Allies

Name: Allies
Author: Sandra R. Neeley

146 pages

The Laighin Pride has weathered many transitions through the years, but none so drastic as when Jack challenged his own tyrannical, oppressive father for the position of Alpha — and won. Since then, the Pride is thriving. He’s earned the support, love and loyalty of not only his people, but of his once completely out of reach mate. Through it all, his lifelong friends, lieutenants really, have stood at the ready for anything he and the Pride needed from them, ready at any time to give all they had in support of Jack and their people.

Just when they think most of their struggles are over and begin to settle into a laid-back, slow-paced life for their Pride, a very small group of surviving members of a strong, well-respected Pride arrive in their territory, requesting sanctuary. They are all that’s left from a violent attack on their Pride. Without any hesitation, Jack welcomes them, provides for and protects them. He has no idea that his selfless actions will cause a whirlwind of unexpected challenges to the lives of some of those closest to him.

Mates are found, and yet others denied. Painfully impossible to attain dreams once locked safely away, are given new life through tragedy. And an entirely different type of partially human species has taken note of the lifestyle Jack has created and maintains for his Pride of Lion shifters.

The Variant people have encountered many different enemies and allies in their quest to find justice and build a safe place for themselves. But none so intriguing as the Lion shifters they’ve discovered. They are as dangerous as the Variant themselves, primal, predatory DNA driving both their species through instinct. Since encountering them during a rescue operation, Frenzy can’t get their existence out of his head. He’s survived torture, captivity, erasure of his very identity, and lived to hunt those who stole his life from him. But freedom still eludes him. He’s got no memories that aren’t part of a militaristic society. Despite the freedoms most of his people have taken advantage of, he still finds himself fighting, demanding, having to force a place for himself, rather than living stress free through easy days with people who appreciate him simply because he breathes. He’s got friends who live like that. In fact, he’s attached himself to one of them from the Laighin Pride, and considers him a best friend.

When that best friend calls desperate for help because the mate he never allowed himself to dream of, arrives on the doorstep of the Laighin Pride asking for sanctuary for herself and a small group who survived the massacre of their people, Frenzy doesn’t hesitate. He assembles his own SOT (Strategic Offensive Team) of Variant soldiers, enlists the help of another, and shows up at their door within twenty-four hours, ready for anything they may be needed to do.

Their arrival is fateful for many of both species. Lives are saved. Traitors are recognized. Souls are healed.

The alliance of two fierce, primal, predatory species brings to light the only question that remains after the smoke clears and the bodies are buried. Does one have to be a shifter in order to join a Lion Pride?

Warning: This book is intended for mature audiences. This book contains violence and abuse both real and implied, intimacy and sexual situations, foul language, and struggles that may be disturbing for some readers. If you are offended by these subjects, please do not buy this book.

This book — characters, plot, circumstances, and everything it entails are all products of the author’s imagination. All are human-dreamed, human-imagined, and human-created.

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