“Boss, you really need to see this,” Slick called louder, cutting off her train of thought.
“All right.” She waved at Dee. “Finish up the inspection here.” Pointing at the victim’s neck, she added, “This looks personal.”
“I’m on it.” Dee glided to the spot. Her boots somehow avoided contact with the blood or disturbing the scene. Jame nodded her appreciation and tried to mimic her fellow agent’s movements, avoiding the mess as much as possible.
“Okay, Slick.” She tapped his shoulder and inclined her head to the side. “What is it?”
“You’re not going to believe this.” He slid to his right and motioned her to crouch beside him.
Jame squinted, following Slick’s pointed finger to the blond female victim. She swallowed a mouthful of bile. The heel of the woman’s missing Prada pump stood implanted in the victim’s forehead. Her neck possessed the same sharp cut as the dead male vampire. The head detached ninety percent from the body.
“This isn’t any random act, Slick. There’s hate and aggression here.”
“I know, Boss, but that’s not the shocking bit.” He reached forward and pushed aside the dead woman’s hair. Empty green eyes stared back at them. “Recognize her?”
Jame’s heart stilled for a single beat before it picked up double time. Her blood raced in her veins as fast as a plane crashing to Earth. “It can’t be.”
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Notes & Glossary
Pack breakdown:
Reinhard: Raul’s pack.
Alphas: Ander and Gyda.
Draupnir: Ty’s old pack.
Alphas: Bain. Morene is his first verndari and stands in as the female ruling voice until he finds a mate.
Arnoddr: Ayra’s pack.
Alphas: Isak. Standing in as ruling female until he finds a mate, is his mother, Iona.
Glossary:
Asni: donkey, ass
Varúlfur: werewolf
Ráðið: council
Verða: becoming. It is the process of transition from human to shifter.
Lögreglu: police
Verndari: protector. The inner circle of wolves closest to the alphas who protect the pack.
Kennari: teacher. A term used most often to describe someone who is dedicated to teaching newly bitten wolves about being varúlfur.
Konunglegur: royalty. Used among varúlfur to mean the families of alphas, council members, and the seeker and reaper.
Uppskera: reaper. One who is imbued with power by Odin and Frigg to hunt down and kill condemned shifters.
Leitar: seeker. One who is imbued with power by Odin and Frigg to seek out and help those on the precipice of madness due to being bitten in.
Landsvӕði: Territory. To shifters, once it has been invoked it means they will kill any trespassers that come into their territory.
Frelsari: liberator
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Acknowledgments
It’s true, we owe much of a book’s success to luck and timing. But the deeper truth is that success is hard work, dedication, and belief in something—and not just from the author, but the entire team that brings it to life. So I must thank the amazing team at City Owl Press for believing in this series and breathing new, amazing life into it.
To those who love to read paranormal books, you rock my world and make my dreams possible. And fans who review, you make that world spin. Words cannot express the gratitude I feel toward you all.
And, of course, a huge thank you to my better half for putting up with the endless questions, research hours, and brainstorming. He never tired of the many discussions while driving or sitting on a ski lift, but then, he couldn’t exactly get away. You are the best unpaid plot consultant anyone could ask for.
About the Author
HEATHER McCORKLE is an Amazon bestselling author of paranormal romance, historical romances, urban fantasy, and steampunk. She lives in the Great Northwest with her amazing husband and horizontally challenged cat. As a Native Oregonian, she enjoys the outdoors as much as the worlds she creates on the pages. When she isn’t writing, reading, or editing, you can find her on the ski slopes, or prepping for ski season by hiking, mountain biking, and paddleboarding. She has been known to play an excessive amount of disc golf, but still claims to be mediocre at it.
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