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NOCTURNAL Madelaine Montague


NOCTURNAL


By

Madelaine Montague


NOCTURNAL Madelaine Montague

й copyright August 2006, Madelaine Montague
Cover art by Jenny Dixon, й copyright August 2006
ISBN 1-58608-937-4
New Concepts Publishing
Lake Park, GA 31636
www.newconceptspublishing.com

This is a work of fiction. All characters, events, and places are of the authorТs
imagination and not to be confused with fact. Any resemblance to living persons or
events is merely coincidence.


NOCTURNAL Madelaine Montague

Chapter One

Pain and fury filled Raphael as he raced through the dense brush in a mindless
quest for freedom. Adrenaline drove him, else the pain from his wounds might have
overwhelmed him. Fear ate at his mind, as well, but it was a distant voice, drowned by
the frustration and anger because the fear wasnТt for himself. It was fear of failing.

He had almost had the bastard!

For months he had tracked the ring leader of the men that had killed his woman
and their unborn child. Patience was not one of his virtues, but his rage had grown cold
in the year since ConcepcionТs death. His determination had hardened in the weeks he
had lain fighting for his own life and the months after that that he had spent regaining his
strength with an agonizing slowness that had been maddening while he chaffed at his
quarryТs trail growing colder and colder.

He had tracked him, though, halfway across two continents.

His stupidity had nearly gotten him killed, but he had wanted the bastard to look
in his eyes and know that he was going to die because of Concepcion. He hadnТt wanted
to send the son-of-a-bitch to hell wondering.

He hadnТt expected to be interrupted, but he should have anticipated the