Title: Midnight Moonrising
Series: Moonrising
#1
Author: K.S. Haigwood & Anne Conley
Genre: Urban Fantasy Romance
Release Date: July 31,
2015
Blurb
Mena wants the Master Vampire of
Montgomery, Alabama, but the wolf inside her wants the homicide detective
working the case of the man she murdered.
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With everyone
thinking I was angry, I was taking a wild guess that it would be at least
thirty minutes before anyone realized I was gone. That was a good head start.
From the vague vibe I was feeling from Jess and the other traitors, I was
looking at covering a distance of about four miles. I ran that nearly every
morning, and the time it took to get there would allow my wolf and me time to
figure out what we were going to do when we got
there.
Cutting the bitch
was what my wolf wanted to do, and I couldn't honestly say that I wasn't on
board with that plan, but I was smart enough to know that I couldn't take on
eight werewolves on my own. I would have to find their hideout and come back
with my pack. Bringing Phoenix and his clan to watch my back in case any of my
wolves were really on Jessica's side was a smart thing to do, so I would let
them come, too, not that I would really get a choice in the matter; I doubted
he would stay behind even if I begged him to.
A loud clatter had
my head whipping around to look behind me again. An aluminum trash can lay on
its side, its contents spilling into the street. A tabby cat peeked around the
edge of the torn trash bag and I exhaled in relief. I was a sad case, indeed. I
laughed at myself. I was not used to being the
monster.
"I aim to
change that, Mena."
I rolled my eyes at
my wolf. "You just be you and let me be me and we'll get along just
fine."
Soft laughter
filled my head and I had to smile. I had to admit that I liked her, regardless
of how much trouble she was causing me with Phoenix. At least we had come to a
compromise. I didn't know how well said compromise was going to work out, or
even if it would at all, but I was willing to try. Everyone deserved a shot at
happiness, even with as insane as our case may be.
As I turned my head
back around to continue on my journey, I ran smack-dab into the hard chest of a
man. He was in shadow, so I couldn't see his face. Stumbling back, I attempted
to get my balance, but his arms closed tightly around my body, jerking me to
him and trapping my arms down at my sides so I couldn't
move.
Struggling against
his solid hold on me, I opened my mouth to let out a scream, but he twisted me
around and clamped a hand over my mouth so fast that I didn't know what was
happening until I was being pulled backward, away from the security of the
streetlights that lined the suburban road.
I raised my knee up then brought my foot
down hard on the toe of his shoe. He let out a muffled grunt, but continued to
drag me into the shadows.
This had to be one
of the werewolves. The strength alone told me that. They had to have been
watching my house, just waiting for me to leave. This bastard was going to kill
me if I didn't do something.
My wolf stirred
under my skin. She wanted out and it was the first time since I'd been bitten
that I agreed with that plan. With only a little more than human strength and
quick reflexes, it wasn't possible for me to handle a grown male werewolf on my
own.
My final option,
before letting my wolf free, was try to at least injure him. I hoped that would
be enough to make him loosen his grip on me enough so I could run. If he gave
chase, I would have to concede and let my wolf take
over.
Gripping the dagger
tighter in my palm, I rotated my wrist and drove the blade into his side as
hard as I could. An ear-piercing ululation erupted from his throat and he let
go of me. I didn't wait or look back. I ran as fast as my legs would carry me,
adrenaline and my wolf giving me the speed and strength to push my muscles past
what a human would be able to endure.
"Mena…
Mena!" I heard the cry behind me, but my mind wasn't registering anything
except panic and the need to get as far away from my attacker as possible.
"Mena—wait! It's me…" A strangled groan had me slowing. "…it's…
it's Phoenix. I—I'm so sorry, Mena."
I froze, not
wanting to look back at the man, terrified that what he'd spoken was true. If
it was—if I turned and saw those ice-blue eyes staring back at me, it would
destroy any trust I had ever had in him.
"Please, Mena,
I never meant to hurt you. I was only trying to scare you so you would realize
what a stupid stunt going off on your own to find the killers was. What were
you thinking?"
The blood rushed
through my veins at an impossible speed, and fury washed over me in waves as I
stood there trying to decide whether to walk away or allow my wolf to rip
Phoenix's head off. She was all for the second option.
I heard him cough,
and then groan in agony. I imagined he was pulling the dagger out of whatever
organ I had been lucky enough to hit. There was a lot of heavy, ragged
breathing and two more guttural-sounding coughs. It appeared as though I had
hit a lung. Too bad it wasn't his heart! I wasn't sure stabbing him in the
heart with a silver blade would kill him, but I would have put money on a bet
that it would have been a hell of a lot more
painful.
I turned my head to
glare at him, but the hatred I had expected to feel wasn't there. He had fallen
to his knees, and his head was bent, his eyes focused on the bright red stain
spreading across his new shirt.
Shaking my head, I
looked up to the sky and asked, "Why me?" After receiving no answer,
I sighed and began the one-hundred-meter walk back to Phoenix.
K.S. Haigwood
Kristie Haigwood (a.k.a. K.S. Haigwood) is
currently writing her 10th novel. She lives in Arkansas, US. She is the mother
of 2 awesome kids and 2 great dogs. She is happily married to her soulmate who
thinks reading is a solid waste of time. Opposites attract. Kristie’s works
include ‘Save My Soul’, ‘Hell’s Gift’, ‘Good Side of Sin’, ‘Eternal Island’,
‘Eternal Immortality’ 'Eternal Illusion' ‘Accepting the Moon’ and 'Midnight
Moonrising'. ‘My Sweet Purgatory’ and 'Andromeda's Reign are releasing
soon.
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Anne
Conley
Anne has written her entire life and has
the boxes of angst-filled journals and poetry to prove it. She's been writing
for public consumption for the last four years. Currently she is writing three
romance series. In Stories of Serendipity, she explores real people living real
lives in small town Texas in a contemporary romance setting. In The Four Winds,
she chronicles God's four closest archangels, Uriel, Gabriel, Raphael, and
Michael, falling in love and becoming human. In Pierce Securities, she gives us
Ryan, Evan, Miriam, Zack, Quinten, and Simon. She lives in rural East Texas
with her husband and children in her own private oasis, where she prides
herself in her complete lack of social skills, choosing instead to live with
the people inside her head.
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