Banewolf
by
Eden Ashley
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GENRE:
Paranormal Romance
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BLURB:
Love.
Conflict. Adventure. Banewolf continues the romance, betrayal, and
heartbreaking secrets between Kali, a girl who largely lacks
understanding of the powerful creature contained within her, and
Rhane, the mysterious and passionate man from her forgotten past.
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Excerpt
Hurry
The sound of
her screams reached him as he neared the dorm. Pausing at the
threshold, the man stepped inside. Death and the wind were at his
back. Dozens of hollow-eyed students turned to observe his presence.
Fear had twisted their youthful faces into horrific masks. A few of
them wept. Others clung together as another scream echoed into the
night. The man flinched. Then he steeled himself against all emotion.
His kind was supposed to feel nothing.
He made his
way through the crowd, students eagerly shuffling aside to let him
pass. It was as if somehow they sensed in him the power to end her
suffering. When a young man dressed only in boxers and a lettered
shirt stepped forward from a cluster of solemn dorm mates, the man
stopped. He recognized the boy.
“You are
William. You are the one who called.”
“Yes, sir,”
the young man said while nodding. His eyes were wide and frightened
as he pointed ahead to a closed door painted prison grey. “She’s
in there, sir.”
The man
looked at the door, and then back at the boy. “Is she alone?”
William’s
shoulders slumped with embarrassment. “I tried to stay with her
but…” his voice trailed, dropping to a hoarse whisper. “She
looks bad, sir. She wouldn’t stop screaming for me to get out. I
got scared. I’m sorry.”
“It’s
alright, son. You have done well.” The man laid a hand on the boy’s
shoulder with an encouraging smile that reflected none of the sadness
he felt. “She’s going to be okay.”
But her cries
were becoming more tormented by the second. He quickly continued down
the hall to the grey door. Behind it, he found her all alone. Her
thin, pale body was curled on a beaten sofa in the center of the
room. She was drenched in sweat. Dark hair plastered against her
face, framing a beautiful canvas contorted with anguish. He placed a
hand gently on her forehead.
Her eyes
fluttered open. “Daddy?”
“I’m
here, sweetheart. Everything is fine now.”
Sobbing in
relief even as another surge of agony ransacked her strength, she
gritted her teeth. “It hurts.”
Squeezing her
hand, he spoke in a voice thick with regret. “I know. I’m sorry.
Letting you come here was a mistake. I’ve waited too long.”
She was lost
in the pain and didn’t seem to hear him. “I see horrible things.
I did horrible things. There was so much blood.”
It hurt him
terribly to see her in such distress. No matter what the others said,
this girl had truly been his daughter. But right now, his love for
her could not matter. He had a job to do. There were things he needed
to know. There were questions he had to ask.
“What do
you see?”
“Bodies,
hundreds of bodies littering the ground…” The words broke off as
she rolled with another wave of misery. “They’re burned…old and
young, women and children.” She sobbed again. “I think I burned
them.”
“I’m
going to give you something to stop the pain. It will help you
sleep.”
“Please
hurry, Daddy. Make it stop.” Her body shuddered. “I can’t take
any more of this.”
She lifted
her head, giving him a good look at her face. Surging veins had crept
like black spiders from the corners of her eyes, transforming the
surrounding skin into dark pools. She was deteriorating rapidly. If
the process wasn’t slowed, the human form would soon be lost.
AUTHOR
Bio and Links:
Eden
currently resides in a small town in sunny South Carolina where
thunderstorms inspire her best ideas. When not daydreaming about her
next novel, she can be found curled up with a musty old paperback and
a cup of coffee...or mired deeply in her next plot to take over the
world. Since Eden enjoys reading or watching anything with
supernatural elements, writing paranormal and fantasy romance is a
natural fit.
Banewolf is
the second installment of the Amazon Bestselling Dark Siren series.
The first book is currently free for download on Amazon.
Link to
download Dark Siren for free: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00DSPPOX2
Link to
purchase Banewolf: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00GTT3RDI
Eden loves to
hear from readers and can be reached at the following links:
Twitter:
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