Can men who each bridge two worlds make a life together?<br><br>Blaze Canis is doing what he loves best. As a shooting range instructor just outside Yellowstone National Park, the former Navy SEAL sniper is still handling firearms. When Shoshoni native Logan Rider walks into his class one morning, the attraction each man feels for the other is sudden, almost mystical. Since Blaze’s teammates never knew he was gay, let alone a werewolf, he’s confident in hiding his wolf nature from Logan, too.<br><br>But will keeping his secret work, or will it blow up in Blaze’s face as his relationship with the American native deepens?

Awakening the Alpha

The next morning, he prepared to leave. Temperatures had dipped the night before, prompting Kenu to predict an early snow in Yellowstone. Still, at first light, Logan had dipped—like the warriors of old before a battle—in the icy waters of the pool, washing his skin with a nonpolluting cleanser and shampoo. He’d shivered on the bank as he rubbed the rough terrycloth towel over his skin until the friction turned it red and he was dry.


Back at the house, he brushed and combed his hair, letting it air dry as he packed the car. Then he cleaned his room and made breakfast for the two of them. Just before he left, he gathered the still slightly damp lengths of his hair back and tied them at his nape with a narrow thong.


As he hugged Kenu good-bye, the old man spoke a blessing over him in their native language. Then he added in the same language, “We Shoshone admire the wolf for its strength, wisdom, and power.”


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