*Complete short story, no cliffhanger.* "I don't think you have what it takes," he informed me. "Get out while you still can, Clara. Run away with your family, hide somewhere safe. It's what you're good at."
I spent ten years denying Damien Roth. Simply put, I wanted no part of the lifestyle that went hand in glove with his status as one of the most powerful shifters this side of the Mississippi. Of course, I never anticipated that my father would gamble away the security of our family or that I'd be faced with a choice: marry Nero (a man I truly despise) or flee the region, abandoning everything in the process.