Exclusive Excerpt: Lonesome Theta by Rachel Ravenheart

Welcome to author Rachel Ravenheart and the Lonesome Theta blog tour!

About the Book

Title: Lonesome Theta
Series: The Lonestar Chronicles: Book Two
Published: December 21, 2017
Buy Link: AMAZON
Length: 169 Pages
Categories: Paranormal, Shifters, M/M Romance
Blurb: Alex has been chosen to form alliances with other packs in the region, and to find his fated mate. On this journey, he will meet prejudice, jealousy and corruption. His own mother disowns him for being gay. And there are those who still want his gay Alpha’s dead. Will he find the temerity to confront the all powerful Alpha’s of these other packs? Will he find his fated mate?

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The Excerpt

I parked and headed up the front steps to ring the doorbell. After about a minute, the door opened.

“Can I help you?” A woman asked with a hint of a smile on her face. “Is Alpha Mike here?”
“Is he expecting you?”
“Alex Jones from Texas.” I smiled.

“Come in, Alex. I’ll take you to Alpha Mike.” I entered the house and followed her down the hall into his office. A man in his fifties sat at the desk reading some papers.

“That will be all. Thank you, Catherine. Take a seat, Alex. I’ll be with you in a minute.” Something in his tone did not sit well with me. He finally said, “What did you think of my daughter, Catherine?”

“She seems lovely. She’ll make her mate very happy one day.”

“I don’t believe in ‘mates’,” he said with disdain. “Anyway, we’re here to talk about aligning the Mississippi Pack with the Lonestar Pack. I’m honestly surprised they sent someone other than an Alpha to have these discussions.”

“Alphas Jamie and Jackson felt that I would be the most appropriate choice to make the journey for them.”

“Is it true that Alpha Jamie is a white wolf? I can’t believe that the Moon Goddess would mate someone as powerful as a white wolf with another male wolf.” The glint in his eyes made me feel uneasy.

“Alphas Jamie and Jackson are fated mates. The Goddess wouldn’t have made a mistake like that. They balance each other perfectly and are true leaders in every sense of the word.”

“Hmmm. That may be so, but I don’t approve. Before we go into details about this, you should settle in. Catherine will show you to your room.”

I stood up and shook his hand just as someone knocked on the office door.

“Come in, Catherine.” He walked around to the front of his desk as she walked into the office. “Please show Alex to his room and then show him around the pack grounds.”

I followed her out of the office. “Alex is it?”

“Yes, Alex.”

“Do you believe in fated mates?”

“I know that some don’t want to wait or have already waited so long that they’ll mate with someone just so they won’t be lonely. I, however, don’t want anyone but my true mate. That was part of my Alphas’ reasoning when they selected me to do the ‘goodwill tour’. I’m hoping that by the time I get home I will have met him. That way, I can find a steady position that will support me and my mate. Do you believe in fated mates?”

“I do. But my dad wants me to mate and take over the pack within the year. I’ve met my mate, but my dad will never accept the one I’m fated to be with.”

“Why won’t he accept him? Is your dad that hung up on power?”

“My mate is the Beta’s daughter.” She turned and continued walking down the hallway. “Did you know beforehand that your mate would be a female?” Another set of Alphas of

the same sex. I hoped her dad wouldn’t interfere with that. The next thing I knew we were standing in front of an open door.

“Linda and I have always been close. In high school we had boyfriends, but neither of us ever really did anything with them. We had made a pact when we were younger that we would save ourselves for our mates and that’s what we’ve done. I had no idea it would turn out this way, By the way this is your room.”

“I can’t believe that your Alpha would have a problem with it. After all, she is your fated mate.”

“He doesn’t believe in fated mates being the other half of us and that they are there to make us stronger. He rejected his fated mate because she was an Omega. He didn’t feel she would benefit him at all or that she was capable of giving him strong pups. My mom is the daughter of a neighboring Alpha and agreed to let dad mate with her to form an alliance.”

“That’s crazy. Although some do feel the same way. My dad is one. I’ve known I was gay since the age of thirteen, but I could never tell my dad because he’d disown me. I can only hope that he’ll be okay if my fated mate is a guy. He isn’t happy to have gay Alphas.”

“Don’t be shocked, but I think my dad is hoping you’ll agree to mate with me so there will be a strong male to lead the pack.”

“I won’t mate with someone who isn’t my fated mate, and that’s all there is to it.”

“I understand where you’re coming from, but I may have no choice in the matter. I don’t want my pack to suffer for not having a true Alpha to lead them.” She paced back and forth. I didn’t envy her one little bit. “Would you still refuse, even if that meant our packs would not be allies?”

“Yes. My Alphas would understand and back me up one hundred percent.”
“If it were up to me, I’d back your pack without a doubt, seeing how close the packs are to each other. If he won’t agree, just know that when he steps down and I take over, I’ll make the agreement with your pack.” She headed for the door then turned around. “Get settled in. Lunch is usually a buffet around eleven-thirty.”