Pack Reject (THE SPLINTERED BOND #1) by Merri Bright EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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- Authors: Merri Bright
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The Nightly Hunt
FLOR
The nearly full moon hung over the rooftop of the dorms for unmated
shifters and the nearby woods like a bulging threat. From my place
high in the branches of a sweetgum tree, I held perfectly still. I knew I
was well hidden, though my feet prickled with the urge to flee to a safer
place. But any help the bright night sky loaned me when it came to spotting
the males who hunted me would be lost if I moved, or made a sound.
The night was quiet, with not even a hint of a breeze, the only noises the
distant trill of frogs in the creek and the hum of an air conditioner at the
distant Pack House. But that didn’t mean I was safe.
Or alone.
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As if I’d summoned them with my thoughts, the hunting pack appeared
over the ridge, soundless. Stalking. A hundred feet away, one shadow slid
along the ground, then another. The sharp, musky tang of the ones searching
for me floated on the air.
A trickle of sweat ran down my temple. I ignored it and held my breath,
concentrating on staying silent. I didn’t bother praying. Praying had never
saved me from pain. My own feet, fists, and the ball of rage that filled my
empty belly were all that had ever helped me survive.
One more shadow slunk after the first two, but I knew there were two
more to come. These five pack Enforcers always hunted together.
Hunted, ate, slept, and fucked together. Their pack instincts did make
them easier to avoid, sometimes. But not during the Hunting hours.
Every night, from dusk to midnight, I had to stay silent and motionless
in the middle of a marshy community made up of wolves who tortured me
for shits and giggles on a bad day, and pretended not to see me on a good
one.
Of course, I hadn’t had a good day in four years, since Van Blackside,
our Head Enforcer, had announced I was the latest quarry in the pack’s
nightly Hunt.
Only a few more days. I lifted one hand to my metal ear tag and rubbed
it for good luck. A few short days until I can stop running for my life. Until
the other North American packs start to arrive for the Conclave, and I can
run away for good.
The last two shadows raced past, and I finally let out my breath,
loosening my rigid grip on the branch, preparing to slide down to the
rooftop. Almost too late to stop, I heard noisy, running feet, and highpitched male voices, whisper-shouting. It couldn’t be more Enforcers. They
sounded too young, and too loud.
“I told you, I think I smelled her!”
Two boys, no more than fourteen, stopped almost directly below my
perch. The moonlight shone on their greasy hair and pale, skinny arms.
“Leroy, what’re we gonna do if we catch her?”
The boy’s voice cracked as
he scratched his hair—at fleas or lice, most likely. Lots of the younger
shifters had lice in the spring. “I mean, we ain’t even shifted yet. And I ain’t
never… you know, with a girl.”
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