Pack Council
A Totally Bound Publication
Pack Council
ISBN #
978-1-78184-882-1
©Copyright Crissy Smith 2013
Cover Art by Posh Gosh ©Copyright November 2013
Edited by Stacey Birkel
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Were Chronicles
PACK COUNCIL
Crissy Smith
Book nine in the Were Chronicles series
Alpha Council Representative Kurt Moore has his hands full with his investigation into the Church for Humanity…and that’s before he meets the woman who throws his world into chaos.
Alpha Council Representative Kurt Moore is settling into the town of Lovington, California, and his new position. He’s busy gathering information on the five chapters of the Church for Humanity, making plans to take down the Church and protect his fellow wolves. He’s dedicated all his time and energy to his work. He’s content and happy, even if he is a little lonely. Then he meets Savannah Conley, the new deputy, and everything changes. Savannah is such a perfect match for him that Kurt starts to question himself and his needs.
Savannah Conley is instantly attracted to the quiet shifter she’s introduced to by her best friend. She’s accepted the open position for the Sheriff’s department and is looking forward to laying down some roots.
The more time she spends around Kurt, the more convinced she is that Kurt is meant to belong to her. She might only be a human, but she knows deep down that the dark-haired shifter is her soul mate. She doesn’t have a lot of time to persuade the stubborn shifter to get on board, though. A wolf shifter who has gone undercover with the Church has disappeared and Kurt is on the hunt. Savannah does what she can through legal means, but knows Kurt will do whatever he has to in order to ensure the wolf’s safety.
Enemies try to tear them apart. But Kurt and Savannah will show that they are stronger together…and can defeat their adversary.
Dedication
A great big thank you goes out to my Sunday morning breakfast group who have listened to ideas and bounced around the plot with me. I enjoy our weekly meetings.
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Prologue
Kurt rolled his neck, causing it to pop. Clint glanced over at him and grinned.
“Thanks for helping me move, man.”
Kurt waved Clint’s appreciation off. That was what friends were for. When his best friend had finally moved in with his lover Sara Webb, Kurt couldn’t have been happier for the two of them. Plus since he was closing on his own house in another couple of weeks, he would rope Clint into helping him move once it was time.
Sara stepped out of the kitchen door. She stopped and kissed Clint before she handed them both two fresh beers. She then continued to where her dad, Sheriff Webb, was manning the huge barbeque grill.
Clint and Sara were cooking for everyone who had helped them move Clint’s belongings from the Council compound to her house. Until recently, Clint had kept most everything in storage since he and Kurt moved around so much. Neither of them had a place that they could really call home.
That was just one way in which their lives were changing. They’d both accepted positions with the Alpha Council and now would be staying in one place for longer than a few months at a time. They were starting to put down roots once and for all.
But Kurt found himself just a little bit jealous of his best friend. Clint had found a wonderful woman in Sara, and Kurt knew the two would be mating soon. Clint and Sara just fit together. Even mixing Clint’s possessions in with Sara’s already full house had been an experience in compromise and amusement. Kurt hadn’t laughed so much in months.
It was a good day, so he buried any sad feelings deep inside and vowed just to enjoy the bright warm sun and good company.
A couple of guards he and Clint worked with had dropped by to help. Ryan and his lover Cecil, who was Sara’s assistant at the coffee shop, had also stopped by and were now sharing a lounge chair in the middle of the yard.
Sara’s dad had taken over preparing the steaks, burgers and hot dogs, refusing to let anyone else use Clint’s newest purchase. It had been one of the first things Clint had bought for his and Sara’s house. Kurt had gone with Clint and Sara to pick it out, and Sara had been stunned by the size of the grill as Clint drooled over it on the showroom floor. Clint had just thrown an arm around her shoulder and explained that men needed meat, lots and lots of meat.
Kurt chuckled, remembering the day fondly. That was the day that Kurt had known they’d made the right decision in accepting jobs with the Council. It had been past time to settle down. And they couldn’t have picked a better place to do so. Both Kurt and Clint were now part of the community and the town residents had welcomed them with open arms.
