Beneath a Yankee Sky

Brance Brenneman is used to harsh conditions -- the eldest son of a stern Amish preacher, Brance was bit by a werecat as a young boy, and managed to keep his secret from his family until he was old enough to leave them and their religion behind. Years later, when the nation is divided by the American Civil War, Brance finds himself enlisted in the Union army. By sheer chance, he meets Caleb Chilson, a Confederate soldier who bears his same shapeshifting burden.<br><br>Together they leave the war behind to forge a new life in the wilderness of Pennsylvania. But trappers near their camp are hunting bobcats, and they don't much care if Brance and Caleb are only in the fur part of the time. Brance finds his peaceful existence shattered, and he has to fight to defend the life -- and the bobcat, the man -- he's come to love.

J.M. Snyder · LGBT+

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13 Chs

Chapter 9

But at the word‘snare,’Caleb began to thrash again.Brance circled behindhim,away from those powerful claws that dug into the earth and air,and took a quick look at the captured leg.It was a crude trap,not meant for a large animal,probably set by those damn hunters with little regard or care for what it caught.A collection of empty tin cans clattered together along its length,to attract the hunters once a quarry had been snagged.The infernal noise rattled through Brance’s skull,making it hard for him to think.He placed one forepaw on Caleb’s haunch,a firm,gentle touch that stilled his mate.::Let me think this through,::he said,to fill the silence between them.::I’ll get you out.::

Caleb’s reply was breathless with thinly veiled hysteria.::I’m dead,::he mewled,whimpering again.::It hurts,Brance.God,it hurts.It hurts so much,just cutting through my leg,cutting it in two.I can’t feel my foot.It’s still there,right?I can’t feel it…::

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