T.J. Klune

In the ruins of Caswell, Maine, Carter Bennett learned the truth of what had been right in front of him the entire time. And then it-he-was gone.Desperate for answers, Carter takes to the road, leaving family and the safety of his pack behind, all in the name of a man he only knows as a feral wolf. But therein lies the danger: wolves are pack animals, and the longer Carter is on his own, the more his mind slips toward the endless void of Omega insanity.But he pushes on, following the trail left by Gavin.Gavin, the son of Robert Livingstone. The half-brother of Gordo Livingstone.What Carter finds will change the course of the wolves forever. Because Gavin's history with the Bennett pack goes back further than anyone knows, a secret kept hidden by Carter's father, Thomas Bennett.And with this knowledge comes a price: the sins of the fathers now rest upon the shoulders of their sons.

Brothersong

Cassidy Nolan

“Fuck you,” I muttered. “You goddamn dick.”

“Fuck you too,” I said in a choked whisper.

“Yeah, buddy,” I muttered. “Should have said that before you started growling at anyone who got within ten feet of me.”

LEAVE ME ALONE. GO HOME OR I’LL HURT YOU.

“Here,” he said again. “Name doesn’t matter here. No crown. No roses. Just . . . you. Just Carter.”

I laughed wetly. “Again. Say it again.”

I could barely breathe. “My name. That’s the first time I’ve ever heard you say my name. Again. Please say it again.”

He said, “Carter, Carter, Carter,” and I remembered him as he once was, a shadow I couldn’t escape.

The rusty, broken sound crawled up from his throat, and he was huffing out his nose, but he was 

 and I understood then what Joe had seen in Ox, why Gordo and Mark were always going to find their way back to each other, why Kelly never stopped searching for Robbie. It was warm like a summer day. It was candy canes and pinecones, it was epic and awesome, it was dirt and leaves and rain, it was grass and lake water and sunshine.

“You look like the guy parents tell their children to stay away from,” Joe said. “It’s the beard. It’s kind of gross.”

Gavin said, “He’s stupid. Always almost dies. I protect him. He needs me. He is strong. And brave. But doesn’t take care of himself. Like he should. I can do that. For him. So he can be strong and brave. For everyone else. Big bad wolf. But I can be good human.”

I was stunned when he raised our joint hands to his lips. He kissed the back of my hand. And then he was gone, as if he hadn’t just devastated me. As if he hadn’t just rocked me down to my foundation.

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