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Animal

ISBN 9781419921322

Edited by Mary Moran

Cover art by Syneca

Electronic book Publication April 2009

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A NIMAL

Nathalie Gray

Prologue

After Dex Solomon and his team of lycanthrope mercenaries recover a data clip and

publicly play its damning message, all hell breaks loose. The news topples the corrupt

Global Alliance of Nations government, only to be replaced by former enemies bent on

thwarting one another. A civil war is brewing, pitting lycans and other genetically

enhanced people against normal humans. Neighbor against neighbor. Friend against

friend. The sudden return of marksman Dragana and Cristoval, leader of the

underground resistance, together with Liberty’s commercial connections and her lover

Cupcake, the shy, towering lycan, all play in the underdog’s favor. But interim leaders

of the opposition, Solomon and reformed government spy Eva, still must fight an uphill

battle to give “genetic deviants” basic rights.

When the shadow government entity known only as the Iron Conclave attacks the

underground resistance, causing irreparable damage, all accusing eyes turn to one of its

members—Haruto. Branded a traitor with a price on his head from both sides, the

enigmatic lycan who never takes his mirrored goggles off conveniently disappears

before answers can be gained.

There’s blood in the water. And the sharks are circling.

Animal

Chapter One

15 December 2534 Era Vulgaris, 0733 hours

Abandoned subway system

Seoul, United Koreas, Earth

They barely made it to the exit. Blue-white telltale flashes of volter shots chased

them down tunnels lit by thin, bouncing blue beams from the weapons scopes. Dust

and smoke stung her nose, choked her, forced her to breathe through clenched teeth.

Sand crunched between them. As if thunder had struck the underground resistance

headquarters—Seoul’s ancient subway system—loud booms rattled tiles off the walls.

Brioni tried not to yelp with each explosion. A cluster of children with their tiny fists

clutched on her bathrobe belt, which she’d undone and used as guide rope, stopped

when she froze at one corner. Behind her, more members of the resistance shuffled to a

stop.

“Is there a lycan with us?” she whispered. Mumbled negatives. Uncertainty. They

didn’t know who was where and with whom. The attack had come so suddenly, the

underground resistance had just managed to scatter through the many tunnels leading

to the surface. She didn’t know who was with her, except that some of them had larger

weapons than her puny stunner.

She needed a lycan.

They could’ve used one of the resistance protectors right about now. Only they

could fight Iron Conclave operatives and do it successfully. But then again, they’d been

bred for that, genetically enhanced predatory traits and all. The rest of the “genetic

deviants” were just that—different. Not killing machines. Plus, there were a lot of

regular folks down here at the moment, herself included, who were helping because it

was the right thing to do.

But she needed fire power. Now.

“Don’t take another step,” a man’s gentle voice said from way back down the line.

She tried not to sigh audibly. They’d be all right. A lycan was with them. One she

knew well. One she liked, even if no one else did.

Haruto padded up to her. His long black leather coat trailed almost to the ground.

He didn’t have a scope on the volter he held in a steady hand. But then again, he didn’t

need one. The man could see in total darkness better than regular people could at high

noon. Mirrored goggles like those welders used reflected her face when he turned to

her, cocked his head. Goggles he never took off. Longish black hair in a serrated cut

obscured the rest of his face. She’d give anything to have a moment with him. Another

stolen interlude of quiet and intimacy. Her heart squeezed painfully.

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