Wolf Moon
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Hannah was lonely. She thought when she hired the drifter, Rafe, to help her fix up her grandparent's old Victorian that it was a recipe for romance, but Rafe had another agenda--a secret he dare not divulge.
And unfortunately the attractive stranger she met also had another agenda and she was about to be caught in the cross hairs!
Published: August 2016
Length: short story
Word Count: 15,818
Genre: Urban Fantasy Romance
Rating: Spicy
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Wolf Moon - Madelaine Montague
Wolf Moon
By
Madelaine Montague
( c) copyright by Madelaine Montague, 2016
Cover Art by Jenny Dixon 2016
Smashwords Edition
New Concepts Publishing
Lake Park, GA 31636
www.newconceptspublishing.com
This is a work of fiction. All characters, events, and places are of the author’s imagination and not to be confused with fact. Any resemblance to living persons or events is merely coincidence.
Chapter One
Rafe only became aware of the time that had passed when discomfort finally filtered into his mind. He shifted his position then, still staring unblinkingly at the ramshackle house perched on the slight rise in the center of what looked like a debris field, waiting.
This time he was actually going to get a look at her before he left, size her up, see what he could make of her and what sort of challenge she represented.
It, or rather she, was the one glitch in an otherwise perfect setup.
And he’d been searching for a very long time for something like it, something as close to perfect as could be found before they invested a lot of time, effort, and money.
The location was perfect for the casino they planned to build … with plenty of land left over for homes for the current tribe and expansion for future generations.
Perfect except that this falling down old Victorian didn’t fit in with the ‘décor’ they had in mind—sitting as it did right beside the most ideal location for the casino.
And occupied by a non-tribal member.
There wasn’t another solitary sole occupying the land that formed a perimeter around the parcel—nothing but fields or woods—most of it state owned and unlikely ever to come up for sale.
Irritation flickered through him.
Sheer perfection except for this old eye-sore.
He really, really didn’t want to start a new search.
Beyond that, he knew for an absolute fact that it was highly unlikely he would find anything as perfect as this parcel of land was.
But word was the owner had stubbornly refused all offers for the place.
He had trouble believing she’d had to turn down many.
But she’d damned sure refused his.
A screen door screeched, jerking him from his introspection and he focused on the opening just as she emerged.
The scent that wafted across the yard to where he stood just within the shelter of the trees that made up her orchard was like a jolt of heart stimulant. The organ executed a hard jump in his chest and began a faster rhythm—as if he’d launched into a run.
The flicker of dark red hair caught by a stray breeze and wafted aloft like a fragile flag snagged his gaze and then drew it downward to the face it framed.
Nice. Above average pretty, but not beautiful enough to draw men like flies and spawn an ugly nature to go with the pretty package.
Her figure, well he could only guess at that. She was wearing overalls that only touched her at the shoulders—only a sports bra under it, though, and that made Rafe junior stand up and crane for a closer look.
The urge to join her in the yard was so overwhelming that he broke into a sweat with the effort to remain perfectly still.
Disconcerted by his reaction, he was torn between two equal forces—the urge to retreat and the urge to approach.
His reason reasserted itself as she disappeared into the barn.
He retreated.
He needed distance to think.
Fortunately, he hadn’t gone far before it dawned on him that he had the perfect excuse for introducing himself.
* * * *
Two eggs!
Hannah looked at the six hens pecking at the corn she’d just tossed to them with a sense of outrage. Two measly eggs? Six of you and that’s the best you can do to earn your keep?
Shaking her head, she shoveled another scoop of cracked corn for her ducks and headed out of the barn.
The last thing she’d expected was to come face to face with a tall, dark stranger when she stepped out of the barn. Her feet grew roots. Otherwise her immediate reaction was a reflexive, allover jerk/spasm. She threw the corn, the scoop, and the eggs up in the air, sucking in a sharp breath and uttering a squawk like one of her chickens—except louder—all within a millisecond of discovering a potential threat.
Her survival instincts were spot on!
The man backed off a step, holding his hands up palm outward in a gesture of non-threat.
Sputtering and slapping