by Elle Thorne
Time to push another thought away, specifically, any thought involving Saizon. He needed to concentrate on searching for Dunn. Should he go back to Griz? Look how it ended the last time he went there. He—
Slate froze. What was that sound? He slid against the tree, thankful it was old and wide and would completely conceal him.
Snap!
Someone stepped on a twig.
Crackling and shuffling followed that sound.
Someone walking through the forest.
He centered his shifter senses, focusing on sounds and smells. He couldn’t use his sight. That would mean peeking, which would risk discovery.
Sounds. One person, moving cautiously through the underbrush, between trees, approaching.
Smell. Nothing. No scent. Impossible. He inhaled again. Still no scent. Okay, perhaps not impossible, but that would mean the individual was using hunter’s block to disguise his presence.
Back to sounds, then. Back to putting his mental energy into assessing through sound.
The individual was guarded, moving slowly across the forest floor, but not mindful of making any noise, as his shifter hearing could clearly pick up the footfalls. A smaller individual, not as large as he. And not as large as Saizon or Griz. So not them. Then who? One of their associates?
Suddenly, the movements stopped. The forest fell silent.
Slate held his breath. Did this mean the newcomer had discovered his presence? Picked up his scent?
Dammit. Maybe the hunter’s block he’d put on earlier had dissipated. He’d be a walking billboard, advertising his presence to any shifter—or animal, for that matter.
He breathed out slowly, a steady, measured release of the air making his lungs burn.
He braced himself, dropping his center, holding his core steady, tightening his leg muscles, prepared to leap.
A shadow crossed before him.
Almost time.
A second later, a silhouette appeared, cast by whoever approached.
Slate clenched his hands into fists. Body taut. Ready to go.
Afterword
Hope you enjoyed Krisztián and Ciara’s story. This is just one of many books in the Shifters Forever Worlds, and there are many more to come.
Look for the next one! If it’s not out yet, it’s coming soon!
Happy Reading!
The Shifters Forever Worlds
SHIFTERS FOREVER SERIES
Are you ready for it?
I have a whole world full of shifters to share with you. I’m listing them here, in the suggested reading order, though I’ve tried to make it so that you can pick up anywhere in the series as we all have probably done that at one point or another.
Many of these are organized in box sets for savings. Be sure to visit www.ellethorne.com to see which box sets are out!
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Where’s the best place to start? Well, probably with Shifters Forever.
SHIFTERS FOREVER starts the series off with grizzly bear shifters and their mates that steam up the pages in these swoon-worthy paranormal romances. From trespassers with hidden agendas to curvaceous women who are ready to take a chance, the stories in this collection will capture your heart.
•Protection
•Seduction
•Persuasion
•Invitation
•Temptation
•Attraction
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ALWAYS AFTER DARK is a spinoff with the white tiger from Shifters Forever: Vax, born Vittorio Tiero. He’s the one that helped Kane out during a shifter battle. Follow the Tiero family, a group of white tiger shifters, as they head to America to find love... and heart-stopping danger. Full of romance, suspense, and gritty drama, this red-hot collection is sure to entertain!
•Controversy
•Territory
•Adversary
•Sanctuary
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NEVER AFTER DARK is another spinoff that takes place in Europe. Here we visit cities along the Mediterranean and meet the old school Tiero white tiger shifters who are resistant to change.
•Forbidden
•Forsaken
•Forgotten
•Foreplay
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ONLY AFTER DARK takes place in New Orleans. The Arceneaux shifters, led by Lézare, Vax’s white tiger cousin—on his mother’s side. The Arceneaux are the black sheep of the family. Lézare doesn’t cave to public opinion. He dictates policy in the area he rules and he shuns old school European rules and regimes.
•Desirable
•Insatiable
•Combustible
•Undeniable
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MORE ONLY AFTER DARK takes place in New Orleans. The Arceneaux shifters and the Matthieu witches wreak havoc and find love within this city set on the steamy Louisiana coastline.
•Inevitable
•Inescapable
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BITTER FALLS FOREVER features Mae Forester’s nephew Dane Forester, a freewheeling, sexy, successful, movie star who uses every role and every woman to escape and forget the heartbreak he left in Bitter Falls.
•Unbound
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BARELY AFTER DARK features more of Mae Forester’s nephews! Grizzly bear shifters steam up the pages in these swoon-worthy paranormal romances. From trespassers with hidden agendas to curvaceous women who are ready to take a chance, the stories in this collection will capture your heart.
•Cross
•Lance
•Judge
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Ever After Dark introduces us to the white tigers you learned to love in Always After Dark, Never After Dark, and Only After Dark. See their heritage. Visit Giovanni Tiero and his brothers Federico and Tito. Get reacquainted with Isabel Tiero and meet her sister Capriana Valenti.
•Stonebound
•Formidable
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Shifters Forever After follows a group of polar bears in New York. Russian and rumored to be mobbed up, they are a powerhouse of shifters, determining the fate of many on the East Coast. Mikhail Romanoff, Layla’s father, runs this outfit with an iron fist. Layla’s sexy cousin Malachi features prominently in this series.
•Complication
•Fascination
•Motivation
•Captivation
•Flirtation
•Infatuation
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Forever After Dark takes place in Denver, Colorado. Enter a world of secrets and forbidden love. Panther shifters who who share their worlds with elementals must decide who they can trust—and who they can’t live without.
•Notorious
•Scandalous
•Delicious
•Perilous
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UPCOMING SERIES:
Shifters Forever More starts in the Pontic Mountains and traverses the globe to Bear Canyon Valley where our favorite shifters encounter a not-so-very-new type of shifter and an enemy that’s been waiting for their comeuppance.
•Confusion
Finally After Dark began long ago with Valkyrie and bear shifters, only to be brought to hot and humid Houston where a dire wolf shifter meets a warrior woman. Thereafter our dire wolves and Valkyrie travel to the Alaska tundra to meet their mates and vanquish archaic enemies!
•Origins
•Challenge
I do hope you’ll be able to join me on this wonderful journey with our Shifters Forever Worlds Shifters and their mates!
Hugs, Elle!
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About Elle
Elle Thorne spent almost as much time denying that she wrote romance as she has writing it. It took her a few years to stop being a closet romantic.
Originally from Europe, she wouldn’t dream of living anywhere else but Texas. Unless it was another southern—translation: warm!—state. A southern European by birth, she wants to be near the water and the Mediterranean temperatures if possible.
Where does she like to hang out? Near a lake, a beach, preferably with a latte—extra shot of espresso, please! She’s inspired by the everyday men who make dreams come true. She loves a roughneck, especially one with a callous or two on his hands. A man who knows how to fix a car, please a woman, and protect what’s his. Nothing less will do.
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