Who could love a monster?

Lena asks herself this question after a freak encounter with a wolf leaves her bitten and transformed. It took no time once the symptoms hit for her to realize she was a danger. A killer.

So, ignoring her shattered heart, she leaves.
 
Leaves Los Angeles. Leaves Ice Hockey.

Leaves him, the one who taught her what it meant to love. Eason.
 
For the next five years, Lena did all she could to forget by starting a new life for herself in a little rural town. But, just as the moon rises, the past finds a way back. Eason, a star ice hockey player and owner of her heart, wants her back. And ushered with him comes an old crime tying them both together.
 
Lena knows she should push him away, it’s the only way to keep him safe.
 
Yet, through the turmoil of it all Lena can’t help but think that maybe ... being a monster isn’t that bad after all.

Moonlit Goals: A Love Restored is created by Cara TaleSmith, an eGlobal Creative Publishing signed author.

Moonlit Goals: A Love Restored

The bar was dimly lit, a haze of smoke hanging in the air like a veil between the present and the past. I stared down into my glass, the amber liquid swirling as if it held the answers to the questions that plagued my mind.


Ethan sat across from me, nursing his drink, his eyes sharp as he watched me. It wasn’t the first time we had visited a bar to drown our thoughts, but tonight felt different. The silence between us was thick, the weight of unspoken words pressing down on me until I could hardly breathe.


“You look like hell,” Ethan finally said, breaking the silence. His tone was casual, but I could hear the concern lurking beneath it. “Is this about Lena?”


I didn’t answer right away. Instead, I took a long sip from my glass, letting the burn of the alcohol settle in my chest. I knew he was right, but admitting it out loud felt like pouring salt on a wound that had never really healed.


Chapter 16: She Was a Maverick