A LOVER’S BITE

A poem based on the characters created by author Kelley Armstrong and her Women of the Otherworld series.

Clayton was a child lost. His heart was far from home.
He wanted something from the man, a curse to call his own.

A bite to change the fair-haired boy, forever he would be.
A shifter bold, with power strong. A werewolf was the key.

Alone the boy hid in the marsh, his changes were abrupt.
Time and time, he knew the wolf, would never get enough.

A starving child needing food, he wandered from his lair,
He found another of his kind, but one who did not care.

The time had come, he knew his fate, was in the hands of men,
Soon rescued by a kindly face, a wolf without a den.

The story tells of funny tales, of lessons learned and taught.
Of chasing wind, and running free, of rabbits, deer and fox.

Clayton grew into a man, a father would be proud.
Defender of the alpha male, his demons rode him hard.

He knew a wolf had just one mate, Forever he would stay,
But to find the female of his heart, a rule he’d disobey.

A lover’s bite, a gentle nip, was all that broke the skin,
Elena knew her life had changed. A wolf now lived within.

Clayton lost his love that day.  He howled out her name.
A banishment from upper ranks.  He would not play their game.

The years go by, a lonely wolf, keeps waiting for his mate.
Hoping soon she would return.  He waited at the gate.

Revenge for something long ago, took Clayton from the Pack,
But a lover’s heart will always know, just how to get him back.

Elena knew the time had come.  She loved the wolf, her man.
Declaring life, he could not win, without his lover’s hand.

Clayton knew he’d done her wrong, but fairy tales are told.
Of loving mates, and sharing dreams and werewolves to behold.

The magic of the bitten mate, lives stolen from the start.
Their future flies on broken wings, now hidden in their hearts.

The werewolf is a man, a beast, His limits not curtailed.
A story written, you will find-in Women of the Otherworld.

Written by Sandy