Dragon by Decree: Attala Book 1 (Volume 1)

The Beloved Woman speaks of Time Untime; when the gates between the planets will reopen, and Unktena the Dragon returns. But Rabbit has a strange sense of humor. A chance discovery deep within the caves outside the Cherokee Reservation draws Sam through a long forgotten doorway to Attala, the original home of the Cherokee people; and into the kind of hide and seek she’d never planned for. While investigating a string of murders and ritual mutilation uncovers; Kiyuga, a shape shifting Wolf Scout, discovers an unusual conspiracy. Samantha and her adopted brother; a telepathic Sabretooth; must form an uneasy alliance with Kih to stop the murders and discover the location of the last Jannahsdi Ke. Soon Samantha must face the ultimate test of her courage. Tensions between the Half-Blood Shifters and Full-Blooded Natives are rising. The Council, headed by the anti-technology Keetoowah Society is set on maintaining the ancient way of life… and are willing to destroy an entire race to keep it. No one ever said life in a world of depravity, slavery and blood sacrifice would be easy.