Four people sat at the counter drinking coffee.
A papier-mâché sun hung from the ceiling. An inflatable palm tree was near the door. It started snowing again by the time I opened the door to Oasis. Three weeks of nothing but the shop ahead, and I was happy. That winter, I left school and went to the diner. When I got home, I had leaves in my hair and there was a car parked in front of the empty house at the end of the lane. There was a flash of black, but then it was gone. There was no response, but I knew something was there. I thought I should run, but I couldn’t make my feet work. It flew away, and I wondered how long it would live. I lay on my back and looked at the sky through the trees while waiting for my socks to dry.Ī dragonfly landed on a rock near my head. I hopped over a creek, but it was too wide and my feet got wet. One day, I picked up a stick and pretended it was a sword. Please enjoy this free excerpt of Wolfsong by TJ Klune, on sale 7/4/23 The Green Creek Series is for adult readers. The beloved fantasy romance sensation by New York Times bestselling author TJ Klune, about love, loyalty, betrayal, and family. Except now he’s a man – charming, handsome, but haunted – and Ox can no longer ignore the song that howls between them. Violence flared, tragedy split the pack, and Joe left town, leaving Ox behind. Ox was twenty-three when murder came to town and tore a hole in his heart. Drawn to their magic, loyalty, and enduring friendships, Ox feels a gulf between this extraordinary new world and the quiet life he’s known, but he finds an ally in Joe, the youngest Bennett boy. Ox was sixteen when the energetic Bennett family moved in next door, harboring a secret that would change him forever. Oxnard Matheson was twelve when his father taught him a lesson: Ox wasn’t worth anything and people would never understand him. They’re not just a family, they’re a pack.
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