Heartsong (Green Creek Book 3)

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by TJ Klune


  And though now she didn’t recognize it for what it was, she still followed him out the door.

  She said, “Wait.”

  She said, “I think….”

  She said, “He didn’t recognize me. But I recognized him.”

  She said, “And I think I know where he’s going.”

  The man climbed back into the truck, the bench seat creaking under his weight. He tapped the envelope against the steering wheel, trying to gather his courage.

  A flutter in the back of his mind, an old memory hidden away. A little thing his father had told him. A bit of a poem. He couldn’t remember it exactly, never having been one for poetry, but it’d always stuck with him. Something about promises to keep, and miles to go before he could sleep.

  He opened the envelope carefully, almost lovingly.

  He set it aside as he unfolded the piece of paper.

  Six words in large, blocky letters.

  But it was enough. He traced his finger over the words, already committing them to memory, as he had the ones that’d come before.

  STOP FOLLOWING ME. GO HOME ASSHOLE.

  He stared at it for the longest time.

  Eventually he put it with the others in the glove compartment.

  He looked down at the dash.

  There, resting against the odometer, was a photograph.

  Three boys with blond hair and bright blue eyes, all smiling widely.

  Brothers.

  He reached out and touched the faces of the younger two.

  “Soon,” he whispered, and it was a promise he would keep.

  A moment later the truck started up.

  He pulled out of the parking lot.

  Before he headed north, he turned on the radio.

  An old rock song was just beginning.

  He thought the band was called Rainbow.

  The song was “Run With the Wolf.”

  Carter Bennett laughed until there were tears in his eyes.

  And then he drove on.

  Brothersong

  On August 18, 2020, the saga of the Bennett Pack comes to an end

  In the ruins of Caswell, Maine, Carter Bennett learned the truth of what had been right in front of him the entire time. And then it—he—was gone.

  Desperate for answers, Carter takes to the road, leaving family and the safety of his pack behind, all in the name of a man he only knows as a feral wolf. But therein lies the danger: wolves are pack animals, and the longer Carter is on his own, the more his mind slips toward the endless void of Omega insanity.

  But he pushes on, following the trail left by Gavin.

  Gavin, the son of Robert Livingstone. The half-brother of Gordo Livingstone.

  What Carter finds will change the course of the wolves forever. Because Gavin’s history with the Bennett pack goes back further than anyone knows, a secret kept hidden by Carter’s father, Thomas Bennett.

  And with this knowledge comes a price: the sins of the fathers now rest upon the shoulders of their sons.

  About TJ Klune

  TJ KLUNE is a Lambda Literary Award-winning author (Into This River I Drown) of over twenty novels and an ex-claims examiner for an insurance company. His novels include Wolfsong, The Lightning-Struck Heart and Bear, Otter and the Kid. Being queer himself, TJ believes it's important—now more than ever—to have accurate, positive, queer representation in stories.

  Also by TJ Klune

  The Bear, Otter and the Kid Chronicles

  Bear, Otter and the Kid

  Who We Are

  The Art of Breathing

  The Long and Winding Road

  Tales From Verania

  The Lightning-Struck Heart

  A Destiny of Dragons

  The Consumption of Magic

  A Wish Upon the Stars

  Green Creek

  Wolfsong

  Ravensong

  Heartsong

  Brothersong

  At First Sight

  Tell Me It’s Real

  The Queen & the Homo Jock King

  Until You

  Why We Fight

  How to Be

  How to Be a Normal Person

  How to Be a Movie Star

  Immemorial Year

  Withered + Sere

  Crisped + Sere

  Standalones

  Burn

  Olive Juice

  Murmuration

  Into This River I Drown

  John & Jackie

  Look for more about all of these books on TJ’s site

 

 

 


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