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    Compelled: Hidden Secrets Saga, #4
    Compelled: Hidden Secrets Saga, #4
    Compelled: Hidden Secrets Saga, #4
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    Compelled: Hidden Secrets Saga, #4

    By W.J. May

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    The eagerly awaited fourth book of the Hidden Secrets Saga, Compelled continues the journey into the deliciously unique take on werewolves, witches and the living dead! 

    The secrets of her past have been revealed, but Rouge’s life is still shrouded in mystery. She has learned more and still feels like she had merely scratched the surface as more questions arise that she must find answers to. 

    The Grollics want her dead, she’s forbidden to be with the boy she loves, and her brother – who is the enemy – may be the only one she can trust. The deeper she digs into the past, the more trouble awaits. 

    Can she find answers in the ancient journal she carries, or is she opening Pandora’s box?

    Series Order:

    Seventh Mark - Part 1
    Seventh Mark - Part 2
    Marked by Destiny
    Compelled
    Fate's Intervention
    Chosen Three

    PROPHECY SERIES
    Only the Beginning
    White Winter
    Secrets of Destiny

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDark Shadow Publishing
    Release dateJun 7, 2015
    ISBN9781513067391
    Compelled: Hidden Secrets Saga, #4
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    W.J. May

    About W.J. May Welcome to USA TODAY BESTSELLING author W.J. May's Page! SIGN UP for W.J. May's Newsletter to find out about new releases, updates, cover reveals and even freebies! http://eepurl.com/97aYf   Website: http://www.wjmaybooks.com Facebook:  http://www.facebook.com/pages/Author-WJ-May-FAN-PAGE/141170442608149?ref=hl *Please feel free to connect with me and share your comments. I love connecting with my readers.* W.J. May grew up in the fruit belt of Ontario. Crazy-happy childhood, she always has had a vivid imagination and loads of energy. After her father passed away in 2008, from a six-year battle with cancer (which she still believes he won the fight against), she began to write again. A passion she'd loved for years, but realized life was too short to keep putting it off. She is a writer of Young Adult, Fantasy Fiction and where ever else her little muses take her.

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      Compelled - W.J. May

      Hidden Secrets Saga:

      Download Seventh Mark part 1 For FREE

      Seventh Mark part 2

      Marked by Destiny

      Compelled

      Fate’s Intervention

      Chosen Three

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      W.J. May Info:

      Website: http://www.wanitamay.yolasite.com

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      ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form, or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise) without the prior written permission of both the copyright owner and the above publisher of this book.This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, brands, media, and incidents are either the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual person, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental. The author acknowledges the trademarked status and trademark owners of various products referenced in this work of fiction, which have been used without permission. The publication/use of these trademarks is not authorized, associated with, or sponsored by the trademark owners.

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      COMPELLED

      Book Description

      THE EAGERLY-AWAITED fourth book of the Hidden Secrets Saga, Compelled continues the journey into the deliciously unique take on werewolves, witches and the living dead!

      The secrets of her past have been revealed, but Rouge’s life is still shrouded in mystery. Disappointed, she has found out her mother has died but learns she has a brother, who is a Grollic. It feels like she has merely scratched the surface about her life, which only creates more questions that she's driven to find answers to.

      The Grollics want her dead, she’s forbidden to be with the boy she loves, and her brother – who is the enemy – may be the only one she can trust. The deeper she digs into the past, the more trouble awaits.

      Can she find answers in the ancient journal she carries, or is she opening Pandora’s Box?

      miraclependantBK1 Only the Beginning Audio Cover

      USA TODAY BESTSELLING author, W.J. May brings you the highly-anticipated continuation of the Hidden Secrets Saga. The Twisted Red Riding Hood fairy-tale continues in the Prophecy Series. This is a stand-alone series, or maybe be read in continuation of the Seventh Mark books. 

      Be Prepared. There are werewolves in this story, and they are NOT friendly.

      Peace comes at a price...

      Rebekah and Jamie are happy, but discontent. Sometimes, it feels like everything important has already happened, that the peace their parents fought so hard to bring them is just a strange limbo they can't break out of. They want adventure, they want to make memories of their own. When a pair of new kids show up at their school, it looks like they might finally have their chance.

