title: The Mane Event (Pride, Book 1)
author:  Shelly Laurenston 
description: <b>Shelly Laurenston</b>&#160;is the&#160;<i>New York Times</i>&#160;and&#160;<i>USA Today</i>&#160;bestselling author of the&#160;Pride,&#160;Call of Crows, and The Honey Badger Chronicles, as well as winner of&#160;the&#160;<i>RT Book Reviews&#160;</i>Readers' Choice Award for her&#160;2016 novel,&#160;<i>The Undoing.&#160;</i>When she&rsquo;s not writing&#160;about sexy wolf, honey badger, lion, and other fang-filled predators, she's writing about sexy dragons as G.A. Aiken, the acclaimed and bestselling author of the Dragon Kin series.&#160;Originally from Long Island, she now lives on the West Coast and spends most of her time writing and making sure her rescued Pit bull doesn&rsquo;t love everyone into a coma.&#160;&#160;Please visit her online at www.ShellyLaurenston.com.
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  # High Stakes and Vampires
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Pandora’s Pride, Book 2
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Annabel Chase
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  # Contents
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Chapter 1
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Chapter 2
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Chapter 3
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Chapter 4
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Chapter 5
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Chapter 6
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Chapter 7
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Chapter 8
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Chapter 9
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Chapter 10
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Chapter 11
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Chapter 12
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Chapter 13
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Chapter 14
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Chapter 15
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Chapter 16
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Chapter 17
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Also by Annabel Chase
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  # Chapter One
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  “Do
  
  
  we really need an audience for this?” I motioned to the five onlookers
  assembled in the gallery of the training room of Pandora’s Pride headquarters.
  
  
  Evadne gave her razor-sharp fangs an exaggerated sn