. She remembered being attacked, but it didn’t stop her from joining them to hunt me down. Her choice wouldn’t change the past or heal long-festered wounds, but it bridged the gap and gave me what I needed most: time and a chance to make things right at long last.
Afterword
I am often asked about how the Witch & Wolf world relates to our own. In many ways, the Earth from the Witch & Wolf novels is very much like our own. However, it is not Earth, not exactly.
While some of the events in the Witch & Wolf world overlap with our version of Earth, they are not the same. While certain events still happened, rather like fixed points in time from a certain time-traveling series, the specifics are often altered. The years and exact dates may not be the same. Some technologies have developed later—or sooner—than in our Earth.
Motivations and the execution of certain events, including terrorist attacks, have been changed. The inclusion of the supernatural would alter a great many things, including how wars are waged.
As such, there are discrepancies between the Witch & Wolf world and our Earth. No matter how hard the supernatural community tries to hide their presence, they have the power to change the world—and they do.
As always, all errors are my own, but some of those errors with history aren’t actually errors at all—they are deliberate alterations to Earth’s history to better fit with the inclusion of witches, werewolves, and the other supernatural.
Thanks for reading!
Titles by RJ Blain
From the Witch & Wolf World..
Series: Witch & Wolf
Inquisitor
Winter Wolf
Blood Diamond
Silver Bullet (2016)
Series: Nature of the Beast
Pack Justice
Dual Nature (TBD)
Series: Balancing the Scales
Karma
License to Kill (TBD)
Standalones
Beneath a Blood Moon
Shadowed Flame
Tales of the Winter Wolf
(Short Story/Novella Collections)
Volume One
Volume Two
Volume Three
Volume Four
Volume Five
Omnibus - Volumes One-Five
Other Fantasy Stories…
Requiem for the Rift King (Epic Fantasy)
Storm Without End
Storm Surge
The Tides of War (2017)
The Fall of Erelith (Fantasy)
The Eye of God
Royal Slaves (2017)