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    By Marie Johnston

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    Master Dane Bellamy was once the commander of the West Creek Guardians, a pack of wolf-shifters charged with protecting local shifter packs. Over a century ago, tragedy struck his growing family, driving him away with a fierce need for revenge. He returned to a devastated, withdrawn mate who resented him for leaving her to fulfill his obligations. Now, he’s immersed himself in training the Guardians of his pack, while he and his mate have become nothing more than roommates, until the secret life she’s been living brings danger to their doorstep. Suddenly Dane finds himself not just fighting to save his broken relationship, but their lives as well.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMarie Johnston
    Release dateJun 16, 2015
    ISBN9781310726064
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    Marie Johnston

    Marie Johnston is an award-winning, best-selling writer of paranormal and contemporary romance, and a RITA® Finalist. Marie decided to pursue her passion for writing and traded in her lab coat for a laptop to write her first book ever, Fever Claim. She lives in the upper Midwest with her husband, four kids, and old kitty. Other than hanging out with her family, Marie enjoys reading, movie dates with her hubby, getting outside on sunny days, and the all too rare - girls' night out.

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    Reclaim - Marie Johnston

    Prologue

    150 years ago…

    You’re leaving? Irina Bellamy was equal parts incredulous and furious but the anger was quickly overtaking her disbelief. The audacity of her mate. Leave? At a time like this?

    They must pay for what they did, her mate Dane said. Grim lines etched deep into his frown.

    Irina could barely keep her eyes open. The silver toxicity should’ve killed her, and she spent most of her recovery up to this point wishing it had. Why had she lived and not their adorable little Kade, with his dark curls and impish smile? Why had she been allowed to live after having her womb and the young life inside carved out of her? Now Dane wanted to leave her, too? She had already lost her son and unborn baby. It wasn’t fair. Life wasn’t fair.

    Struggling to sit upright, Dane shushed her and tried to get her to lie back down. Her wounds stretched and burned with her movement. Being forced to recover the old-fashioned way—time and rest—unable to rely on her wolf-shifter healing abilities due to the silver knives the butchers had used, Irina still had a long recovery ahead of her.

    She stared into his determined eyes. He didn’t see her. Those sea-green eyes used to be filled with love and good humor, but now they were filled with duty and thoughts of retribution. Why couldn’t he see? She needed him, with her. She’d had most of her world ripped away and all that remained was readying himself to walk out the door.

    Don’t leave me. Irina barely managed the words that left her short of breath from the miniscule movements.

    Dane’s brow creased. Irina feared he didn’t get it, truly didn’t get it. You’ll be cared for here by the healers, he reassured her. He looked down as he fisted his hands, jaw clenched, thinking hard and choosing his words. I’ll not depart for every mission worrying about my family while I’m gone. Me and the boys are riding out and we’ll extinguish every last one of them.

    Leaning over to give her a soft kiss on the cheek, he smoothed her pale hair off her face. For a brief second, she saw the Dane she’d loved for centuries, before his concerned expression was replaced by one of ruthless resolve.

    She reached to grab for him, yearning for his touch, his comfort. But her weakness made her slow and Dane left, not noticing her attempt to beckon him. Her hand flopped back down onto the bed, a tear running from the corner of her eye into her hair, followed by another, and another.

    Silently weeping, because to do any sobbing in her heart-wrenching grief would have been too physically painful, Irina let her tears run as she wondered about a future she didn’t want.

    She was stuck in this colony, where the healers came to her only as often as required, their eyes full of sympathy; so much so that few could bear to look at her. Laughter and sound of the children playing filtered in through the open window, and it shattered her already devastated heart. It broke even further as she heard mothers shooing the children away from the building where Irina lay in her private despair.

    He’ll not depart worrying about his family. Irina gave a weak disgusted snort despite the pain it brought. What family? Sigma destroyed her family and made it impossible to have any more young. She and Dane had been mated for nearly two centuries before they were blessed by the Sweet Mother with a young boy. They were both over the moon ecstatic when she soon came to bear another babe. Now they were both gone and she was a mere shell of her former self. Perhaps it would be possible for her to return to some sort of life, find a new reason for continuing on. But she’d need to depend on her mate to do that and she feared his revenge would eat away any heart left in him.

    No one lives. Commander Dane Bellamy gave the order to the three shifters of his pack accompanying him on this mission. They’d rode out weeks ago, searching for the group of Sigma Agents responsible for the attack on Dane’s pack.

    Dane hadn’t approached the Lycan Council, hadn’t officially requested to hunt down the Sigma chapter that came after his pack. He’d lost two Guardians and their families, aside from his own loss.

    Dane’s heart twisted and he clenched his eyes shut, willing the swell of grief back down where it wouldn’t affect his work. Worry about Irina made him sick, but the head healer of Half Moon Clan assured him she was past the worst and would continue to mend.

    Dane and three other Guardians hid in anticipation, waiting patiently for cloud cover so they could transform into their wolves and use the shadows to silently attack and kill the group of fifteen Sigma members.

    Dane addressed the males flanking him. Once we start, there is no going back. You still have time to turn around.

    Mercury, a male Dane rescued from living as a wolf with a pack of natural wolves, wore a perplexed expression. Dane had explained to him that there was no time to approach the council for permission for his personal vendetta. And if they’d had the time, Dane doubted the council would have approved. Those ancient shifters were too out of touch with the reality packs were facing in the world today.

    I’m in. Mercury shook his head as if he couldn’t believe any of their team would leave.

    And none of them would. Rhys Fitzsimmons,

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