“Any word from Colt?” Clint asked quietly beside him, pulling him from his thoughts.
Kurt shook his head. Over a month ago a chapter of the Church for Humanity had moved into the area. The Church’s preacher Dan Carter had never made an appearance but Carter’s second-in-command Perry Costa had been nothing but trouble. Protesters had lined the small town’s streets, holding signs and cursing shifters. Perry had also been behind Clint’s kidnapping.
Perry had wanted to be turned into a shifter and had taken Clint to try to force Clint to bite him. Clint had bitten Perry—and the two men helping him—but since a shifter bite couldn’t turn a human into a shifter, obviously Perry hadn’t got what he’d wanted. Perry and the two men who’d helped him had been arrested along with the deputy who’d been involved. The Church was still around, but luckily the protests had stopped and there hadn’t been any more attacks.
It might have only been a few months since the world had become publicly aware of shifters, but Kurt hoped the publicity died down soon. Too many Packs had had to deal with threats to their families.
The shifters had won the battle with Perry Costa. But Kurt worried about the next time.
They’d managed to fight the Church and Perry because they had an inside man. Colt, a Beta from one of the Colorado Packs, had gone undercover to keep an eye on the Church.
“Tony said Colt sent him a couple messages but hasn’t been able to get much out of him. Just that Colt’s on to something and will get back to him.”
“Damn, I hope he’s okay.”
Kurt did too. Colt was a good man who was placing himself in danger to make sure all the other shifters remained safe.
“You think there is something going on between Tony and Colt?” Clint asked.
Kurt grinned. “I would bet a month’s pay that there’s a relationship there.”
Clint nodded. “That’s what I suspected. I don’t know how Tony can stand for him to be in constant danger.” Clint looked towards Sara. “I would go insane.”
“Yeah.” Kurt could only agree. If Kurt was lucky enough to find a mate, he didn’t think he would be able to let her out of his sight.
He’d come close to mating once. He’d been young and she’d been even younger. He’d somehow known he wasn’t ready and had joined the military instead, breaking off the relationship.
Now that he’d retired, he thought back on that time in his life—how different it would have been if he had stayed, mated Becca and started a family.
Becca had recently found her mate. And she was so in love with Mike Jackson that Kurt knew he had made the right decision. But sometimes he wished things had ended differently—that he had someone waiting at home for him.
He gazed out over the yard. These people were part of his family now. Sara, her dad, Ryan and Cecil, and the guards, Sam and Colin—they were the ones he could depend on and vowed to protect. To love in his own way.
Sara was laughing at something her dad had said. Clint’s eyes were locked on her. It seemed that Clint always knew where Sara was. Kurt wanted that kind of love.
Sara saw them looking at her and blew a kiss to Clint. Kurt’s heart ached. He didn’t want his buddy’s girl, just what Clint had with her, what Becca had with Mike. He hoped it wasn’t too late for him.
He must have sighed or something because Clint elbowed him. “Those are some heavy thoughts,” he commented.
Kurt took a long pull of his beer and nodded but didn’t share.
“Savannah!” Sara’s cry drew both men’s attention. She rushed across the yard and threw her arms around the shoulders of the newcomer, hugging her tightly.
Once she had pulled away, Kurt got his first look at the new guest. A beautiful blonde stood with Sara, laughing at something Sara was saying. Sara pointed back towards him and Clint and the woman looked over.
Kurt’s breath caught when his gaze locked on hers. She was taller than Sara. She had pale, flawless skin, bright, large blue eyes and a wide welcoming smile. His cock immediately came to attention.
Damn, she was gorgeous!
“Who’s that?” he murmured to Clint.
Clint chuckled. “That, my friend, is the newest deputy. She is also one of Sara’s best friends. Just moved back to town, as a matter of fact.”
Kurt felt the need to pour the cold beer over his head to cool down when the two women started over. His cock was hard trapped behind the zipper of his jeans, and his canines ached to release.
Oh, this was very interesting.
Clint gripped his shoulder. “If you can stop drooling long enough for me to introduce you…”