Banewolf
by Eden Ashley
Currently on sale for .99. Buy links are below.
Currently on sale for .99. Buy links are below.
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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:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EdenAshleyAuthor
Blog: http://edenbynite.blogspot.com/
Twitter: Eden_byNite
Email: edenashleyromance@outlook.com
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during the tour. Use the link below to enter.
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