Reign of the Desert Wolf

Reign of the Desert Wolf Red Rock 5 Book 1 by JD Wolfe Reign Of The Desert Wolf Copyright © 2023 JD Wolfe All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted by any means, including photocopying, or recording without the publisher's prior written permission, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in reviews and certain non-commercial uses permitted by copyright law. To request permissions, contact the publisher at [email protected] Paperback: ISBN: 9798393494827 Note from Author This is a work of fiction. Unless otherwise indicated, all the names, characters, businesses, places, events, and incidents in this book are either the product of the author's imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental. First paperback edition June 2023 Edited by A Collection of Badass Women Cover Design by J Wolfe [email protected] Another Note from the Author Because She Likes Words: This book contains; violence, abuse, blood, gore, murder, and a mention of the devil. It also describes in detail, sexual acts and nudity. As well as, every imaginable cuss word. Dedication. Buckle Up. It’s my first one. (They’ll get shorter as the series goes on… maybe) This book came out of nowhere. These characters woke me up screaming only a short three months ago and now here they are. Writing Charlotte and Liam’s story gave me days when my cheeks hurt from smiling so much, and days I cried. I had times of stress eating. And you know it’s bad when Buddy the Corgi asked to go out into the heat to escape my dancing and singing at the top of my lungs. There were times of… bat-shit crazy, and insecurities. With all that laid out there, I have to thank a few people for getting me through this one. Korina, my darling, beautiful cheerleader from afar. Seriously, I may have stopped if you didn’t agree to go on this journey with me. We follow’n the yellow brick road. I flove you. Tiffani. From the very first day, I told you I was doing this, you jumped up Prologue Harper Crouching down, using the large lichen and moss-covered boulder to hide, Harper wraps both arms around her chest as a reminder to keep her breathing shallow. “No, Father! I will not mate him!” Charlotte’s cry rings in the small clearing. Harper knows she cannot stop the beating her friend is about to receive, so she waits. Charlotte’s body will be damaged when this is over. Harper will do what she has done countless times in the past. Clean up blood, stitch a cut, or worse, rebreak a bone to reset. Charlotte’s father controls his house and their pack with a set of archaic rules. Controlling women and children with torment is an expected practice. The shifter world lives by a set of rules that humans would not understand. Survival of the fittest, rings true in their world and if any Patriarch is found “soft” they would be subject to torture. Then their families would endure their own special hell. This is the way of the pack. “You will do as I say, girl.” Michael’s voice echo’s off the granite rocks that circle them. Harper’s tightens her arms, tucking her head into her chest. Shifters have been given a gift, or a curse depending on how you looked at it, of accelerated healing. Torture can be given over and over. “Or what, Father? You’ll beat me, again? Go ahead. It doesn’t even hurt anymore.” Harper doesn’t have time to process what Charlotte said when, whap. Harper touches her cheek to stop the tear from rolling down. Tear-filled eyes look into the orange glow from the now-set sun, a quiet exhale escapes before Harper leans around the boulder but stays hidden. Charlotte is down on one knee, holding the left side of her face. Harper can smell her blood. “Your insubordination will not be tolerated, Charlotte.” Michael stands over her with his balled-up hands positioned on his hips, looking down with a hatred Harper cannot understand. Charlotte’s entire life has been to please him, yet he still hates her. “You will do as