Wraith's Awakening (Para-Ops) by Virna DePaul Read Free Book Online
Authors: Virna DePaul
cold, still hungry, but the sensations are distant. I finally close my eyes.
To sleep, perchance to dream.
And then what?
My mouth twists into a bitter smile.
Yep, Shakespeare had it right. There's the rub.
But oddly enough, when I close my eyes, despite how exhausted I am, I don't fall asleep. I don't dream. I can't keep my mind on Shakespeare, even though I recall enough lines from Hamlet and A Winter's Tale to know I'm well read.
I don't even think of Colt.
Instead, I remember A.J.'s friend. The one she called C. The one she told to be careful because she didn't trust the Army. And for one second, I remember why I'd called out to him.
But then it's gone again.
THE END
Dear Reader,
I hope you've enjoyed this short story about Wraith. Wraith's story continues in Chosen By Blood, Chosen By Fate and Chosen By Sin, Books 1 through 3 of the Para-Ops Novels. Thanks so much for reading this novella! Virna DePaul
ADDITIONAL TITLES
If you would like to read additional books by Virna DePaul, you can find out more about the following titles:
Paranormal Romantic Suspense:
Wraith's Awakening (A Prequel Novella To The Para-Ops Series)
Chosen By Blood (A Para-Ops Novel, Book 1)
Chosen By Fate (A Para-Ops Novel, Book 2)
Chosen By Sin (A Para-Ops Novel, Book 3)
Contemporary Romantic Suspense:
Dangerous To Her (Harlequin Romantic Suspense)
It Started That Night (HRS)
Deadly Charade (HRS)
Shades Of Desire (HQN: Special Investigations Group, Book 1)
Shades Of Temptation (HQN: SIG, Book 2)
Shades Of Passion (HQN: SIG, Book 3)
Contemporary Romance:
Bedding The Wrong Brother (A Dalton Brothers Novel, Book 1)
Novellas:
A Vampire's Salvation (Loveswept)
Wild For Mr. Wrong
Molly Wants A Hero (part of the Love Bites Anthology with Lori Foster, HQN)
Erotic Novellas:
Arrested By Love (Loveswept)
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Virna DePaul is a former criminal prosecutor and now National Bestselling Author of romantic suspense (Harlequin) and paranormal romance (Para-Ops series and new series with Random House).
CONTACT VIRNA HERE
Website: www.virnadepaul.com (Sign up for my monthly newsletter for updates and contests!)
Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/virnadepaul
Email: [email protected]
Facebook Fan Page: http://www.facebook.com/booksthatrock
EXCERPT OF CHOSEN BY BLOOD (BOOK 1)
A firm knock interrupted them. Muscles pumped as if for battle, Knox slowly stood. He didn't turn, not even when Mahone called for his visitor to come in.
“I came as soon as I-”
It didn't matter that he was in Mahone's office, that Mahone was watching him, or that he and Mahone had just been discussing something as important as his clan. He hadn't been in the same room with her in years, but his body's reaction to her presence was the same as it always was: instantaneous. Her scent hit him like a sledgehammer and was followed by a wave of longing so intense it almost felled him. His skin prickled and his fangs ached as he fought to keep them sheathed. He couldn't stop the hardening of his dick, however, or the urge he had to grab her and transport her to the Dome. To his bed. To someplace where duty and time dissolved, and he could just be with her.
She didn't gasp or take a breath. Her words simply stopped. Something rare crystallized inside him.
Had she gotten over him? Had she found someone else? Another emotion-pure, undiluted rage-filled him at the thought of her with another. It made everything else, every other emotion he'd ever felt, seem innocuous. Made him want to rip off his clothes-the luxurious symbols of civility that he normally loved-and make her see him as he truly was-primal, lethal, and fucking ready to prove to her that she was his, once and for all. Instead, he took a deep breath and willed himself to calm. He opened his mind. Just a hair. Just enough to sense the desire buried beneath her resolve. Enough to
To sleep, perchance to dream.
And then what?
My mouth twists into a bitter smile.
Yep, Shakespeare had it right. There's the rub.
But oddly enough, when I close my eyes, despite how exhausted I am, I don't fall asleep. I don't dream. I can't keep my mind on Shakespeare, even though I recall enough lines from Hamlet and A Winter's Tale to know I'm well read.
I don't even think of Colt.
Instead, I remember A.J.'s friend. The one she called C. The one she told to be careful because she didn't trust the Army. And for one second, I remember why I'd called out to him.
But then it's gone again.
THE END
Dear Reader,
I hope you've enjoyed this short story about Wraith. Wraith's story continues in Chosen By Blood, Chosen By Fate and Chosen By Sin, Books 1 through 3 of the Para-Ops Novels. Thanks so much for reading this novella! Virna DePaul
ADDITIONAL TITLES
If you would like to read additional books by Virna DePaul, you can find out more about the following titles:
Paranormal Romantic Suspense:
Wraith's Awakening (A Prequel Novella To The Para-Ops Series)
Chosen By Blood (A Para-Ops Novel, Book 1)
Chosen By Fate (A Para-Ops Novel, Book 2)
Chosen By Sin (A Para-Ops Novel, Book 3)
Contemporary Romantic Suspense:
Dangerous To Her (Harlequin Romantic Suspense)
It Started That Night (HRS)
Deadly Charade (HRS)
Shades Of Desire (HQN: Special Investigations Group, Book 1)
Shades Of Temptation (HQN: SIG, Book 2)
Shades Of Passion (HQN: SIG, Book 3)
Contemporary Romance:
Bedding The Wrong Brother (A Dalton Brothers Novel, Book 1)
Novellas:
A Vampire's Salvation (Loveswept)
Wild For Mr. Wrong
Molly Wants A Hero (part of the Love Bites Anthology with Lori Foster, HQN)
Erotic Novellas:
Arrested By Love (Loveswept)
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Virna DePaul is a former criminal prosecutor and now National Bestselling Author of romantic suspense (Harlequin) and paranormal romance (Para-Ops series and new series with Random House).
CONTACT VIRNA HERE
Website: www.virnadepaul.com (Sign up for my monthly newsletter for updates and contests!)
Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/virnadepaul
Email: [email protected]
Facebook Fan Page: http://www.facebook.com/booksthatrock
EXCERPT OF CHOSEN BY BLOOD (BOOK 1)
A firm knock interrupted them. Muscles pumped as if for battle, Knox slowly stood. He didn't turn, not even when Mahone called for his visitor to come in.
“I came as soon as I-”
It didn't matter that he was in Mahone's office, that Mahone was watching him, or that he and Mahone had just been discussing something as important as his clan. He hadn't been in the same room with her in years, but his body's reaction to her presence was the same as it always was: instantaneous. Her scent hit him like a sledgehammer and was followed by a wave of longing so intense it almost felled him. His skin prickled and his fangs ached as he fought to keep them sheathed. He couldn't stop the hardening of his dick, however, or the urge he had to grab her and transport her to the Dome. To his bed. To someplace where duty and time dissolved, and he could just be with her.
She didn't gasp or take a breath. Her words simply stopped. Something rare crystallized inside him.
Had she gotten over him? Had she found someone else? Another emotion-pure, undiluted rage-filled him at the thought of her with another. It made everything else, every other emotion he'd ever felt, seem innocuous. Made him want to rip off his clothes-the luxurious symbols of civility that he normally loved-and make her see him as he truly was-primal, lethal, and fucking ready to prove to her that she was his, once and for all. Instead, he took a deep breath and willed himself to calm. He opened his mind. Just a hair. Just enough to sense the desire buried beneath her resolve. Enough to
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