Nightshade
Andrea Cremer
Language: English
Pages: 496
ISBN: 014241980X
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
The first book of the internationally bestselling Nightshade series by New York Times bestselling author Andrea Cremer!
Calla is the alpha female of a shape-shifting wolf pack. She is destined to marry Ren Laroche, the pack's alpha male. Together, they would rule their pack together, guarding sacred sites for the Keepers. But then, Calla saves a beautiful human boy, who captures her heart. Calla begins to question everything - her fate, her existence, and her world and the orders the Keepers have asked her to follow. She will have to make a choice. But will she follow her heart if it means losing everything, including her own life?
Calla's story continues in WOLFSBANE.
he was still trying to lighten my heart. Did we lose them? Shay leapt over a fallen log. I don’t hear the howling anymore. My inner smile faded at his reminder that the night forest remained silent, sending a chill scurrying beneath my fur. Just keep running. Out of the corner of my eye I caught a brief, shadowy movement. Uncertain of what I’d seen, I put on a fresh burst of speed. Snow churned up around me as I raced toward the opening in the trees ahead. Calla! Shay’s cry of alarm sounded
unknown. I choked back a sob when Ren released me and turned away. The charcoal gray wolf paused and looked back once more before disappearing into the trees. I picked up Shay’s trail and plunged through the snow. From behind me, I heard the lone cry of a wolf. The howl echoed as it rose toward the full moon, a sound full of agony and irreparable loss. THIRTY-FOUR SHAY WAS RUNNING THROUGH THE GARDENS of Rowan Estate by the time I caught him. I nipped at his heel. You’re fast. I’m
close to Connor in case she wakes up,” Monroe said. “Why are you doing this?” Shay said. “You don’t need to. She isn’t your enemy. Not anymore.” “Sure, kid.” Ethan laughed coldly. “Whatever you say.” “Hand me the other one, Ethan,” Connor said. The same cold grip seized my right wrist and pressure pinned my arm against my torso. “That should do it,” Connor said. “You said she’d be okay,” Shay growled. “You promised.” “And I’ll keep that promise,” Monroe said. “She hasn’t been harmed.”
going on. And the war is here, not in heaven.” “So the Old Ones who didn’t want the job . . . those are the Searchers? That’s what the war is over?” I glanced in the rearview mirror, still paranoid that we might be watched. “The Keepers watch over the sacred sites of the Old Ones. The sacred places of the earth grant the Keepers their power, and they use it to protect humanity. The Searchers want to control the sites, to take that power from the Keepers for their own gain. If they managed to
to behave?” he scoffed. “I’m the alpha female.” I hooked my ankles around the chair’s legs. “No one can touch me. It’s the Keepers’ Law.” “But Ren can touch whoever he wants?” he asked. “’Cause it sounds like he does.” “He’s an alpha male. The hunt is in his nature.” My ankle lock on the chair legs was so tight I heard the wood creak. I didn’t want Shay to ask the question I could see on his face. He frowned. “But if you’re an alpha too, wouldn’t the hunt be part of your nature?” I didn’t