      It isn’t long before the twins open up to the mysterious new strangers. Sharing secrets they thought they’d never tell. Asking questions they never could have imagined.

      When a party in the woods leads to near tragedy, they find themselves caught in the middle of a fight they never saw coming. Trapped between two sides and put to the ultimate test.

      Will they choose their family? Or their future?

      Rogue’s adventure may have come to an end, but the twins is just getting started...

      PROPHECY SERIES

      In the Beginning

      White Winter

      Secrets of Destiny

      Contents

      Hidden Secrets Saga:

      W.J. May Info:

      COMPELLED

      Book Description

      Chapter 1

      Chapter 2

      Chapter 3

      Chapter 4

      Chapter 5

      Chapter 6

      Chapter 7

      Chapter 8

      Chapter 9

      Chapter 10

      Chapter 11

      Chapter 12

      Chapter 13

      Chapter 14

      Chapter 15

      Chapter 16

      Chapter 17

      Chapter 18

      Chapter 19

      Hidden Secrets Saga:

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      Chapter 1

      I STARED OUT THE WINDOW of the Jeep as the scenery rushed by, blurs of different shades of green and brown mashed in with the pavement gray of the highway. You killed your pack brother. The words came out slow, my brain somehow thinking if I said them at a snail’s pace it might comprehend what had happened. I thought...

      Robert turned in the seat and stared at me. I know, he repeated. He was going to kill you.

      I thought you were going to kill me.

      My brother, who I didn’t know even existed, shifted around in his seat, crossed his arms over his chest and nodded at Michael, my boyfriend. She always this sluggish?

      Michael shrugged. Been a bit of a crazy day.

      I tapped my pointer finger against my knee, trying to remember everything Robert had told me since he’d shot his pack brother. You killed your pack brother to protect me?

      Robert shrugged. He’s my brother—was my brother. You’re my blood. He mouthed to Michael, What’s wrong with her?

      Robert, you said you were the sixth. I’m the seventh. I don’t know what that means.

      Robert sighed. I’m the sixth kid, you’re the seventh. And my name’s Rob. Only my mom called me Robert.

      Rebekah was my mother too, I wanted to add but held back. She’d abandoned me. I was the seventh kid of Bentos, the marked child – the unwanted one. I leaned forward in the seat. I’m a Grollic then? Are you sure Bentos is our father?

      Michael nearly swerved the Jeep off the road. What the heck’s going on with you, Rouge?

      Robert—Rob didn’t even flinch. Yeah. You’re number seven, remember?

      I glanced at Michael, terrified he might dump both Rob and I off on the side of the road.

      You’re not a Grollic, Rouge.

      No, shit! Rob scoffed. Neither am I, anymore.  He straightened his arms and twisted in the seat again. Can you try fixing this again? I’ve got nothing if I can’t shift.

      Michael snorted, You should consider yourself now blessed.

      The two of them looked ready to fight, and there was no way the inside of the Jeep would be enough room.

      Chill out, you two. I tried keeping my voice neutral. Michael, since Robert—Rob can’t shift, he needs protection. You said you owed him that for saving me. And— I stared directly at Rob as I raised my voice. If you don’t want to feel like a prisoner, I suggest you stop acting like one. No one is forcing you to stay. I’ll figure out how to get you to shift again if you want.

      You’re going to have to, Rob said.

      "She doesn’t have to do anything," Michael growled, sounding more like the wolf than the Grollic beside him.

      She does. I have to be able to shift. Rob sighed. She’s going to need a whole army of Grollics when Bentos finds her.

      Chapter 2

      WHAT? I KNEW I HAD yelled the word but couldn’t help it.

      He’s been looking for you since Mom hid you. She said you died, but he didn’t believe her. That son of a bitch has been hunting you since you gave your first breath.

      How can Bentos still be alive? He should be an old, old man now.

      Michael seemed infinitely patient with my constant questions. Rob, on the other hand, appeared annoyed after an hour in the Jeep with them. Didn’t we already discuss this?

      I don’t get it. My eyes darted back and forth between them. Bentos killed Michael and his sister.

      He apparently didn’t do a good job, Rob mumbled. Dead is dead.

      Unless you’re one of the twins... like I am, Michael added sarcastically.

