Heart
of the Wolf
Terry Spear
Copyright © 2008 by Terry Spear
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Spear, Terry.
Heart of the wolf / Terry Spear.
p. cm.
ISBN-13: 978-1-4022-1157-7
ISBN-10: 1-4022-1157-0
I. Title.
PS3619.P373H43 2008
813'.6--dc22
2007048865
Printed and bound in the United States of America OPM 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
To my mother, daughter, and son with all my love for their support in my writing endeavors.
Acknowledgments
To Deb Werksman, who believed in the world I created and gave me the chance to share my story. And to my critique partners who have been there every step of the way. Thanks Rebel Romance Writers, Vonda, Judy, Pam, Randy, Tammy, Carol, Betty, and Darcy!
Prologue
1850
Colorado
AS SOON AS HE STRIPPED NAKED, HE’D BE HERS.
Unbraiding her hair, Bella’s blood heated with desire while she observed the dark-haired boy. He looked about eighteen, two years older than she. He yanked off one boot, then another, at the lake’s edge. It wasn’t the first time she’d watched him peel out of his clothes, but it was the first time she’d join him. If he had a taste of her, wouldn’t he crave her? Hunger to be like her? Wild and free?
She swallowed hard, longing to be Devlyn’s mate— rather than some human’s—but it would never be. Lifting her chin, she resolved to make the human hers. She untied her ankle-high boots, then slipped them off her feet.
The human boy’s pet gray wolf rested at the shoreline, his ears perked up as he watched her. But the boy didn’t see her—he was unobservant, as most humans were.
