Novels by Free Man

Lyra POV My muscles twitched with an ache so deep it was hard to think straight. I sniffed the air, scenting his ocean musk, and my yearning grew tenfold. The manure helped dampen some burgeoning desire, but only a small fraction.I wanted him. I needed him. Last I had seen him, he’d almost died. I had given my freedom, my life, for his safety and the rest of the pack. I didn’t regret it for a moment, but I didn’t think I could hold back from being with him any longer. Not when he stood 50 feet away.Covered in manure and regret.My wolf pranced from foot to foot, itching to get closer.No, not here. Wait.My wolf was angry. All we’ve done is wait! I have somewhere. Patience.Just because I couldn’t mate with Ronan yet didn’t mean we couldn’t scratch the itch another way. And I had just the spot, a place that not even David knew about. I had found it when I’d escaped and kept it secret in case I ever needed to do so again.I gave Ronan a taunting grin, but as a wolf it was carnivorou

Lyra POV It was a sound plan, which the other women and I came up with. I couldn’t challenge Travis outright, but if a skirmish occurred my Alpha power would allow me to step up and protect the pack. Even if it was from the current Alpha.It would be dangerous, especially for the women who’d volunteered to cause a commotion. The real wild card was the males and how they would react without Travis giving orders. If they decided to fight back even with Travis down, there wasn’t much I could do. The women would likely be subjugated again, and I’d be back to square one.No, I couldn’t think like that. This had to work. If it didn’t I’d end up mated by the end of the week. Or dead by my own hand. There was a thought. No matter what happened, in a week I’d be free of Travis either way.A twinge of pain flared in my chest as Ronan’s devastated face swam in my thoughts. I paused, tilting my head to the starlit sky above, and took a steadying breath. The air was crisp and helped settle my ner

Ronan POV My eyes rolled. “As long as I can sleep without fear of being discovered, that’s all I need.” David shifted back and set out immediately, looping back around the path I’d taken but sticking close to the boundary line. We eventually came upon the outskirts of what might have been a small farming area at one point, but was now overrun with weeds and decay. I wrinkled my nose at the rotting pile of old manure a few yards away.“What happened here? This looks like good farmland,” I commented after shifting back, wanting to look around and judge without my wolf getting in the way. David scoffed then shifted back as well.“It is. Travis doesn’t let us farm anymore.”I snapped my head around to stare at him, shocked. “What do you mean he doesn’t let you? How does the pack eat?”David’s shoulders hunched in, unconsciously picking up on my anger. “Well, the females do all the work here. To farm Travis would have to let them leave up top. He doesn’t.” David pointed a bit further sout

Ronan POV Rebecca and I raced back toward Yosemite after dunking ourselves in a nearby stream and rolling in the dirt. We hadn’t been too close to each other during our confrontation, but we weren’t about to lose the element of surprise just because Travis scented me on her. We ran together but separate.In addition to Xavier and Marni, a healthy group of my border contingent had arrived, intent on assisting me. I had two choices: rage and send them back, full-on Alpha-douche style, or admit my Beta was trying to help and figure out how to involve them in my plans. Seeing there was about to be a face-off between Xavier and me, Marni stepped in and offered to go back to the pack, specifically to watch after the children. Xavier couldn’t exactly complain, because she’d technically be safer away from the action.The gleam in Aniyah’s eyes warned me she wouldn’t take kindly to being ordered back either. I sighed, and reluctantly changed my plans. For now, they would lurk on the outskirts

Lyra POV The men who did this to them would fucking pay.I cleared my throat, and their attention turned to me. Every female was someone my mother trusted, despite never raising a hand to help me. Despite me taking repeated beatings for them over the years. Despite the fading scars, I knew that plenty of these females could fight just as dirty as their mates.I unleashed my Alpha power, something that had been repressed around Travis after yielding to him. I didn’t need to hide it now, not with only omegas in front of me. Perhaps it would empower some of them. My muscles relaxed, and my wolf stretched inside of me, wound up with all the power being retained inside us. My body felt lighter, and I yearned to go for a run and stretch my legs because I felt I could run faster than ever before.As my Alpha power washed over them, their eyes widened in surprise. I had left to hide this. I looked at my mother in the back of the group, and she held her chin high with a sly smile. Something s

Lyra POV “Do you think they’ll come?” I paced back and forth in my mom’s tiny cabin. It would be a tight squeeze with the females we invited, but I wanted the privacy and the safety of the house I grew up in. I’d prefer the woods, but Travis wouldn’t let us roam free just to talk about the mating ceremony. Absent-mindedly, I reached toward my neck to fiddle with my chain and found it gone.There was no raucous after Rebecca left, so I assume the note she left saying she was hunting for Ms. Kendra and her husband was believed. It’s not like Travis ever took the time to recognize my handwriting or hers. Although, I did add some hearts above the eyes because it seemed like something Rebecca would’ve done while trying to win over an Alpha. Damn was I happy that was over with.Nonetheless, it didn’t stop the gnawing sensation in my stomach. How many days would pass until Travis became suspicious of her whereabouts? As long as she stayed in Yellowstone she’d be safe, and I could take whate