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    Marked!
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    Marked!

    By Jaxx Steele

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    Sharing what you know with your lover can give him the power he needs to win, especially when he's fighting a rogue wolf.

    Mark Delonco was betrayed, ostracized, rejected, beaten and left for dead by a pack brother. As he wanders the forest, an unfamiliar scent brings him to a gruesome scene—and his betrayer. Another confrontation brings not only victory for the moment but also the possibility for love and redemption.

    Victor Bradley could never maintain a relationship with anyone and he didn't know why. It wasn't that something was wrong with the men he chose, it was just that no one ever felt right to him. While visiting his forest home, a stranger appears at the door and changes his life. How can he know a man he has never met?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPride Publishing
    Release dateOct 3, 2014
    ISBN9781784302252
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      Marked! - Jaxx Steele

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      A Totally Bound Publication

      Marked!

      ISBN # 978-1-78430-225-2

      ©Copyright Jaxx Steele 2014

      Cover Art by Posh Gosh ©Copyright September 2014

      Edited by Faith Bicknell-Brown

      Totally Bound Publishing

      This is a work of fiction. All characters, places and events are from the author’s imagination and should not be confused with fact. Any resemblance to persons, living or dead, events or places is purely coincidental.

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any material form, whether by printing, photocopying, scanning or otherwise without the written permission of the publisher, Totally Bound Publishing.

      Applications should be addressed in the first instance, in writing, to Totally Bound Publishing. Unauthorized or restricted acts in relation to this publication may result in civil proceedings and/or criminal prosecution.

      The author and illustrator have asserted their respective rights under the Copyright Designs and Patents Acts 1988 (as amended) to be identified as the author of this book and illustrator of the artwork.

      Published in 2014 by Totally Bound Publishing, Newland House, The Point, Weaver Road, Lincoln, LN6 3QN

      Warning:

      This book contains sexually explicit content which is only suitable for mature readers. This story has a heat rating of Totally Burning and a Sexometer of 2.

      MARKED!

      Jaxx Steele

      Sharing what you know with your lover can give him the power he needs to win, especially when he’s fighting a rogue wolf.

      Mark Delonco was betrayed, ostracized, rejected, beaten and left for dead by a pack brother. As he wanders the forest, an unfamiliar scent brings him to a gruesome scene—and his betrayer. Another confrontation brings not only victory for the moment but also the possibility for love and redemption.

      Victor Bradley could never maintain a relationship with anyone and he didn’t know why. It wasn’t that something was wrong with the men he chose, it was just that no one ever felt right to him. While visiting his forest home, a stranger appears at the door and changes his life. How can he know a man he has never met?

      Dedication

      Dedicated to those who know that

      when the two become one what emerges is the best of both.

      Prologue

      Regina heard the wooden floors creak under the pressure of footfalls behind her. She adjusted the baby in her arms to look over her shoulder. Her husband stood in the doorway. She smiled as he reached for the ceiling and yawned loudly.

      Hi, sweetheart. Did you enjoy your nap? she asked, accepting the kiss he placed on her forehead.

      It was very pleasant, Regina, thank you.

      She flipped the baby over and shifted him to her shoulder. Victor just woke up as well. Do you mind if we take him out to play by the lake for a while before I start dinner? She patted the child’s back.

      Of course not, darling.

      Charles took the child from her and she gathered their things. Only a few feet outside the home’s back door, just beyond a fire pit and a large tree stump used for chopping wood, lay a crystal-clear lake. Regina loved coming to their forest home. The house was only an hour south of Indianapolis in Connelly, Indiana, where the industrialization of the forest was still kept at bay. The old log cabin and the nearby lake had been in Charles’ family since long before his birth.

      Though the sun could not be seen through the dense leaves over their picnic site, the heated air and peeks of light on the water before them told of its existence. Regina settled on the blanket by the water’s edge with her feet in the water. Charles lay beside her, playfully tossing the babe into the air, both of them laughing gleefully. Suddenly, he clutched his son close and sat up straight. Regina frowned at his abrupt movement.

      Honey, did you hear something?

      Before Regina could answer, a wolf burst from the trees and into the clearing, startling them. Regina screamed and Charles jumped to his feet. He shoved the infant into her arms and pushed them behind him. The huge wolf, its body wide, thick and sandy-furred, glared at them with yellow eyes. Its snout wrinkled as it snarled menacingly, baring its teeth. There was no doubt the wolf was preparing to attack.

      Run, sweetheart! Take the baby back into the house, Charles commanded.

      Regina moved to do as her husband had told her, but the wolf leaped in front of her, blocking her getaway. Charles reached for the blanket and stepped in front of his wife again.

      Yah! Yah! Go away, wolf! he shouted, flapping his arms wildly. He whipped the blanket at the beast.

      Regina watched as her husband moved back and forth in front of her trying to fend off the wolf. To her dismay, the wolf stood its ground, growling and snapping at him,

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