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want you, but I’m not going to take from you. I’ll be content to give until you want to give back. But there’s something you need to know.”
    She had no idea what to say to that so she just gazed at him.
    Beck’s jaw worked like he was chewing on something unpleasant. She was about to say something when he finally spoke. “That condom you gave me was too small. It broke.”

 
    6
    A stiff wind blew the dying leaves from the trees. Some fell to the ground but others swirled into Peace River, swiftly washed away by the fast-moving current powered by the waterfall spilling a mile upstream.
    Beck lowered his gaze from the cloudy sky and glanced at Jared, who crouched at the river bank, naked despite the cold. Mud, dead grass and flecks of leaves stuck to Jared’s skin, which showed blue in some places. Despite the cold, Jared dug his feet and fingers into the soft earth. He threw his head back, eyes closed as river mist and moonlight bathed him.
    Beck waited patiently while Jared cleansed himself of three days in the city. His thoughts were far from the forest, consumed by the distraught woman he’d left behind a couple hours earlier.
    After his confession about the broken condom, January had locked up, refusing to speak to him. Beck tried to force her to talk but she was damnably immune to his alpha compulsion and he’d finally left her. The pale pallor of her tawny skin and her hollow eyes haunted him. She was shaking when he left. In shock, he realized now that he was past his fury over her lock-down.
    All at the prospect of carrying his child.
    Before she closed the door in his face, she’d finally opened her mouth.
    I never want to see you again.
    “The thing they caught on camera is wolf,” Jared said, stopping Beck’s bitterness in its tracks. “The scent signatures come out right, except for the weird sweet smell. Like beaches. I suppose it could have been female, maybe even in Heat, since scents go off during the cycle. But, something’s not right. The scents were mostly right but the physical tracks were all wrong. Whatever this thing is, it might have been wolf once but not anymore. Now I don’t know what it is.”
    “Beaches,” Beck repeated.
    “Yeah, you know. Tropical. Like coconuts. You ought to be familiar with that scent,” Jared said, glancing at Cross, who, like Beck, still smelled of January.
    “Fuck,” Cross said.
    Dread pounded between Beck’s ears as he came to the same conclusion Cross had reached.
    “We’ll set up surveillance detail,” he said, forcing his emotions out of the way.
    January might not want to see him again, but he was going to be seeing plenty of her.
     

     
    The Peace River Guardians sexy adventure continues in DESIRED BY THE PACK: PART TWO, available now!
     

 
     
    Author’s Note
    Dear Reader,
     
    Thank you for reading DESIRED BY THE PACK: PART ONE . I hope you’ll consider leaving a review at the online store you bought from! If you’re anxious to find out about the fall-out from that broken condom or the mysterious werewolf wreaking havoc with the media, don’t worry--Part Two is coming in May 2014, with Part Three following soon after.  Parts Two and Three will be released at an introductory price of 99c for a very limited time, and once that introductory period passes, they will be sold for $2.99 each. Subscribe to my newsletter today so you’ll be the first to know when new releases are available and so you won’t miss the sale price.
    You might be wondering why I’m writing this book in parts, instead of as one long story. The truth is, I grew up watching soap operas and I credit shows like Days of Our Lives and the Dark Shadows remake for my love of episodic romance. DESIRED BY THE PACK is coming to you in parts because I envision January, Beck, and all the other wolves living, loving, and struggling beyond the limits of a single plot. While some conflicts will be resolved and some relationships will conclude, I’d like to continue