by Jay Korza
The adult Shirka looked down and saw her first son. “You must be my alpha!” she said with pride. “So big and strong. The first to come and meet me. Now, where is the rest of your pack?”
No sooner had she finished her sentence than she heard the trampling of feet coming towards her. A lot of feet. When the first daughter crested the hill, followed closely by seven siblings, the mother was shocked to say the least. “Wait until your father sees THIS. We have a lot of hunting to do.”
She knelt and sniffed each cub to make sure they were all hers and no strays had entered the pack. Yup, all hers. She wouldn't be leaving any strays in the forest today.
She looked to her litter and found her alpha. “You did this to me. So many mouths to feed!” she said with a smile. “You kept them alive and brought them to me. Only the strongest of alphas could have accomplished a pack of this size. You will be a great leader someday.”
Gathering up her cubs, she led them out of the forest to her transport. All around her the excited pack was barking. Mom! Mom! Mom! Mom! Mom! Mom! Mom! Mom! Mom!
“If you guys keep this up for the entire trip home, I swear your father will eat at least one of you.” Among Shirka parents, this wasn't an idol threat; it was an extremely possible outcome.
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Many years later...
Beast then looked up and saw his brother standing before him. “I've missed you, brother.”
“You did well out there today.” The brothers embraced. “Runt.”
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About the Author
Jay was born in California and moved to Tucson with his family when he was seven. At eighteen he joined the United States Navy and became a Hospital Corpsman. Jay worked in the Emergency Room at the Navy Medical Center San Diego (dubbed “The Starship of Navy Medicine) in California. After four years of service, HM3 Korza took his leave and went into the private medical sector, a decision he has regretted more than once.
Jay has managed a private medical practice, worked on ambulances in Tucson and Massachusetts, and has been a paramedic for the US Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Prisons. In 2000 he started his career in law enforcement and has ever since been elated with being a deputy.
Jay currently has fourteen years of law enforcement service and eight years on the SWAT Team. He is currently assigned to a patrol unit as well as being a medic and sniper for the SWAT Team.
In his spare time, Jay also teaches at the local college’s paramedic program and mountain bikes with friends.
For more information about the author, please visit his website at www.1393productions.com . Any and all feedback or questions are always welcomed.
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Alternate Cover Art
And finally, my eight year-old daughter wanted to contribute to my novel. She was very interested in the cover creation process and decided to make her own entry for the cover contest I was holding through www.99designs.com . Here is her cover entry. Thank you Maya.