PROLOGUE
The Claim
AN ECLIPSE MEANS SOMETHING VERY different for wolves than it does for humans. Most humans become restless with energy, and some of them even become unstable or off kilter. Some humans avoid others because they know the likelihood of mood swings and frantic behaviors that transpire because of the phases of the moon.
Other’s seek nature and even observe the brilliance of sun, moon, and earth as they align in a rarer precedence. Those humans aren’t as human as they think. Time has diluted their bloodlines that trace back to what they once were. An eclipse makes them feel all the magic that flows through their bodies for a short amount of time. They answer the call by becoming one with nature in their own way to celebrate something that they don’t understand. Things they don’t know about, but that they feel.
Wolves experience an eclipse more extreme than any other species. They have the urge to hunt, kill, and even mate more than any other time of the year. The moon brings those instincts to the surface, and even the strongest Alphas and warriors cannot deny their compulsion to be who they truly are.
When the sun, moon, and earth align, the female wolves go into a heat that every man is powerless to deny. Her scent is heady, but it’s a call to her one true mate to find, mate, and mark her. To them, her scent is the most potent, and he becomes a slave to her desires. Her scent is strongest when the alignment is perfect and complete. The effects of an eclipse lasts three days, giving mates time to answer the pull.
A total eclipse has different effects lasting up to seven days. The mates can be driven insane by the intensity of the need to mate. A connection between mates is made during a total eclipse that can never be destroyed. The connection is different for every mated pair. The agenda is the same: To Claim.