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    Red's Wolf
    Red's Wolf
    Red's Wolf
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    Red's Wolf

    By Rhys Astason

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    Something sexy happened on the way to Grandma’s house.

    After her personal and professional life imploded, Tory packed everything she owned into her car and - as soon as her draconian mother left town - headed for the only place that ever felt like home. Despite not visiting for years, grandma’s house in the wondrous mountain town of Haven was the perfect place to rebuild her shattered confidence.

    What she doesn’t count on is running into a childhood friend who has grown deliciously handsome and is about to show her that when one door closes, a magical gateway opens up with some very unexpected benefits. And now a sexy wolf, several cranky bears and a mischievous touch of magic are about to change Tory’s life forever.

    Welcome home, Red. Things are a lot different than you remember.

    Product Warnings

    Contains a down on luck Red who needs to be careful around hallucinogenic flora, a childhood friend with a wolfish attitude, a no nonsense grandma who holds nothing back, several naked men prowling in the woods and sex with a man-wolf (but she totally has a good excuse).

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRhys Astason
    Release dateNov 1, 2012
    ISBN9781301999521
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      Red's Wolf - Rhys Astason

      Red’s Wolf

      RHYS ASTASON

      Copyright © November 2012, Rhys Astason

      Cover Art by Calisto Kerrigan © November 2012

      Smashwords Edition

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. It may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each person you share it with. If you're reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then you should return it and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the author's work. This book is a work of fiction. The names, characters, places, and incidents are products of the writer's imagination or have been used fictitiously and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to persons, living or dead, actual events, locales or organizations is entirely coincidental.

      Contents

      Cover

      Copyright

      Prologue

      Chapter 1

      Chapter 2

      Chapter 3

      Chapter 4

      Chapter 5

      Chapter 6

      Chapter 7

      Chapter 8

      Chapter 9

      Acknowledgement

      About the Author

      By Rhys Astason

      Prologue

      I hate this Podunk town. Stacia Hemsworth tapped her perfectly manicured fingernail on the steering wheel of the sedan. I hate the stores. I hate the people. I hate the damn traffic light.

      She turned to her eight-year old daughter, her only passenger, and her look of displeasure found a new target. Remember, she said in the chilled tone of a practiced taskmaster, if your father bothers to ask you where we were…? Her voice trailed off expectantly, but her eyes hardened, anticipating a mistake.

      Long Beach. Spa. Look at my nails, Daddy, Victoria Hemsworth, Tory to her friends even though her mother detested the nickname, blurted while wiggling her newly pink tinted nails.

      Perfect, Stacia replied, although her tone implied otherwise. When the light finally turned green, she gunned it down the ‘Main Street’. What a joke. Only street was more accurate.

      Why do you hate it so much? Tory asked. She looked out the car window at the brightly colored storefronts. I like it here.

      Stacia snorted. It’s great if you’re spending a grand a night at The Castle and you leave after a week, but it’s the pit of hell if you’re stuck living here.

      She whipped the wheel around, ignoring the angry honks from the driver she had just cut off and parked the car in front of Wheeler’s Marketplace. With a quick check in the mirror and a fluffing of her two hundred dollar bottle blonde hair, she turned back to her daughter.

      Look. She studied Tory dispassionately. You’re a cute enough kid. If we limit the chocolate, lighten the mousy brown hair, and get you a really good makeup kit, you’ll do fine. Even if we have to get you a boob job, you’ll at least snag a trust fund moron. You don’t have to worry, she said, awkwardly patting Tory’s leg, I won’t let you get stuck here. Stacia shivered. Once they bury their claws in you, they’ll never let go. Promise me that after this year, you’ll never come back here.

      Tory shrank back from the unnatural gleam in her mother's eyes. But what about Grandma?

      Stacia blinked once, then slipped back into the much practiced air of detached indifference. She has her bears, she replied with an elegant one shoulder shrug. Let’s go, she nodded to at the store, the sooner we get this done, the sooner we can get out of here for good.

      Tory moved slowly out of the car, closing the door with a soft click. The thought of never coming back to Haven made her want to cry even knowing that it would only get her scolded. Her mother hated puffy red eyes. For some reason, her mother hated anything red. And it was Tory’s favorite color.

      Don’t dawdle, Victoria, Stacia snapped from the doorway.

      With a heavy heart, Tory followed her mother inside the store. A faint smile crossed her lips as the bell inside the door jiggled merrily announcing her entrance. The scowl in Mr. Wheeler’s face immediately faded when he turned to her, replaced by a smile that reminded Tory of a black-bearded Santa Claus.

      My, what big eyes you have, little cousin, Wheeler said with a broad smile.

      The better to see you—

      Victoria! Stacia glared at her daughter before putting a bottle of whiskey on the counter with a loud thud. She turned to Wheeler. Don’t encourage her. And don’t you dare give her more chocolate. She’s fat enough as it is.

      Stacia, Wheeler growled, but one glance at Tory’s stricken face forced him to bite back a sharp retort.

      Where’s that stupid basket? Stacia asked not bothering to mask the annoyance in her voice.

      Wheeler walked around the counter pulling a red wagon. Unless you want to do the last mile carrying everything. He pointedly looked at her manicured nails in distaste.

      I can pull it, Tory offered with a small voice, earning another smile from Wheeler.

      Fine. Whatever, Stacia snapped, grabbing the whiskey bottle and storming out of the store.

      Wheeler pulled the wagon towards Tory, then dropped to one knee in front of her. I remembered red was your favorite color. He waited for her to nod and give him a small smile. There’s nothing wrong with you, Victoria. He pulled out a large chocolate bar from the counter and met her gaze. With a nod and wink, he hid it in one of bags. Nothing at all.

      She said we’re never coming back, Tory confessed.

      "Then you come back when you’re ready, he answered. We’ll be here waiting for you."

      Chapter 1

      Yes! Tory answered the smoky voice blaring from the radio. On a hot summer night, I’d offer the wolf a blow job if he could keep this car running! Come on, Little Red, she pleaded with her beat up cherry- red VW Beetle. Just a little bit further.

      There was a loud, groaning clank from somewhere inside the engine, but the little bug chugged along Main Street emitting a toxic looking black cloud of something or other. With an apologetic cringe, Tory pulled up in front of Wheeler’s Marketplace. She enviously eyed the dark red F-150 parked in the next spot. Maybe someday, she sighed. Her bug chugged jealously.

      But I only love you, baby, Tory whispered, patting the steering wheel gently before getting out of the car. She closed the door and looked around the charmingly quaint storefronts. Nothing had really changed in the touristy mountain town of Haven.

      Nothing except her. She was no longer the unsure child needing

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