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

A sudden growl filled the air.Caleb glanced at Brance and had to look away;the pain in those golden eyes was too great to see.::I’m sorry.I didn’t mean to,believe me.But they would’ve whipped it out of me anyway.I don’t…::


The growl turned ferocious,then broke into a ragged cry that tore the stillness around them.Caleb flinched at the storm brewing beside him,then scrambled to all four feet when Brance lunged.Sharp teeth gnashed the air where his belly had been a second before.::Brance…::Caleb backed away fromthe bristling bobcat.Every hair along Brance’s spine stood on end;his tailjerked from side to side,twice its normal size.::Brance,wait.Listen to me—::


Chapter 9