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.

Howling Hearts Echoed on Ice is created by Cara TaleSmith, an eGlobal Creative Publishing signed author.

Howling Hearts Echoed on Ice

I blinked hard, convinced I must be hallucinating. Zara’s prognosis was wrong. I wasn’t delusional, something was actually happening to me. 


My legs gave out and I sank into the bathroom floor, my heart pounding so loudly I could hear it echoing in my ears. This wasn’t possible. I remember the nurse changing the bandage just before we left. I distinctly remembered seeing something there.


There was no way it could disappear within a week. Wounds didn’t just disappear overnight.


With shaking hands, I ran my fingers over the spot where the bite had been. The skin felt normal - no tenderness, no raised scar tissue. Nothing. 


Shaking my head in disbelief, I stumbled out of the bathroom. I needed a distraction, something normal to ground me. Feeding the cats - that would help. That would definitely take my mind off all this… madness. I made my way to the living room, my legs unsteady beneath me.


Chapter 3: A Complicated Present.