Jaguar Mate

By SA Welsh

Still living with the memories of his mother’s death and subjected to the violent abuse from his stepdad, Jay almost loses his mind when he’s attacked by his childhood bully who turns into a bear. One identical to the grizzly bear that killed his mother years ago. The last thing he needs is to find out that Pack Valley is much weirder than it seems and that his first love Kyle and his family have a tendency to purr.

Everything crashes together one night—from bullies and abusers getting what they deserve to a black jaguar protecting and claiming his mate. Can Jay deal with being claimed by his best friend or will fear of rejection stop him taking a chance?

• Language: English
• Publisher: eXtasy Books Inc
• Release date: Nov 16, 2014
• ISBN: 9781487400729

SA Welsh

I'm SA Welsh and I write because the voices in my head keep making me. I love reading and I love letting the characters and stories in my head come to life in a book. I can't function in the morning without a cup of tea and when I'm not writing I'm reading. I have enough books to last me through an apocalypse but don’t ask me to share them unless you are a fellow book worm and know how to treat and appreciate a good book. It is thanks to the writers that inspired me to put myself out there that I became an author and the editors that make sense of my chaos that I keep writing.

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Still living with the memories of his mother’s death and subjected to the violent abuse from his stepdad, Jay almost loses his mind when he’s attacked by his childhood bully who turns into a bear. One identical to the grizzly bear that killed his mother years ago. The last thing he needs is to find out that Pack Valley is much weirder than it seems and that his first love Kyle and his family have a tendency to purr.

Everything crashes together one night—from bullies and abusers getting what they deserve to a black jaguar protecting and claiming his mate. Can Jay deal with being claimed by his best friend or will fear of rejection stop him taking a chance?

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Jaguar Mate

Copyright © 2014 SA Welsh

ISBN: 978-1-4874-0072-9

Cover art by Scott Carpenter

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Jaguar Mate

Pack Valley 1

By

SA Welsh

Dedication

For A, M and L.

Chapter One

He hit the ground hard, the stones and sticks of the forest floor digging into his palms as he tried to break his fall. It didn’t do much good, though, with a heavy-footed oaf standing on his back to drive his face into the dirt. Jayden was not having the best day.

Get up, fag-boy. The growled words punctuated with a vicious kick to his ribs.

Come on, man, we need to go. Someone could have heard him yell. I ain’t going back to prison for no cocksucker, Billy. I won’t face the pack either just ‘cause you wanna get even. They’ll skin you like they did your daddy. Heavy footsteps thudded through the ground to Jay’s ear as one of the two thugs ran off, leaving just Billy next to him.

For years, Billy tormented Jay, for no other reason than the fact he happened to be a Goth and liked to dress differently. Rednecks like Billy-Bob Jr saw the shoulder length hair and assumed he was gay. In their world, it gave them the right to beat the shit out of him whenever they felt like it. The fact that he was gay wasn’t the point.

But it had never been this bad though. It was usually just a punch or two until someone from town intervened and made sure they left him alone for a month or so. They had never dragged him away from a public street before. Now, deep in the forest, away from the town’s Halloween celebrations, he doubted anyone would come to his rescue this time.

He was on his own.

Jay took advantage of his attacker’s momentary distraction, leapt to his feet and tried to run back down to the hiking path. He had a vague idea how far he was from the path, as he spent most of his free time roaming the forest to avoid going home. His stepdad and Billy were a lot alike. The man had even praised Billy when Jay had turned up with a black eye and finished off the job, leaving Jay black and blue.

Those bruises were always in places easy to hide from the prying eyes of the protective community. But the real reason he stayed quiet was the threat of losing the cabin his mother had loved so much.

The more he fought back, the harder his stepdad would hit. He’d learned early on to pick his battles in order to survive. He had only one year and three days left before the deed passed to him on his twenty-first birthday.

It felt like a prison sentence, but the thought of losing the last thing left of his mother hurt more than anything his stepdad could dish out.

Jay made it about thirty yards before Billy’s big body shoved his own skinny frame into a tree. Billy grabbed his hands when he tried to