      What I meant, I said, raising my voice. How old is he now? What does he look like? Does the guy age?

      Rob shrugged, his eyes never leaving Michael. He looks the same to me since I was a kid. What about you Hunter? Has your murderer changed since the last time you saw him?

      "I wouldn’t know, boy. Last time I saw him he killed my sister right in front of me and then turned the blade on me."

      I’d like to say my heart bleeds for you, but it doesn’t.

      I feel the same about your mother. Michael didn’t miss a beat in his response.

      The drive back to Port Coquitlam would take forever if the two of them continued on with their silly peeing contest on who was tougher, or smarter, or better, or whatever. We get it! I hollered. Michael doesn’t trust you, and you don’t trust him. You’re both only here because of me. They needed to focus on right now. There’s a mob of angry Grollics which are probably hunting us down and closing in on us because they can hear the two of you!

      And you, both men said at the same time.

      I cleared my throat. Fine. I stared down at the journal lying on the seat beside me. I blinked rapidly trying to hold back the tears threatening to fall. My thoughts from the past while spilled out. The words came, barely a whisper, I thought my mother had abandoned me, but she hid me to protect me. I have a brother, that’s a Grollic, who’s willing to fight to protect me and I just jacked up his ability to shift. My father killed my boyfriend and my best friend about a hundred years ago. They should both be dead, but instead they are alive like some vampire that doesn’t need blood. That happened a long time ago and yet, my father’s still alive and probably not aged a day. He’s got Voodoo powers, which got passed on to me. And you think all of this is because of some stupid digit?

      "It’s the number. Seven. Seventh Mark. Bentos is the Seventh Mark. You have it also... with more." Rob’s voice held sympathy I didn’t expect to hear.

      She doesn’t, Michael said, cutting him off.

      She does. You haven’t looked. Or you purposely avoided seeing it. You know it’s there.

      My shoulder burned at the mention of the mark. Somehow, I didn’t want to talk about the mark here, in front of Rob. I needed to be alone with Michael. I can’t turn into a Grollic, right?

      He shook his head and then nodded. I have no clue. Legend says you control the beast, you aren’t one of us. You mingle with his kind, he said, jerking his chin toward Michael. I have no idea what you’re capable of.

      What else do you know about Rouge? Michael passed a slow moving car and continued pushing the Jeep past the speed limit.

      She’s right about the number. Except it’s not just seven.

      What do you mean? I asked, picking up the journal and trying to draw strength from it. It seemed to work.

      You draw your ability as the seventh child, but you also have the strength of three.

      I had no idea what he meant. Pardon? I stared at Michael through the rear-view mirror. Do you what that is?

      I don’t know, Rouge.

      Rob set his seat back and settled in for the ride. Why’d you pick Rouge instead of Jamie, by the way? Or did you not even know your name is Jamie?

      I didn’t. Rouge was on my foster papers and whatever mangy bits of identification were left for me. It’s spelled R-O-U-G-E.

      Rob harrumphed. Like the French spelling for red. He leaned his head back and closed his eyes. Like a damn fairy tale; Red Riding Hood and the big bad wolf, and, of course, all the sevens and threes. It’s ridiculous and ironic.

      Big words from a boy who lived in the crap end of town. I set the journal open on my lap. Don’t forget the witch part. I’m apparently carrying Bentos’ spell book.

      You are so going to get me killed. Rob tried to sound annoyed, but I caught the corners of his mouth twitching upward. He wanted this. He wanted to finally have the chance to go after Bentos.

      What do you mean by the strength of three?

      Rob opened one eye and looked at Michael. You haven’t told her?

      Again, my head bobbed back and forth like watching a tennis game. Why would Michael know? I leaned forward again. You two act like you hate each other one moment, and the next it’s like you’ve known each other a long time.

      Rob harrumphed and closed his eyes. He pulled his baseball hat out of his back pocket and stuck it on top of his face. I don’t know Michael personally. I know his kind though and he’s with the crap-master Caleb. Mikey knows a shitload more than he’s telling you. Maybe you should ask him what’s going on first, then lay into me. He yawned from under the hat. I’m going to sleep. I haven’t had any since the freakin’ day you showed up at my place.

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