{"id":25851,"date":"2026-02-21T08:24:06","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T13:24:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=25851"},"modified":"2026-03-22T10:38:43","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T14:38:43","slug":"cry-wolf-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/25851","title":{"rendered":"Cry Wolf"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cry Wolf<\/em><\/a> (2008) Patricia Briggs<\/a> (Alpha & Omega #1)<\/p>\n

\"Cry<\/p>\n

“Bran, the Marrok, is going to bring the werewolves out to the public?” Her voice was hushed as if she could never imagine such a thing. <\/p>\n

“He thinks that too many of the wrong people already know,” he told her. “Science and computers have made it harder and harder for us to hide. Da hopes that he can control it better if he initiates the flow of information rather than waiting until our enemies or some innocent idiot decides to do it for us.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

By the time they started setting aside wilderness areas, the only wild country left was pretty rugged.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Sarai had often thumped him soundly on the head for looking at other women, though she\u2019d known he\u2019d never stray. Now that she was gone, he seldom even looked. Flirting didn\u2019t make him feel disloyal to his dead mate, but he\u2019d found he missed that thump too badly.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Bran was always a deceptive bastard, gentle and mild right up until he ripped your throat out. He had many other fine qualities as well.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Characters<\/strong>: Walter Rice, Anna Latham, Boyd, Bran Cornick the Marrok, Charles Cornick, Samuel Cornick, Asil “The Moor” (Hussan), Walter, Sarai, Mary Alvarado, Sage, Tag, Heather Morrell, Jack, Leah Cornick<\/p>\n

Cover by Daniel Dos Santos<\/p>\n

Publisher: Ace<\/p>\n

Rating: 8\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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