Dogtags and Direwolves - Rowan’s Awakening
She enlisted to escape her past. She never expected destiny to find her in the Black Forest.
Army Specialist Rowan Harper has spent her entire life fighting to outrun the pain she left behind in the mountains of West Virginia. Raised by the grandmother who became her whole world and haunted by the mystery of the father she never knew, the Army gave Rowan something she’d never had before—a purpose.
But during a routine training exercise deep in Germany’s legendary Black Forest, everything changes.
Injured and separated from her unit, Rowan is certain she won’t survive the freezing night… until a massive steel-gray direwolf appears from the shadows.
Instead of attacking, the mysterious wolf refuses to leave her side.
He protects her.
Hunts for her.
Keeps her alive.
As Rowan forms an unlikely bond with the silent guardian she calls Fen, she has no idea that the creature watching over her is hiding a secret older than the forest itself.
Because Fen isn’t just a wolf…
He’s a direwolf, an ancient shifter king.
And Rowan isn’t the ordinary soldier she believes herself to be.
As ancient enemies awaken, long-buried family secrets come to light, and an impossible destiny begins to unfold, Rowan must decide whether to trust the mysterious stranger who has been protecting her from the very beginning… or risk losing the only person who has ever truly seen her.
Some bonds are chosen.
Some are written in blood.
And some are forged long before either heart begins to beat.
Perfect for readers who love slow-burn romance, fated mates, military heroines, and breathtaking supernatural adventure, Dog Tags & Direwolves: Rowan’s Awakening is the unforgettable first book in an all-new paranormal romance series.
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Chapter: Chapter 38 - Re-learning To Be HumanFen fell down.Rowan tried not to laugh.She really did.He had made it perhaps twenty yards.One moment he was striding across the clearing with all the confidence of an immortal Guardian.The next—His boot caught a root.Fen hit the ground.Hard.Rowan stopped.Arawn did not possess her restraint.The ancient warrior burst out laughing.Fen slowly pushed himself onto his hands and knees.“I will kill you.”Arawn laughed harder.Rowan bit the inside of her cheek.“Everything okay down there?”Fen looked up.His expression promised violence.“Perfectly.”“Good.”She offered him a hand.He stared at it.Then at her.“I can stand.”“I can see that.”Another glare.Rowan lost the battle.She laughed.Fen looked offended.Which only made it worse.“You told me to see whether I remembered how to use my legs.”“I did.”“I remember.”“You’re doing great.”“I dislike you.”The bond betrayed him immediately.Warmth.Affection.Amusement.Rowan grinned.“No, you don’t.”Fen sighed.“I preferre
Last Updated: 2026-08-25
Chapter: Chapter 37 - The Man Behind The WolfFor perhaps the first time in Rowan Harper’s life, she had absolutely nothing to say.Fen was human.That fact alone seemed to have overloaded every useful part of her brain.He was still sitting on the blackened ground where the Direwolf had disappeared, one hand wrapped around Rowan’s wrist.And he was—Rowan abruptly looked away.Very human.Very male.Very naked.“Oh, for God’s sake.”Fen released her.“What?”His voice did it again.Deep.Rough.Real.Rowan stared determinedly at a tree.“Clothes.”Silence.Then—“I don’t have any.”She closed her eyes.Of course he didn’t.Behind her, someone coughed.Arawn.Definitely a laugh disguised as a cough.Rowan pointed without turning around.“Not one word.”“I said nothing.”“You were about to.”“I was thinking several things.”“Think quieter.”Fen laughed.Actually laughed.And damn him, that was worse.Rowan had heard amusement through their bond before.She’d felt it.But hearing the sound—Warm and low and unmistakably human—sent
Last Updated: 2026-08-25
