But thinking that Ruth had died too upset him. Perhaps he had died and this was the life after. Had it made him sick? He knew he had felt feverish.

He remembered the strange sharp trees, climbing one to examine the area, look for a place they could make their life, and being pricked in the arm by one of the branches. It was still new to him, the reactions of a primed male, but Ruth had made it easy for him. He remembered mating with Ruth, a memory that heated his blood. He remembered being in that forest, sleeping in that cave after escaping from the cell, growing hungrier every day. They were home! He didn’t know how it had happened, but the trees were the same, the birdsong was the same, the ground and air were the same, everything was the same! They were home! Gron snatched Ruth up and held her to him, putting his mouth over hers the way she had taught him. I hope you all like them, and let me know what you think.

I am publishing them early to make up for telling people I would have the book out by the end of October, which I have failed to do.

Ruth and Moira have both settled down with the locals, and Ruth even has a baby with one of them, and Moira is pregnant! With their eyes opened to the possibilities, Naomi and Krol are forced to see each other in a new light, and wonder if maybe they could be more than friends, and finally make a real home in this alien land.Below is the first three chapters to Gron’s Fated, the sequel to my first novel, Ruth’s Bonded. Staying together after the weeks of rain, they eventually stumble upon Ruth and Moira, two human women who are living with the 'Bigfoot' and can finally give Naomi the answers she needs about what's happened to her. Begrudgingly, they learn to trust each other, until they become each other's only friend in a sometimes beautiful, sometimes deadly world. Nevertheless, she's determined to put a brave face on things, until she discovers Krol and Ryll, who she thinks are Bigfoot! A misunderstanding leads Krol to attack her, but when torrential rain hits the area, they are forced to take shelter together in the same cave. What she doesn't know is where she is or how she got there. Naomi is a Scout leader, so she's not too worried when she finds herself in a strange jungle. He is determined that will never happen to him, nor to his nephew, Ryll, who is the only thing keeping him from losing what's left of his mind out in the wilds. Unlike the rest of his kind, Krol can see Bonding for what it really is, nothing more than a way for selfish, unscrupulous females to enslave the men around them. But Krol survived, and has been raising his nephew by himself in hiding for three years. Then she caught up with him and beat him almost to death, leaving him scarred and maimed.

His brother's Queen tried to kill their son, and killed him when Krol escaped with the baby.

Gron's Fated by V.C. Lancaster