Novels by Lorraine Brown

DianaI'm floating not in control of my body but I can see and hear everything happening around me. The excruciating pain that I felt is no longer there. I can't feel my body at all and I gaze up at the stars above me, grateful for a respite in the agony of my bones breaking and burning. I can hear Bonnie screaming and muffled sobs. I can see Hunter in my peripheral vision but I'm unable to move my eyes. I'm fixated on the sky above me and focus on one star in particular which is brighter than the rest. I float up higher leaving my body behind. I try to turn my head to look down but in my minds view all I can see is the sky. The sounds from below are too far to now hear clearly. I feel a gentle tug from my chest which increases my speed slightly into the sky. The tugging becomes more insistent and I notice how the stars start to blur until they merge and form a blinding white light all around me. The light doesn't hurt my eyes - which is good since I don't technically have usable

HunterI look at Diana one last time before I leave the room. Her temperature has started to rise again so I want to go and make sure everything is ready for when she starts. No doubt it's going to be a long night. I remember my first shift and the unbearable pain to the point I was begging for death. Death would have been kinder.I walk to the garden to see my parents, Bonnie and Orion sitting around the outdoor table drinking. They are all laughing except for Orion who sits with a blank face."Is everything ready?" I say to them as they stop to look at me. "Yes everything is perfect. Is Diana ok?" My mother answers."Sleeping" I say gruffly."Sit, have a drink with us, I'm sure she will come down when she's ready. We have hours yet" my father states. I glance over to the spot that's been set up. Furs and cushions lie on the floor and some chairs a few feet away. Lamps have been set up and buckets of ice water lined up to the side. "Is that enough ice?" I say not thinking it is.

Diana I return from the bathroom to see Hunter and Isaiah still standing looking at me."Would you like to explain the meaning of what your wolf said?" Isaiah says curiously.I look at Hunter who looks more worried than I've ever seen him. "I'm an Alpha" I say quietly."Impossible. Female Alpha's do not exist!" His dad says but even I can see he's rattled. "I didn't believe it either, but her wolf can do things that shouldn't be possible!" Hunter adds."Such as?" Isaiah asks Hunter but still looking at me warily."She's able to take over Diana at will even though she's been given enough wolfsbane to wipe out a small pack - it seems she's immune to it, She's impossibly strong already even though she hasn't shifted and I've never seen anyone who half shifts with such ease" Hunter states."I thought that was normal" I say sounding like a total idiot."Who is your father? What is your lineage?" Isaiah asks like he's trying to figure out a plausible explanation."My father was an Alpha.

DianaI wake up to thumping behind my eyes. "Urgh" I groan touching my head. I open my eyes to see Hunter smiling at me."Why are you smiling like an idiot at me?" I moan at him wincing from the pain. "The headache is a good sign" he says still fucking smiling at me. "Fuck off" I say bluntly throwing the pillow at him. He laughs at my feeble attempt at attacking him. "I had the worst headache the day I shifted. Be thankful you're not throwing your guts up like I was" he says rubbing my back. No sooner the words left his mouth I shot up and ran for the bathroom only just making it in time. I violently heaved and heaved until it felt like I'd brought up my liver. "This is normal?" I say resting my head on the toilet seat. Sheer exhaustion battered my body and I felt like I hadn't slept even though I'd just woke up from a good night's sleep. A thin sheen of sweat formed on my forehead and I felt my face burning. "Here" Hunter says passing me some water. "It will pass I promise

DianaThe drive back to Hunters pack was long but peaceful since Bonnie drove with Orion in her dad's car. She all but threw a fit when Hunter suggested we all drive together. She wanted her own car and came up with every excuse. She gets travel sick as a passenger, She needs to pee a lot and my personal favourite she needed the entire back seat and boot for all of her luggage - which technically wasn't an excuse as she filled her car, making Orion carry it all. During the drive Hunter told me about the conversation with his parents. How he had told them about me and his father's reaction. That he was prepared to leave until Orion called for their mother who had calmed the situation. It made me think about the pressures and burden Hunter had to endure growing up as the next Alpha and all the pack politics that went with it. Something I'd not known since I'd spent all of my life living under the guise of a human. The closer we got, the more nervous I began to feel and I could feel

DianaThe church bell rings out in the village one lonely sombre peal. The four of us walk away from the churchyard, Hunter is at my side holding my hand gently. "Are you ok?" Hunter asks me quietly.I nod. Unsure of what I'm supposed to say. My mother had been gone for so long. Long before she passed away. I had been grieving her loss along with my father's for the last six years. The entire village had been at the service with the exception of the under sixteens. Something that I hadn't expected yet made sense at the same time. She had been their Luna, my father's mate. They had all bowed their heads to me as I walked past. Something that did not go unnoticed by Hunter and Orion. Was I really a female Alpha or was it as impossible as Hunter had said? The thought of me being a leader made me scoff. Me! I could barely cook dinner without burning the house down, I didn't even know how to pay my electric bill - all my bills and expenses were taken care of by Gavin and I hated con