Claiming Lyla: Dirigo Pack Series, #0.5

By Sabrina Silvers

When Lyla Chatham's brother, the pack alpha, learns of her interference in his criminal activities, he sets her up for a Claiming Rite with a series of brutal alphas to get rid of her. But neither of them expects the Shifter Council's representative to be on hand to interfere or to be her true mate.

 

Duncan MacKinnon is on his last assignment before he can return to his pack and take up his duties as Alpha Heir when a simple undercover operation turns into a rescue mission, not only of his mate but of several human females.

 

When it all goes south, will Lyla trust an unknown Alpha, her true mate, or remain free to defeat her brother herself?

 

This novella was originally published as a short story in the Anthology: First Response – A Boys Behaving Badly Anthology Edited by Delilah Devlin. It has been edited and expanded to include new content

• Language: English
• Publisher: Sabrina Silvers
• Release date: Jun 4, 2021
• ISBN: 9781393321705

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Claiming Lyla

CLAIMING LYLA

A DIRIGO PACK PREQUEL

SABRINA SILVERS

REVISED AND EXPANDED EDITION

CLAIMING LYLA

When Lyla Chatham’s brother, the pack alpha, learns of her interference in his criminal activities, he sets her up for a Claiming Rite with a series of brutal alphas to get rid of her. But neither of them expects the Shifter Council’s representative to be on hand to interfere or to be her true mate.

Duncan MacKinnon is on his last assignment before he can return to his pack and take up his duties as Alpha Heir when a simple undercover operation turns into a rescue mission, not only of his mate but of several human females.

When it all goes south, will Lyla trust an unknown Alpha, her true mate, or remain free to defeat her brother herself?

CONTENTS

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

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Copyright © February 2021 by Sabrina Silvers

Originally published as a short story in the Anthology: First Response – A Boys Behaving Badly Anthology Edited by Delilah Devlin

Revised and Expanded with new content for this edition.

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CHAPTER ONE

Lyla Chatham bent over from the stabbing pain in her side, pausing beside the ancient oak tree under whose branches she’d played as a cherished child of her father, the alpha of their pack. Senses heightened, she focused on the sounds around her—especially the running footsteps of the hunters who had spread out through the forest to pursue her. Her breath came in shuddering pants, and she strained to control the sounds, knowing every noise could give her away, could betray her weakness to those who would take that which she valued most.

Her freedom.

Despite the dark of night, she wasn't lost, having grown up here, roamed and hunted, protected and safe, until her father died in a fiery car crash a couple of years ago. Now, her brother, Scott, had taken over the leadership of their pack, and everything had changed.

A howl came from somewhere behind her and slightly to the left. Then an answering one sounded on the right. They were herding her to capture her in order to claim her. To fuck her. She knew the forest but, in the darkness, and with her own pack against her, there was no sanctuary. The city might offer protection for a while, muddy her scent, but it was miles away, and the chances of her making it that far was a long shot. Besides, the vampires were there, and they had an alliance with her brother, at least the ones who bent the laws.

It didn’t matter because she’d never make it anyway. She didn't have just one alpha chasing her. Her brother had offered her up to five, with the winner claiming her as mate, provided he kept her silent about her brother’s illegal actions.

A Claiming Rite. Rarely done outside of the traditional packs, and mostly in the old country, never in America—at least not in the last hundred years. Not since the wars ended and pure-blooded shifter females, like her, became precious. None of the five who chased her were suitors her father had considered suitable mates, but her brother didn't care much about that. He only cared about the money they paid for her and if they could control her.

The cramp in her side eased, and she straightened. She wouldn't be trapped among the trees. She'd make her stand in the meadow where she’d changed for the first time. She’d pray to the goddess that she and the ancestors would lend her their strength and support. She took off at a run, refusing to shift, even though she could run faster on four paws than two. An alpha could force her to shift back to human form, and when she shifted, she'd be naked. Lyla didn't want to make anything easier for him.

She paused on the edge of the meadow, where the moonlight shone bright as daylight. The howls had grown fainter, so her false trail had fooled some of the alphas.

She scented the air and didn't detect anything other than remnant odors from the pack’s last hunt. Cautiously, she emerged. She'd been secretly trained by her father's second, who’d conveniently been killed in a car accident just before her father's death. She could hold her own. Not forever against five alphas and their seconds, but well enough to maybe hurt them. It might