First Words for Sunday, September 16, 2018—Mack ‘n’ Me: The Wolves of Alpha 9

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Last week, I had some good news. It was awesome, but, combined with the short story I prioritised, and a rental inspection—because it never rains, but it pours—it meant a lot of reshuffling, and I didn’t get any words down on Mack ‘n’ Me: The Wolves of Alpha 9.This was okay, and I caught up the words on Sunday this week… but completely missed it on Monday as I got my head around what to do for a short story release done as part of a group, a short story acceptance, and getting ready to visit my mum. Like I said—rain, pouring—and I’m enjoying the challenge. So excuses aside, when I started the words on Sunday, Cutter

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In the end, Rohan let the cub go, and it was just Tens and one very angry wolfling. I’ll give the Tens this, once the cub took him off his feet, again, he at least remembered he was dealing with a child—a very tough child, who was beating twenty kinds of crap out of his face, but one that was barely a metre tall, and who’d been through Hell.

The fight ended with Tens pinning the kid to the floor and growling into his face.

The kid snarled right back, but he stopped fighting and he wasn’t trying to get away.

“She is my pack,” the technician snarled, clearly referring to me, “and mine to command.”

I raised an eyebrow, and shifted uncomfortably, but, before I could work out a response to that, Mack walked through the door, one very worried girl child by his side. He pointed her to where Tens had the cub pinned to the floor.

“You wanna go explain to him why he can’t eat my tech?”

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The first three books and two short stories in the Mack ‘n’ Me ‘n’ Odyssey series: Mack ‘n’ Me: Origins, The Depredides Dance, Mack ‘n’ Me: Blaedergil’s Host, Mack ‘n’ Me: Arach and Cloud Door, are also available. The fourth book, Mack ‘n’ Me: The Transporter’s Favour will release shortly.

Location: Canberra ACT 2601, Australia

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