Free Howl (Winter Pass Wolves Book 1) by Vivian Wood, Amelie Hunt Page A

If I’d been the one to see you locked in a cage, wounded, I would have done a hell of a lot worse.”
    “You’re not mad? You’re not going to like… kick me to the curb?” Penny asked, dumbfounded.
    “Would you have done that to me?” Harlan asked, easing back to look at her.
    “Of course not!”
    “Well, I guess I’m going to have to keep you, then.” Harlan gave her a gentle, teasing smile.
    “Oh.” Relief flooded Penny’s chest.
    “You don’t mind that, do you? Being kept?” Harlan asked, arching a brow.
    A slow smile spread over Penny’s lips.
    “I can’t say that I do, as long as you’re my keeper,” she told Harlan.
    Before she could say more, Harlan kissed her, long and sweet. In that moment, Penny was pretty sure she was the luckiest lady werewolf on the planet.
    She threw her arms around her mate, knowing that fate had indeed blessed her.

Chapter Ten
    “ S hit .”
    Paxton looked up at Chase, who was sitting in the chair across from his, enjoying the surprisingly warm winter morning weather as they sat on the main lodge’s porch. Chase was sifting through a pile of unopened mail, opening letters as he drank a cup of coffee.
    “What?” Pax asked, sipping his own cup of coffee as he eyed Chase.
    “Nothing, man,” Chase said, avoiding Pax’s gaze and stuffing a ripped-open envelope at the bottom of the pile he held.
    “You are seriously the worst fucking liar I ever met,” Pax said, reaching out and snatching the envelope from Chase’s hand. “I don’t know how you get by without even being able to fib.”
    “Pax, man, you might not want to—” Chase tried.
    Too late.
    Pax pulled the fancy piece of card stock from the shredded envelope, turning it over.

    Be Our Guest!

    as Ms. Brooke Ann Harbin
    and Mr. Travis Steven Marchand
    Celebrate Their Marriage

    S taggered , Pax almost dropped the wedding invitation on the floor.
    “Your sister’s getting married ?” Pax asked, incredulous. “You didn’t think to mention this, Chase?”
    “Pax, man, I’m sorry—” Chase rose from his chair as Pax did, but Pax was already stripping off his clothes and shifting into his wolf.
    It was all too much. Brooke belonging to another man, forever…
    The thought stifled him, made him ache. He needed to escape himself for a while, get away from Chase, too.
    Breaking into a run, Pax loped away from Winter Pass Lodge, wishing he could leave his humanity behind for just a little while, just long enough to forget her …

Ready For More?
    The Hunt isn’t over, not by a long shot. The next book in Vivian’s Winter Pass Wolves is Growl . It’s the story of Chase and Avery, and their journey to find happily ever after…

An Excerpt From Growl…
    “ I s there any chance we can just not talk about this right now?” Brooke asked, pulling a face. “I haven’t exactly been my best self tonight.”
    Pax’s lips twitched, and Brooke could tell that she’d been forgiven.
    “I guess I’m okay with any self you want to be, as long as it’s wearing this dress,” he said, reaching out and running his fingertips down her hip, tugging at the hem of the ridiculously short garment.
    “Yeah?” Brooke asked, catching his hand and pulling him toward the packed dance floor. “Come see it in action.”
    Pax let her tow him into the crush of gyrating bodies, surprisingly unresistant. She could tell from the look on his face that the bar wasn’t playing his kind of music. At the moment a sultry remix of a Nine Inch Nails song was playing. The bass was low and persistent, the song’s lyrics were more than a little suggestive, and the crowd was writhing enthusiastically along.
    Pax took the lead, pulling Brooke up against his body as they swayed to the beat. He pressed one muscular thigh between hers, his hand splayed against her lower back to hold her close. Brooke bit her lip and stared up at him, their gazes connecting and holding, tension building between them.
    It was like stoking a banked fire,