Alejo gave her a nervous look, but Mariah shook her head. They could only watch as the workers Quintus had called broke away the glass and jackhammered the deep stone walls.
At last, one of them shouted. A jackhammer shut off with a snap, and the man wielding it backpedaled from the wall. The other workers peered at where he’d been digging, and they too backed hastily away.
Quintus took one look and froze in place. He glared at Mariah, his aura shot through with terror, which he tried to hide as he motioned her forward to take care of the situation.
Mariah, Alejo at her shoulder, moved to the broken wall. She hesitated for a long time, the darkness of the aura inside escalating.
Then she squared her shoulders, took a final step forward, and peered inside the hole.
Eyes looked back at her. Golden, wide, and fierce eyes set in a face creased with grime. It was a man, or at least he looked like a man, but those eyes belonged to a beast.
His hair hung in hanks around his face, its color impossible to determine. From under it, he focused those savage eyes on Mariah.
His strength came to her, his power flaring again to crush her mind. He fixed on her, and this time didn’t let go.
Mariah also sensed desperation, rage, and grief so vast it reached out to swallow her. She knew never to look into the eyes of a vampire, especially one this strong, but Mariah couldn’t look away. Not because he trapped her—she simply didn’t want to.
He was an Old One. Ancient, deadly, dominating, uncontrolled. Mariah should stake him right now and save the world from him.
The golden eyes narrowed as though he guessed her thoughts. His lips parted then shut again, firming to a solid line.
His voice rolled over her, but he wasn’t speaking out loud. The bass rumble of his words shook her to her bones, but Mariah knew no one else in the room heard him.
Holding both fury and terror, he filled her mind with one hoarse plea.
Help me.
End of Excerpt
Also by Jennifer Ashley
Immortals
(Multi-Author Series)
The Calling (by Jennifer Ashley)
The Darkening (by Robin Popp)
The Awakening (by Joy Nash)
The Gathering (by Jennifer Ashley)
The Redeeming (by Jennifer Ashley)
The Haunting (by Robin Popp)
Blood Debt (by Joy Nash)
Beyond the Mist (by Robin Popp)
Wolf Hunt (by Jennifer Ashley)
Forbidden Taste (by Jennifer Ashley)
Shifters Unbound
(Paranormal Romance)
Pride Mates
Primal Bonds
Bodyguard
Wild Cat
Hard Mated
Mate Claimed
“Perfect Mate” (novella)
Lone Wolf
Tiger Magic
Feral Heat
Wild Wolf
Bear Attraction
Mate Bond
Lion Eyes
Bad Wolf
Wild Things
White Tiger
Guardian’s Mate
Red Wolf
Midnight Wolf
Tiger Striped
(novella)
Stormwalker
(w/a Allyson James)
Stormwalker
Firewalker
Shadow Walker
“Double Hexed”
Nightwalker
Dreamwalker
Dragon Bites
Tales of the Shareem series
(w/a Allyson James)
Rees
Maia & Rylan (short story)
Rio
Aiden & Ky
Braden
Justin
Kieran
Eland and Jeanne (prequel)
About the Author
New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Jennifer Ashley has written more than 85 published novels and novellas in romance, urban fantasy, and mystery under the names Jennifer Ashley, Allyson James, and Ashley Gardner. Her books have been nominated for and won Romance Writers of America's RITA (given for the best romance novels and novellas of the year), several RT BookReviews Reviewers Choice awards (including Best Urban Fantasy, Best Historical Mystery, and Career Achievement in Historical Romance), and Prism awards for her paranormal romances. Jennifer's books have been translated into more than a dozen languages and have earned starred reviews in Booklist and Publisher’s Weekly.
More about Jennifer’s series can be found at
https://www.jenniferashley.com
Copyright
Wolf Hunt
Novella in the Immortals series
Copyright © 2008; 2014 by Jennifer Ashley
This book is a work of fiction. The names, characters, places, and incidents are products of the writer's imagination or have been used fictitiously and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to persons, living or dead, actual events, locales or organizations is entirely coincidental.
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Excerpt of Forbidden Taste copyright © 2016/2017, by Jennifer Ashley
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