Chapter: Chapter 36 - The Third ChoiceThe gate was collapsing.Stone screamed against stone as the fractured pillar shifted another inch.Rowan stared at Fen.You may restore my human form.His words echoed through her mind.But you will also free his.Around them, the battle raged.Creatures poured through the widening darkness. Wardens fought desperately to keep them away from the final seal.And Rowan felt something inside her go very still.“No.”Fen stared at her.Rowan—“No.”She pulled her hand away from the dead symbol.Valdrik smiled.“Wise.”Rowan looked up at him.“I wasn’t talking to you.”His smile disappeared.She turned toward the Keeper.“You said the second vow is required to close this seal.”“Yes.”“Who says?”The old man blinked.“The covenant.”“Show me.”“What?”“The covenant. The law. The inscription. Whatever ancient supernatural field manual everybody keeps quoting.”“Rowan, this is hardly—”“SHOW ME.”The Keeper flinched.Good.She was done being handled.Done being told half-truths.Done discove
Last Updated: 2026-08-20
Chapter: Chapter 35 - The BrotherFor several seconds, no one moved.The battlefield had gone silent.Even the creatures stopped attacking.They stood scattered across the blackened clearing, heads bowed toward the enormous figure framed within the gate.Fen remained in front of Rowan.Rigid.Silent.Terrified.She could feel every bit of it.“Brother.”The word seemed to linger in the air.Rowan tightened her grip on her rifle.“You have a brother?”Had.The creature laughed.The sound vibrated through the ground.“Still lying, Fen?”Rowan felt Fen flinch.Small.Almost imperceptible.But the vow gave him nowhere to hide from her.The creature leaned closer.More of his face emerged from the darkness.Human.Or it had been once.Long black hair hung around a face scarred nearly beyond recognition. His features were harder than Fen’s, crueler—but the resemblance was unmistakable.And those eyes.Gold.Exactly like Fen’s.“My name,” he said, looking directly at Rowan, “is Valdrik.”Fen growled.Do not speak to her.Val
Last Updated: 2026-08-20
Chapter: Chapter 34 - Two Hearts, One FightThe creatures charged.Rowan counted twelve.Then seventeen.Then stopped counting.“Matthias!”“I see them!”“Fall back twenty meters. Give me a firing lane.”He hesitated.“Rowan—”“Do it!”Something in her voice ended the argument.“Wardens! Back!”They moved.Rowan dropped to one knee.Fen remained directly beside her.The first creature crossed fifty meters.Then forty.Thirty.Rowan didn’t fire.Now?“Not yet.”Twenty-five.Twenty.Fen’s muscles coiled.Rowan.“Trust me.”The words had barely left her mouth when she realized what she’d said.The first vow burned around her wrist.Fen’s fear disappeared.Not diminished.Disappeared.In its place came absolute certainty.Always.Rowan’s chest tightened.“Now.”She fired.⸻The first creature fell.Fen launched.Rowan didn’t watch him.She didn’t need to.She could feel him.Movement flashed through her consciousness like instinct.Right.Low.Turn.Rowan fired left.Fen attacked right.A creature lunged for his exposed flank.Rowa
Last Updated: 2026-08-16
Chapter: Chapter 33 - The First GateThe horn sounded a third time. This time, the forest answered. Not with howls. With screams. They came from the north—human voices, dozens of them, rising through the trees in a wave of terror. Matthias was moving before the echo died. “Wardens! Form on me!” The clearing erupted. Weapons came free. Packs were abandoned. The younger Direwolves disappeared between the trees as Kael barked commands Rowan couldn’t understand. Arawn swung onto his horse. “The gate is less than two miles from here.” Rowan checked her rifle. “What’s coming through it?” The Keeper looked at her. “Everything that was waiting.” “Still hate your answers.” “Rowan.” Matthias pointed north. “Move.” Finally. A language she understood. ⸻ They ran. Fen stayed beside her. Not ahead. Not behind. Beside. Something about that registered even while Rowan’s lungs burned and branches tore at her sleeves. He had always led her. Or guarded her. Now they moved together.
Last Updated: 2026-08-16
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