Book excerpt: A breathtaking new tale of the Dire Wolves, from the bestselling author of Dire Needs… Immortal and invincible, Rifter is the head of the last surviving pack of Dire Wolves—a band of Alpha brothers charged with protecting the Weres. But now that witches have joined forces with nefarious weretrappers, it’s a perfect storm for double trouble. When the murder of a human points to a wolf—along with the threat of the packs being outed to the world—the Dires fear that something even more dangerous is out there hiding in the dark, something waiting for the right time to show itself. Includes a letter from the author and a teaser chapter from Dire Needs.