Brance Brenneman is used to harsh conditions -- the eldest son of a stern Amish preacher, Brance was bit by a werecat as a young boy, and managed to keep his secret from his family until he was old enough to leave them and their religion behind. Years later, when the nation is divided by the American Civil War, Brance finds himself enlisted in the Union army. By sheer chance, he meets Caleb Chilson, a Confederate soldier who bears his same shapeshifting burden.<br><br>Together they leave the war behind to forge a new life in the wilderness of Pennsylvania. But trappers near their camp are hunting bobcats, and they don't much care if Brance and Caleb are only in the fur part of the time. Brance finds his peaceful existence shattered, and he has to fight to defend the life -- and the bobcat, the man -- he's come to love.

Beneath a Yankee Sky

With a snarl,Brance sprung from the bushes.He hit Len dead on,claws extended,teeth snapping with ferocious strength.Len staggered back a step and Brance’s claws raked down the front of his chest,down his ample stomach;Brance howled out his hatred,his loathingof these men as his claws found purchase in flabby folds of flesh.His teeth closed around the hand at Len’s crotch,biting into fingers and cock alike,tearing into the man as if trying to rend him apart.


Len’s cry of surprise turned to shrieks of pain as razor-like fangs punctured his balls.His voice rose two octaves to screech into the night.“Get’er off me!Get this damn cat off me,Josiah!It’s eating me alive!”


Chapter 11