Canadian Wolf
He's the one man she can never trust… Sergeant Major Owen Dewirter lives every day with the guilt of having let a shifter hurt one of his own. Now he's being forced to work beside Alpha Force newcomer Selena to train a new covert unit of shifters for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and stop a rash of serial kidnappings. Can Owen ignore his prejudices–and his fantasies–about his sexy new partner and do his job?When their passion ignites in the remote Canadian woods, the tension between Owen and Selena puts the joint mission in jeopardy. Can they learn to trust each other while tracking the enemy? Or will a cunning foe lure them into a dark and deadly endgame?
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She didnât even think about resistingâ¦
When their mouths met, the whole idea of conducting research on her own to avoid him flew from her mind, even as she pulled him even closer.
His hardness against her was irresistible. âOwen,â she whispered against his mouth.
âGood thing weâre in your bedroom,â he said hoarsely. âOr was this why you came in here?â
Despite herself, she laughed a little without pulling back very far. âBelieve me, I came in here to avoid this.â
âNope, I donât believe you.â He softened his words by deepening the kiss.
Selena moaned against him, even as her most sensitive body parts warmed and tingled in anticipation.
But though she still reveled in her memories of the last time despite recognizing what a bad idea it had been, having sex with Owen again would be an even worse ideaâ¦and it was absolutely foolish to even contemplate it here.
LINDA O. JOHNSTON loves to write. While honing her writing skills, she worked in advertising and public relations, then became a lawyerâ¦and enjoyed writing contracts. Lindaâs first published fiction appeared in Ellery Queenâs Mystery Magazine and won a Robert L. Fish Memorial Award for Best First Mystery Short Story of the Year. Linda now spends most of her time creating memorable tales of paranormal romance, romantic suspense and mystery. Visit www.lindaojohnston.com.
My special thanks to my wonderful agent Paige Wheeler of Creative Media Agency, and to my delightful Harlequin editor, Allison Lyons, who have been so fantastic in helping to keep the stories of Alpha Force an ongoing miniseries.
Thanks, too, to writers Leslie Knowles and Ann Finnin, who read my manuscript and gave me some great revision ideas.
And as always, thanks to my amazing husband, Fred, whom I always acknowledge in each of my books because he inspires me.
Like my other Alpha Force Nocturne⢠books, Canadian Wolf is dedicated to shape-shifters and the readers who love them.
Contents
âIâm still so jazzed!â said Lieutenant Rainey Jessop, clasping her hands under her chin. âWorking with Mounties. Thisâll be so much fun!â
Lieutenant Selena Jennay sent a wry smile toward her aide. Rainey had been excited from the moment the two of them had first been given this assignmentâyesterday. As for herself, she was skeptical. Sheâd reserve judgment until she better understood the players in this new mission.
She took a seat across from her aide at the table in the small meeting room with gray wallpapered walls, the secluded area to which theyâd been shown after arriving at the Royal Canadian Mounted Policeâs northwest Vancouver facility. Her cover dog, Lupe, a canine who resembled a mix between a wolf and a husky, lay beside her.
She glanced at Rainey. âDo you think itâs more fun than working with shapeshifters?â
Rainey looked momentarily shocked, a rare occurrence for the outgoing and chatty young woman. âHardly. But Iâm going to get to work with both Mounties and shapeshifters. Amazing!â She paused, and her smile morphed into a frown as two men in white shirts and blue pants walked into the room. âAlthough Iâd hoped that weâd get to work with Mounties in their gorgeous dress uniforms and tall hats,â she added under her breath.
Selena and Rainey rose to meet the men, smoothing down the camo uniforms of Alpha Force, the highly covert US military unit to which they belonged. Selenaâs light brown hair and Raineyâs darker brunette locks were both pulled back tightly into clips.
âGood morning,â said the first man to enter. He appeared middle-aged and had short white hair. Walking around the oval wooden table to where Selena and Rainey now stood, he held out a veined, long-fingered hand. âIâm Anthony Creay, deputy commissioner of the RCMPâs general policing services.â
Then he was the head of the group whoâd contacted Alpha Force, Selena reasoned. âHello, sir,â she said, shaking his hand. She introduced both Rainey and herself. Then she let her gaze drift to the other man.
âSergeant Major Owen Dewirter,â he said, proffering his hand for a shake, too. âAlso with general policing services.â
And most likely the man with whom theyâd be working over the next few weeks, Selena figured. The other guy was his superior officer and probably just wanted to make sure things got started well.
âWhich one of you is the shapeshifter?â Owen asked. The sergeant major had a distinctively handsome face, with brilliant blue eyes beneath strong brows that matched his short, wavy black hair. His nose was aquiline, his chin broad with just a hint of a beard shadow.
Yet judging by his unreadable expression, Selena had the impression that he wasnât overly fond of shifters. Did he even believe in them? That wasnât clear, at least not yet.
