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    The Alpha Gladiator
    The Alpha Gladiator
    The Alpha Gladiator
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    The Alpha Gladiator

    By Beth D. Carter

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    Ravage is the fierce Alpha of his people, the Lycans. During the mating celebration, while their guards are down, his people are attacked and twelve are captured for the gladiator games of Kappuah, including Aleirah, the woman Ravage wants above all others.

    He tries to resist, but he’s unwilling to see his men and his female harmed by the ruthless tyrants of the game. He must make the ultimate sacrifice of taking lives if he’s to protect his people.

    But there is one secret no one knows, and Ravage is more than willing to show how some myths are based in truth, by letting his inner wolf come out to destroy all those who enslaved them.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherEvernight Publishing
    Release dateAug 1, 2015
    ISBN9781772334326
    The Alpha Gladiator
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    Beth D. Carter

    I like writing about the very ordinary girl thrust into extrordinary circumstances, so my heroines will probably never be lawyers, doctors or corporate highrollers. I try to write characters who aren't cookie cutters and push myself to write complicated situations that I have no idea how to resolve, forcing me to think outside the box. I love to hear from readers so I’ve made it really easy to find me on Facebook or Twitter. To subscribe to my newsletter, please visit my website: www.writtenbutterfly.com

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      The Alpha Gladiator - Beth D. Carter

      Published by Evernight Publishing ® at Smashwords

      www.evernightpublishing.com

      Copyright© 2015 Beth D. Carter

      ISBN: 978-1-77233-432-6

      Cover Artist: Jay Aheer

      Editor: Melissa Hosack

      ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

      WARNING: The unauthorized reproduction or distribution of this copyrighted work is illegal. No part of this book may be used or reproduced electronically or in print without written permission, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in reviews.

      This is a work of fiction. All names, characters, and places are fictitious. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, organizations, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

      DEDICATION

      Big thanks to CR Moss and everyone at Evernight.

      For Jeff, who is the unknown Gladiator.

      THE ALPHA GLADIATOR

      Warriors of the Arena, 1

      Beth D. Carter

      Copyright © 2015

      Chapter One

      A bonfire burned brightly under the full moon. Its flames extended so high they set the night sky ablaze. Ravage walked the perimeter of the clearing where his people danced to honor the gods. It was mating season, and he circled the young males and females who all vied to capture one another’s attention. His people called it the Thunder Moon, one that usually gave them inhuman strength, but now roused them into a frenzied sexual need. Ensuring the peace between the males as they sniffed for their mates happened to be his duty as Alpha.

      About fifty yards away sat another bonfire, tended by the elder generations, those who already had mates, or those who decided not to mate at all. For them it was a night of celebration, of gathering together in song and praise to their ancestors and traditions.

      Across the way on the other side of the bonfire, Aleirah strolled along, keeping an eye on people. Her long dark hair caught the glow from the bonfire and swung with a blue gleam. His cock hardened with interest. He wanted Aleirah, but so far, she had rejected all his attempts at courting. He had known his whole life that Aleirah was destined to be his, just as he had known from a tender age that he would someday be Alpha. It was an innate awareness beyond comprehension, a primitive call to be leader. Alphas were bigger, tougher, and more dominant than other Lycans and once he had reached maturity, his body had finally caught up with the power he’d been born with, filling out with muscle and strength. Ravage had risen quickly through the military ranks until the old Alpha recognized who Ravage was meant to be. Then he declared they fight in the Dominance Battle, although Ravage had been reluctant to fight someone so old. Still, it was the only way to become Alpha, so he’d fought and won. It had been the last time he killed a man.

      One day, the same would happen to him, when the next Alpha rose to power.

      Aleirah’s laugh trickled over the distance, bringing him out of his dark thoughts, and he smiled. She flipped her hair over her shoulder as she talked with another female, animated as she constantly moved. She was dressed in traditional garments of animal skin, which clung seductively to her curves, and the wolf in him wanted to tear her clothes off with his teeth. But then, this desire raging through him was nothing new. The first moment he’d laid eyes on Aleirah, the need to be with her almost overwhelmed him. He had been ten and she’d been seven and at the time didn’t understand what his heart was telling him. So he’d waited for her to join the mating ceremony so he could claim her, but she had yet to take part in the ceremony herself.

      You can’t take your eyes off her, his beta, Fray, said wryly. Just go to her.

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