The Reluctant Wolf and His Fated Mate
White Mountain Shifters Book 1
Lisa Carlisle
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Mates were trouble. That’s why Damon would never claim one.
Sophie escapes to the White Mountains with her friend for a ski weekend. When she skis off trail and gets lost in the mountains, she stumbles into the path of a wolf. Only it’s bigger than any she ever thought existed, and it’s baring its fangs at her...
Damon has refused to mate with another after seeing his father go mad. When he meets a woman his wolf recognizes as his mate, the call is more difficult to ignore. And when he catches her scent on the mountain, he can’t fight it any longer. He tracks her through the forest to ensure she’s safe.
But Sophie has stepped into another pack’s territory.
If Damon crosses the boundary, he’ll break the treaty between their packs.
Mates--nothing but trouble...
Fated mates and forbidden love. Escape into the magic of the White Mountains with the Franconia shifters.
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The Reluctant Wolf’s Mate
Copyright © 2020 by Lisa Carlisle
Edited by Natasha Larry
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Contents
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Epilogue
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Chapter 1
Damon
Damon stared at the gargoyle statues flanking the sides of the club and ground his teeth. Traveling here had been a mistake.
He didn’t care if the venue attracted shifters.
An unsettling sensation had prickled the back of his neck the moment his pack’s alpha had suggested the excursion three nights ago.
“There’s an underground club on the Massachusetts coast,” Rafe had said after a pack meeting. “Let’s head down for the weekend.” He’d motioned to Damon, one of the pack’s enforcers, and Grayson, their beta. “We might have a better chance at finding our mates, since we’re not having any luck here.”
That was just fine with Damon. Mates were nothing but trouble. Just ask his father.
Impossible. His father was long gone.
Damon groaned to himself. All because of that so-called magical bond with a mate. More like a suicidal noose.
He attempted to push his unease about this club aside and followed Rafe and Grayson inside. They navigated down a dark passageway lit by electric sconces. Damon had to force his feet forward. He couldn’t wait to return to the solitude of his cabin back on Franconia Mountain. He could ski by day and hunt for prey in wolf form come dusk. If he wanted a female companion, there were plenty of snow bunnies that came for short-term visits, which made it easier to avoid relationships. But as a pack enforcer, his loyalty
