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The Department of Homeworld Security, #14
Reeks: The Department of Homeworld Security
Cassandra Chandler
- When
- Kimmy
- dreamed
- of
- meeting
- a
- werewolf,
- she
- never
- imagined
- he'd
- be
- from
- space!As
- co-owner
- of
- the
- only
- pet
- parlor
- in
- the
- county,
- Kimmy
- is
- serious
- about
- taking
- care
- of
- animals.
- When
- she
- hears
- a
- pair
- of
- dogs
- fighting
- in
- her
- yard
- in
- the
- middle
- of
- the
- night,
- she
- runs
- out
- to
- break
- them
- up.
- The
- only
- problem
- is
- they
- aren't
- dogs—they're
- wolves.
- And
- one
- of
- them
- has
- tentacles.
- And
- the
- other
- one
- is
- glowing.
- It
- seems
- like
- something
- straight
- out
- of
- her
- favorite
- paranormal
- romance
- novels
- when
- the
- glowing
- wolf
- turns
- into
- the
- hottest
- guy
- she's
- ever
- seen.
- So
- what
- if
- he's
- actually
- from
- outer
- space?Serac
- is
- intrigued
- by
- the
- courageous
- Earthling
- that
- ran
- to
- his
- aid
- wielding
- only
- a
- primitive
- weapon
- called
- a
- 'broom.'
- His
- zyln,
- the
- elemental
- spirit
- that
- lives
- within
- him,
- is
- fascinated
- by
- her—a
- fascination
- that
- Serac
- quickly
- shares.
- But
- she's
- thrown
- off
- his
- mission,
- accidentally
- imprinting
- with
- the
- Lyrian
- pet
- he
- was
- supposed
- to
- deliver
- and
- distracting
- him
- from
- securing
- smuggling
- routes
- out
- of
- Earth.
- To
- make
- things
- worse,
- his
- ex-partner,
- a
- shapeshifting
- mercenary
- from
- Scorpii-2,
- is
- out
- to
- capture
- Kimmy
- for
- his
- own
- nefarious
- ends.When
- Serac's
- attraction
- deepens
- into
- his
- only
- chance
- at
- forming
- a
- mate
- bond,
- he
- is
- once
- more
- forced
- to
- choose
- between
- his
- heart
- and
- his
- conscience.
- And
- this
- time,
- he
- may
- not
- be
- strong
- enough
- to
- walk
- away.Can
- their
- bond
- survive
- while
- they
- work
- together
- to
- complete
- a
- mission
- that
- could
- benefit
- billions
- of
- sentients
- throughout
- the
- galaxy?This
- novella
- was
- originally
- published
- in
- the
- Pets
- in
- Space®
- 5
- anthology.
- Main
- Content:
- Approximately
- 28,325
- words,
- 139
- (5.5
- x
- 8.5)
- pages.
- Intended
- for
- mature readers.
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