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Hidden is a novella first published as a special hardcover edition through Subterranean Press. It has since been republished in the collection Otherworld Nights.

Synopsis[]

Hiking through the snow, holiday baking and playing board games by the fire – what’s not to love about an old-fashioned family Christmas?

Werewolves Elena Michaels and Clayton Danvers want to give their four-year-old twins, Kate and Logan, something their parents never had: a nice, normal holiday. No Pack responsibilities, no homicidal half-demons or power-hungry sorcerers to deal with – just the four of them, alone, at a chalet outside Ontario’s Algonquin Park. Then a strange werewolf shows up at their door…while the town is buzzing about a young man, back from college, found half-eaten in the woods. And there’s the missing little girl…

With all the signs pointing to a rogue mutt with a taste for human flesh, Elena and Clay have no choice but to investigate. But are they the hunters – or the hunted?

Plot[]

Elena, Clay, and the kids go to a chalet in Ontario for an early holiday getaway, with the rest of the Pack to follow after Christmas day. They are enjoying family time when Douglas Eaton stops by to introduce himself, setting Elena and Clay on edge. They for backup in the form of Nick, Noah, and Reese.

Clay and Elena negotiate with the twins for some "work time," although the twins are put out that they aren't having vacation fun 24/7. The pair goes into town and learns about several missing persons cases and deaths with animal scavenging, but nothing definitively point to man-hunter. They learn Douglas has a brother, Mark, who was around some suspicious circumstances.

As they split their time between research and family, Elena also worries about keeping their werewolf nature a secret from the kids. Kate recognizes Douglas as "one of us," although she can't put a name to what that means. She and Logan can sense that there are things their parents aren't telling them, and it upsets them. Elena doesn't want to burden them with the knowledge any sooner than she has to, and seeks advice from hereditary Pack members to see when they were told the truth about werewolves.

Clay and Elena follow several leads, and are ultimately led to find Mark Eaton drugged, injured, and locked up in a cabin in the woods. He claims that Douglas is a pedophile interested in Kate, and the research Elena has done supports it. Frantic, they return to the chalet only to find that Mark was faking the injury. He tries to go after Kate but Logan drops on him from a tree, and the adults take Mark down. Clay kills Mark once the kids are out of earshot.

Nick, Noah, and Reese find a hotel to stay at in the nearest city so Elena's family can enjoy Christmas just the four of them. On Christmas morning, after discussing it as a couple, Clay visits the chalet in werewolf form and Kate immediately recognizes the golden wolf as "Daddy." Elena confirms it, and the family finally gets to enjoy their holiday without secrets pressing in on them.

Characters[]

The Werewolves[]

The Humans[]

  • Peyton James - a four-year-old child
  • Piper James - Peyton's older sister, around fourteen years old
  • Roy James - Petyon's bio father, Pipers favorite stepfather
  • Peyton and Piper's mother
  • Aunt Nancy
  • Dr. Woolcott - local doctor/coroner
  • Dillon Mitchell - died after a late-night party
  • Lori Romero - Dillon's girlfriend
  • Patsy, Lori's young daughter
  • Bobby Walters - sled dog owner

Other[]

Continuity[]

  • Mention of Elena and Clay's rocky ten years after Elena was bitten
  • Mention of Clay's attempt at pre-k as a child, shown in Savage
  • Christmas has been important to Elena ever since Beginnings.
    • It has been twenty years since their first Christmas together. Clay gave Elena a spare set of keys to his apartment that first year, for when she got mad and threw the first set away.
  • Reference to the Alaskan adventure with Reese and Noah in Frostbitten
  • Reference to the death of Reese's parents in Chivalrous
  • Karl and Hope are now married.

Trivia[]

  • This is their first Christmas together as a foursome
  • The twins are well-spoken to their parents, but not always decipherable to others...as most children are.
  • Kate loves crafts and art classes. She reads a children's illustrated encyclopedia for fun. She felt outshined by her brother Logan intellectually until they went to Pre-K together and realized they were both ahead of their peers academically.
  • Kate is emotionally perceptive like Elena, while Logan is academically brilliant.
  • Antonio is the only one in the pack who can physically take on Clay

Publication[]

Hidden was first published in a limited-edition print runs by Subterranean Press, along with an ebook edition:

  • A signed leatherbound hardback edition with human Clay and werewolf Elena on the cover. 1000 copies printed. Includes 6 full color illustrations, including two that are not in the clothbound version.
  • A clothbound hardback edition with human Elena and werewolf Clay on the cover. 5000+ copies printed. Includes 4 full color illustrations.
  • Ebook edition with human Elena and werewolf Clay on the cover. Does not include interior illustrations.

Image Gallery[]

References[]

  1. The twins are four years old. It has been twenty years since Elena and Clay's first Christmas together.
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