Benjamin

By Tami Lund

Welcome to Dark Moon Falls...where everything is not as it seems.
There are secrets, shifters, romance, villains, and so much more...

BENJAMIN
Benjamin Martinez joined the most dangerous rogue shifter pack in the country on his pack alpha’s orders. For five years, he’s been trying to figure out how to take them down.

Hannah Montgomery left her old pack and moved to Dark Moon Falls in an effort to forget her past. A past that involved rogue shifters. She swore she’d never have anything to do with them ever again.

When Ben meets Hannah, he doesn’t intend to tell her who he is or what he does for a living. Except the rogues are now after his pack.

And her.

Benjamin is a stand-alone novella set within the Dark Moon Falls world. All stories can be read on their own, however, I recommend reading these three in this order:
Lyall
Benjamin
Anthony

• Language: English
• Publisher: Tami Lund
• Release date: Nov 4, 2021
• ISBN: 9781005476700

Tami Lund

Romcom. Shifters. Vampires. Demigods. Dragons. Witches. Suspense. I write it all. With wine.

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BENJAMIN

by Tami Lund

Dark Moon Falls: Benjamin

Cover Design: Bella Roccaforte

Editor: Julie Sturgeon

Original Copyright: 2020 by Tami Lund

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Welcome to Dark Moon Falls…where everything is not as it seems.

There are secrets, shifters, romance, villains, and so much more…

BENJAMIN

Benjamin Martinez joined the most dangerous rogue shifter pack in the country on his pack alpha’s orders. For five years, he’s been trying to figure out how to take them down.

Hannah Montgomery left her old pack and moved to Dark Moon Falls in an effort to forget her past. A past that involved rogue shifters. She swore she’d never have anything to do with them ever again.

When Ben meets Hannah, he doesn’t intend to tell her who he is or what he does for a living. Except the rogues are now after his pack.

And her.

Benjamin is a stand-alone novella set within the Dark Moon Falls world. All stories can be read on their own, however, I recommend reading these three in this order:

Lyall

Benjamin

Anthony

Chapter One

Even when he was relaxing, having a beer in a familiar locale, Benjamin Martinez preferred to sit in a corner, a dark one, his back to the wall, with clear line of sight to the entrance.

The Wolf Inn was certainly familiar. Hell, before he’d left town it practically had been his second home.

That had been five years ago. Long enough that he didn’t recognize a fair number of the patrons who were hanging out on a Friday night, kicking back after a long work week.

Given the reason he’d returned, that played in his favor.

Lyall Wilson was behind the bar, Natalia by his side, and they were flirting with each other as they concocted some fancy drink that most certainly involved magic, to the thrill of the group of ladies hovering and clapping and oohing and aahing. A cluster of witches and a single, redheaded wolf shifter in their mix.

Natalia Vasquez, who was a member of the local witches’ coven, had left Dark Moon Falls even before Ben had, but clearly she’d returned at some point. And gotten back together with Lyall. Good for them. Ben had always thought they were one of those couples who were perfect together, and he hadn’t understood why Natalia had taken off so abruptly after high school.

Not that he was in a position to reacquaint himself with his old friends and have a catch-up session.

He slid farther down in his chair and stuffed his hands into the pockets of his jacket. Wouldn’t it be nice to have the ability to become invisible? Sure would have made his job a hella lot easier over the years.

One of the waitresses noticed his empty pint glass and asked if he wanted a refill. He grunted and nodded, and she left again. On the negative side, it would be hard to get a drink if he were invisible.

He scanned the crowd again, taking note of every individual, cataloging his gut instinct about each one, doing the necessary recon for both of his bosses.

While he appreciated their collective beauty, he dismissed the group of women at the bar as unconnected to his current mission.

The two shifters who were hunched over their drinks and sat a few feet from the women were hunters from the local pack. Luca and Samira Basile, twins, scary as hell and faithful to their family, friends, hometown.

Ben glanced at the cluster of young wolves over near the pool tables. They were all doing a lousy job of pretending to play a game while salivating over the ladies, who were all now doing shots of whatever Lyall and Natalia had created for them.

Ben needed to figure out a way to get the pool players out of the bar before other members of his pack showed up. They were exactly what his pack liked to recruit: young, aggressive, hungry for adventure.

Except the sort of adventure his pack dabbled in was not what these guys wanted. Not even the romanticized version.

Samira glanced Ben’s way, and, with his gaze on the ladies at the bar, he gave an almost imperceptible nod toward the fellas hanging around the pool table. She smacked her brother on the arm, and they both slid off their barstools and headed that way.

Ben watched as the two hunters chatted up the young guys.

He knew that they wouldn’t look his way. He’d bet money that none of them were even aware that he was in the room. He wasn’t wearing a short skirt and heels, after all.

After a few minutes and with only minimal protest, the young guys returned the pool sticks to the holder in the corner and made their way out of the building. Ben noticed they deliberately walked close to the bar and a few interacted with the group of ladies who were on their second round of shots. But Samira was nothing if not efficient, and she didn’t give anyone time to exchange numbers as she herded them toward the door.

Ben waited five minutes then slipped his phone out of his pocket and typed out a text message:

No potential here.

And then he made his way to the restroom. He needed to piss before he headed back to where his pack was waiting on the outskirts of town. Depending on how annoyed he’d be over Ben’s text, Vape, their leader, might decide to pull up stakes and head on to the next stop that very night.

Ben certainly hoped so. Not that he relished getting on the road so quickly, but he certainly wanted Vape and his dangerous crew as far away from Dark Moon Falls as he could get them.

After draining the main vein and washing his hands, Ben tugged open the door to the men’s room as his pocket vibrated, indicating he had a text. Distracted, he stepped into the hall and slammed into another body.

Automatically, he reached out to steady the other person. His hands landed on the curve of a woman’s hips. A nice curve. The flesh underneath the skirt fit so nicely in his palms, he smoothed his hands down so that his fingers could stroke over a plump, yet firm ass.

Hey! The woman whose ass he was fondling gave him a shove; he realized what the hell he was doing and threw his arms into the air as he backed up a couple of steps.

Sorry. I didn’t mean to, uh…

Grab my ass? Because it sure felt like you deliberately put your hands on my rear and gave it a squeeze.

He swallowed. Um, sorry?

She shook her head. Whatever. Just don’t touch me again without my permission.

A pretty face that was a dangerous mix of wholesome and sexy, plump cheeks, ruby lips, and wide, blue eyes was framed by vibrant, red curls. He’d always had a thing for redheads. And even though he should get the hell out of here and head back to where Vape and his crew waited on the outskirts of town, he stayed right there in that hallway and nodded. I promise, next time, I’ll get your permission first.

Like there would be a next time.

She canted her head. You don’t look familiar.

Neither do you. He grew up in this small town, so chances were good that if she had, too, they would have crossed paths at some point.

She glanced at the bar, like she was about to excuse herself and walk away.

How come you’re hanging out with witches? he blurted.

Jesus, he was usually way more suave than this. And honestly, he shouldn’t even be interacting. Even if this woman decided to give him her number—highly unlikely after this exchange—he’d never call it. He couldn’t. Maintaining contacts in Dark Moon Falls was dangerous to his undercover operation.

Turning back to look him