Title: Hope
Series: Forbes Mates #5
Author: Grace R. Duncan
Miguel
Garcia and Luis Rodriguez have been best friends all their lives. For the last
year, they’ve been hiding the fact that they’re also destined mates. When
Luis’s family finds out, they kick him out. Miguel’s family would keep them…
except their alpha has been known to be downright violent against gay wolves.
With the
help of Miguel’s mother, they set out to find a pack that will accept them.
They run into more that a few obstacles before they end up in Denver, at the
national wolf headquarters, meeting the alpha prime. They’re stunned to find,
not only offers to join more than one pack, but that their struggle can shine
light on a bigger problem–and make things better for LGBT wolves across the
country.
Excerpt
When they
pulled into the Phoenix station, Miguel found himself annoyed that there didn’t
seem to be anything nearby. He’d spent so much time in a city—a real, big city,
with a McDonald’s and an In-N-Out on every corner—that to step outside and see
nothing besides the bus station but an airport and desert was disheartening.
He shoved
the thought off and found the text from his mamá with the Tonto alpha’s phone
number. In a few moments, he had directions to a McDonald’s a little distance
away by city bus and where to pick it up. They stored their bags in a locker
and headed out.
But barely
two hours later, he and Luis were once more waiting for a bus, this time with
an even less friendly suggestion to move on. He couldn’t say the alpha was
<em>hostile</em> necessarily, but the curled lip he got when he saw
Miguel and Luis holding hands had said enough. The meeting had been very short,
very tense, and ended with the alpha telling them there was a 2:45 a.m. bus
from Phoenix going east and they “had better be on it.”
Miguel was
already tired of that reaction. While the pack in Palm Springs hadn’t been
nearly as mean, he knew quite well it was because they were same-sex mates.
Three packs, so far—their original and two others—hadn’t wanted them.
“Maybe we
shouldn’t tell them, Miguel.”
Miguel
sighed and kissed the top of Luis’s head. “I was just thinking something like
that. If we didn’t, if we maybe… made something up about why we left, perhaps
we could at least stay for a while.”
Luis nodded.
“We’ve only been gone, what… two days?”
Miguel had
to think. “Just over twenty-four hours, actually.”
“Damn. It
feels a lot longer.” Luis shook his head.
“It doesn’t
help that we haven’t really slept. With any luck, Gila will want us. Or at
least, let us stay for a bit. Maybe we can get jobs to earn some money.”
“That would
be good. How much do we have left?”
Miguel
pulled out the cash they still had and carefully counted it, while trying not
to be obvious that was what he was doing. The bus station was fairly empty, but
he didn’t want to start anything, especially because the best way he had to
defend himself and Luis involved claws and fangs. “After the tickets to Deming,
just over a hundred dollars. The tickets from Deming to Silver City are another
thirty for the two of us. We could see about selling Mamá’s ring in Silver
City, if we need to.”
“Let’s…
let’s not do that until we are out of money.”
Hugging Luis
close, Miguel nodded. “Yeah, I don’t want to either, if we can help it.”
They fell
silent, occasionally glancing at the television in the corner, while keeping an
eye on the Border Patrol officer sitting in another corner. They both had US
driver’s licenses, but that didn’t mean much if he wanted to cause problems for
them. He reminded himself to speak English. Then, trying not to worry, Miguel
did his best to simply enjoy holding Luis. Luis’s breathing evened out, and
Miguel did what he could to resettle his mate in the horribly uncomfortable
metal nightmares they called bench seats.
Author Bio
Grace Duncan grew
up with a wild imagination. She told
stories from an early age – many of which got her into trouble. Eventually, she learned to channel that
imagination into less troublesome areas, including fanfiction, which is what
has led her to writing male/male erotica.
A gypsy in her
own right, Grace has lived all over the United States. She has currently set up camp in East Texas
with her husband and children – both the human and furry kind.
As one of those
rare creatures who loves research, Grace can get lost for hours on the
internet, reading up on any number of strange and different topics. She can also be found writing fanfiction,
reading fantasy, crime, suspense, romance and other erotica or even dabbling in
art.
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