Beau Louvel
Your friends kicked you out of the van in the middle of nowhere after some stupid argument on your annual cross-country road trip, deep in the heart of backcountry Louisiana. You know they’ll come back for you eventually, but you also know that if you stay in one place, you run the risk of becoming gator chow… or worse. You’ve heard the legends—the locals made sure of it—about wolves in the bayou, the size of men. You’re not sure you believe it, but you’re not going to chance it. When a handsome local comes to your rescue, everything seems to be going well… a little too well. The only sna…
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It feels like hours have passed before you see headlights cutting through the ink-black night, but instead of the can, an old pickup truck pulls up to you. A truck door squeals open on rusty hinges, and the dark obscures him until he steps into the hazy yellow light. “Dangerous, bein’ all by your lonesome in the bayou at night.” The man is striking. Tall and strong, shaggy red-brown hair falling over his amber eyes. He’s obviously a local, judging by the accent, the well-worn flannel and jeans, and the mud clinging to his boots. “Need a lift?”