All Chapters of Feral Claim : Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

Chapter 3: The Pull of Two WorldsThe scraping stopped.I stopped breathing.For one stupid second, I thought maybe whatever was outside had gone away.Then Kael's fingers tightened around mine.Not hard enough to hurt.Just enough to tell me he knew better.The apartment was almost completely dark. The little night-light in the kitchen threw a weak yellow glow across the floor, barely reaching the living room.The window behind us was already broken.Glass glittered across the carpet.Cold air crawled through the opening.I could hear something outside.Not footsteps.A slow, heavy movement against the brick wall.Scratch.Pause.Scratch.My stomach twisted.'Please don't let that be another one.'I looked at Kael.He wasn't looking at me.His head was turned toward the kitchen.Listening.His whole body had changed.A few minutes ago he'd been an injured stranger sitting on my couch.Then he'd killed something with his bare hands.Now he looked like he was waiting for war."What is

Chapter 5: Into the Wild HeartDawn bled gray through the trees when Kael finally moved.My legs felt like wet rope.Blisters burned the backs of my heels, every muscle in my body screamed from the night's run, and I was pretty sure my lungs had filed a formal complaint against me.But none of that was the worst part.The worst part was the hollow ache under my ribs every time Kael stepped more than a few feet away.It was sharp. Wrong. Way too fucking noticeable.I hated it.I hated how my body seemed to track him without asking permission, like some biological compass needle that had decided north was now six-foot-whatever of terrifying wolf-man.He offered his hand without saying a word.I stared at it for a second.Then I took it.The same electric jolt flared up my arm.Only this time it was stronger.Much stronger.It raced from my palm all the way to my shoulder, and for one stupid second I forgot about the blisters, the exhaustion, the monsters, the destroyed apartment, and ba

Chapter 7: Blood and MoonlightFour months later, the first real snow of winter turned the forest into something quieter.And meaner.I stood at the mouth of our den with one hand resting over the solid curve of my belly, watching fat white flakes drift through the bare branches.The forest looked beautiful.It also looked like the kind of place that could swallow someone whole and never bother spitting out the bones.The twins kicked beneath my palm.Hard.I smiled despite myself."Okay, you two. I know."Another kick."Seriously?"A third one answered me from somewhere lower.I laughed under my breath.Two stubborn little heartbeats.Two tiny assholes who had already managed to rewrite every plan I'd ever made.My body had changed so quickly it still caught me off guard sometimes.The swell of my belly was impossible to hide now. Silver stretch marks traced soft lines across my skin, and Kael kissed every one of them like they were something sacred instead of evidence that my body w

Chapter 9: Whispers of the Old BloodTwo years.That's how long it had been since my entire life had gone completely fucking insane.Sometimes it felt like yesterday.Sometimes it felt like I'd been living in Shadowfang territory forever.Then one of my children would come flying past me on four paws carrying somebody's boot in her mouth, and I'd remember exactly how fucking insane my life had become.Ronan and Elara were two years old.And they were already terrifying.They were nearly the height of human five-year-olds, all long limbs, dark hair, sharp little teeth and entirely too much confidence.Ronan was the quieter one.Mostly.He had Kael's solid build and that same permanent expression that seemed to say he was already calculating whether whatever stood in front of him was a threat.He followed Elara everywhere.Not because she needed protecting.God knew she didn't.But because apparently his two-year-old brain had already decided that being her brother meant keeping an eye