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

Lena had been on edge for days. I’d caught her turning around more than once, her sharp blue eyes narrowing as if she expected someone to leap out from the shadows at any moment. At first, I thought she was just being cautious, maybe hyper-aware because of everything we’d been through recently.


But after the third, fourth, and fifth time I saw her do it, I couldn’t shake the feeling that something was gnawing at her, something more than just lingering fear from the transformations or the pregnancy.


Every time I caught her looking back, my stomach twisted into a knot. This wasn’t like her. She wasn’t paranoid by nature. Normally, Lena was grounded, and calm in ways I admired—someone who could face unimaginable things and still keep her head clear. She didn’t get rattled by shadows or whispering fears. I’d always counted on that steadiness to help me through my doubts.


Chapter 43: The Stranger