Bitten as a teen, Caleb now suffers through a painful transformation from human to bobcat a few days each month. As a bobcat, he leaves behind his camp and fellow soldiers to explore the night. But a gunshot and the bright scent of fresh blood draws him to a clearing where he learns that he isn't the only one of his kind.<br><br>Wounded and hurt, Brance is a loner by nature, gruff and grumbling, who doesn't want anything to do with Caleb ... at first. The younger bobcat prevails, and starts to win Brance over, until they turn human again and find themselves on opposite sides of the American Civil War.

Under a Confederate Moon

Pennock stood and crossed the tent,pushing the other officers aside to lean heavily on a creaking wooden table that sat along one canvas wall.Parchment spread across the table,maps and letters and newspapers.The major swept thetop layer of paper aside,revealing a map of the area beneath it.Jabbing a blunt finger at the map,he told Caleb,“This is our position.Where is this camp?”


The whip cracked against Pennock’s boot,and there was a deadly promise written in the major’s eyes.Caleb met that hard gaze and knew he had to divulge what he could or they’d beat it out of him.As he stepped up to the map,a small voice in him whispered,Brance,I’m sorry.


With a trembling finger,he pointed out the enemy’s position.


Chapter 8