“Thank you for calling Centerburg Bank and Credit account management. This is Leigh, how may I help you?!” 

For the millionth time since I started this job, I wonder how I got stuck here in my hometown, when all my other high school friends, even my old crush Donovan, managed to go on to do so many more cool things in way better places.

“Hey, Leigh, how was your weekend?” A voice like smoke and velvet flows through the headset that soothes my Lycan ears.

Butterflies and sparks make my cheeks flush.

How is it possible for a Lycan to fall in love with a voice? 

***

Mackenzie thought her life working at the local bank was boring and simple until, suddenly, it wasn’t. 

Can such a simple love survive the return of an old flame, brutal fights with Shifters, and a violent mystery that rocks a small town?

It will be a close call, but for Lycans, you can always press one.

For Lycans, Press One is created by Meg Carlyle, an eGlobal Creative Publishing signed author.

For Lycans, Press One

“You knew? How long did you know?” I blurt out, my blood cooling.


“Right when I got to NBC, basically,” Donovan said, still quiet and a flood of despair floods my lungs, stealing their air capacity. 


”It doesn’t change what I think about you, or how I feel,” he adds, gesturing like he wants to reach across the table to grab my hand, but stops short.


I can’t tell if I want to reach for his hand or not because I don’t know if it would anchor me or shatter me. 


“Do you even know what happened to my dad? Did you know he can’t walk without a cane anymore, or that his short-term memory is garbage?” I ask, my voice thin like tissue paper.


“No, my father didn’t say anything like that. Mack, what happened?” Donovan’s eyebrows furrow in confusion and I can tell he has no idea what happened.


“I was planning to go to Malpula University, but I couldn’t because my dad…when he was out of state on a trucking job... he had to shift, and some LyCan’ts…” I trail off.


Chapter 10: Cursed Pizza Place