Every fairy tale has a dark side...

Elodie Rose has a secret. Any day, she’ll become a wolf and succumb to the violence that’s cursed her family for centuries. For seventeen years she’s hidden who and what she is. But now someone knows the truth and is determined to exterminate her family line. Living on borrowed time in the midst of this dangerous game of hide and seek, the last thing Elodie needs to do is fall in love. But Sawyer is determined to protect her, and the brooding, angry boy is more than what he seems. Can they outsmart a madman? And if they survive, will they find a way to beat the curse for good?

Red is created by Kait Nolan, an eGlobal Creative Publishing author.

In a nuclear explosion, after the blinding flash of light, there is a shock wave that wipes out everything in its path before the accompanying sound ever catches up. For that span of time, it's like the world is deaf because the shock travels faster than the speed of sound. Silent destruction. I don't know how long I was caught up in my own shock wave before I realized that Sawyer, currently the only solid thing in my reality, was speaking. 


I couldn't understand words at first. Didn't try. It was easier to focus on his tone and stay curled into a ball around the center of my pain. The rumble of his voice vibrated into my cheek, my side, everywhere I pressed against his chest, until degree by bare degree, my body began to unknot. The shaking began to ease. And my ears started to work again. 


"You're not alone anymore," he whispered into my hair. "I'm here." 


Chapter 33: Elodie