MasukThe world is divided. Tensions between different species and governing hierarchies lead to bleak cities full of crime and distrust. Violence is common and life is hard, even for the seemingly superior Shifters. A Lycan rogue rejected by his own people helps a human woman. Either the best or worst decision in his life. Together, they find that misleading truths have led the world for too long. Together they question age-old traditions and force a new path forward. With the changes in power brewing and questions of equality beginning to rise, the old guard awakens to face this new ideological threat. Will this unlikely pair have the strength to survive in a world that is ever more hostile? Love can do many things, but it cannot bring back the dead.
Lihat lebih banyakJane had been so shocked it was all she could do but stare wide-eyed at the three bodies one light brown, one dark brown, and one black. Well was it black? The attacker looked sort of thin and scruffy- it had taken her too long to recognize him. Ara! Not knowing what to do, she looked around and panicked, she could not jump in she would get seriously maimed by accident. Shifting from one foot to the other, she made a gamble. With a moment of inspiration, her eyes fluttered and she made a choking noise, grasping at her neck dramatically. She violently coughed and heaved, and fell limply. Before she could hit the ground, Ara had swooped in, shifted, and caught her head, before it collided with the pavement. He was breathing heavily, the whites of his eyes shining in a panic. “Jane?” he put his head down to her chest, cradling her body up against his now naked human form. “You idiot!” She breathed out fury on her face. Grabbing and twisting one of his ear
Jane was shocked awake by a change in movement, a huge blast sent the train car up onto one side. The car tipped upwards, everyone holding their breath to see if it would fall one way or the other. With a tooth-rattling clang, it fell back flat on the track rocking the other way with a small bump of inertia. the women inside at the total mercy of the movement. Each falling hand over knee into whatever was the next lowest point. If Jane had been irritated with the grooved metal, it was nothing to how it punched and rolled her taunting with the illusion of handholds but in the end just another metal punch. Another deafening blast went off as the train rocked forward and up onto one side again, and rather than waiting to see if it was far enough, another blast was let off under them. It sent the train teetering over like a seasick dog, armless and unable to cling to anything. Like a child on the verge of jumping from a swing or a ship crossing the crest of a wave in a great
Jane woke to a loud rhythmic clanging. She was moving, well- not her body but she was inside a vehicle. Her brain was taking a minute to wake up, thoughts felt slippery like slime in a concrete pool. Everything was completely black. The inside of her mouth felt sticky and dry. She started to feel her fingers, or rather they were cold, stiff, and swollen. Slowly she examined her body, she had been banged around but only hard enough to feel bruises when they were pressed. What had happened? She tried thinking back, she and Ara were going in his truck. Oh yes! They went to Quincy’s pack. It all seemed so much more ridiculous now that she thought about it. That short spicy doctor lady had made fun of humans for not being able to tell the difference between humans and shifters, so why did they need to test her if they knew? She sat up with vigor, annoyed that she had not thought of this earlier. As far as she could tell she was alone. Everything was dark, she could f
The next morning Ara woke before Jane. He just lay watching her chest lightly rise and fall and the sunrise. Their bodies entangled, and the only feeling in Ara’s whole body was content. The perfect temperature, the most comfortable position, the best smell in the whole world. This feeling of security was alien to him and scary. It was a vulnerability that he had only tasted with his love for his dog and select friends over the years. Everything about the morning felt good. From the hot shower to laughing over breakfast at how desperate Toll was for table scraps. Even cleaning up had felt like a fun treat because Jane could stand right next to Ara and ‘accidentally’ bump or splash him. The two of them drank in the happiness like a free-running tap. The mood did not change until they talked about their afternoon with Quincy’s pack, but even that did not dampen the bubble. They decided to wait till the afternoon so that they could use the time as an excuse to le
A Wolf's Equilibrium is a touching love story about an unlikely pair in a cruel world. Ara is Lycan who has gone rogue. His kind has turned their backs away from him. One night, he stumbles upon a group of men harassing a helpless woman. Unable to ignore the injustice, Ara rescues the girl whom he befriends. Jane is a human, powerless and fragile. But Ara and Jane find themselves attracted, and feelings grow. Can they be the strength of each other? Or liability that can lead to their demise? In these circumstances, can love help them survive?