The Lost Bloodline Series by M. Tress

Keeping his head up and moving forward was what Koda Burke was best at. After having to emancipate himself as a teen and find his own way at a young age, it became part of who he was. The most important part, or so he thought. Until that the faithful day that chance aligned with fate, and his true worth lay revealed when he met with a dying goddess, someone who had lost hope and all but given up until she felt the call from across the void between dimensions... moreKeeping his head up and moving forward was what Koda Burke was best at. After having to emancipate himself as a teen and find his own way at a young age, it became part of who he was. The most important part, or so he thought. Until that the faithful day that chance aligned with fate, and his true worth lay revealed when he met with a dying goddess, someone who had lost hope and all but given up until she felt the call from across the void between dimensions. Thera Ivorycrown, known as the Beast Queen, had resigned herself to the deaths of her last few faithful. And with it, the ultimate death of her divinity. But when, by pure chance, Koda wandered within range of the ancient speaking wells of her people, the call of his blood and ancestry spoke to her. The goddess begged him for his aid, as he carries within him the ancient pact of her champions, passed on to him by a distant ancestor of his. An ancestor that Thera had thought lost to the void between dimensions. And Koda answered her call, because she promised him the one thing he sought above all else. A place to belong, a family to call his own, and a purpose to do more than just survive. Join Koda as he enters into a new world, meets with species far different from what he is used to, and finds love amidst the chaos of war that has spanned dozens of centuries. Thera and her people’s survival rests on his shoulders, as he is the last of the lost bloodline, returned once more in his people’s time of need. less

Winter has passed and the world returns to life once more. Spring brings with it new life, new opportunity, and new problems. With the pass having thawed, word reaches the members of the Ivory Spear tribe in their hideout at Silverstone valley. The baron that the village owes its allegiance to is moving troops around. Troops are camping in the vicinity of the nearby town of Amberpost... moreWinter has passed and the world returns to life once more. Spring brings with it new life, new opportunity, and new problems. With the pass having thawed, word reaches the members of the Ivory Spear tribe in their hideout at Silverstone valley. The baron that the village owes its allegiance to is moving troops around. Troops are camping in the vicinity of the nearby town of Amberpost. That alone would be stressful enough, but what they had learned from the elven envoys hangs heavy over Koda’s mind, as does the weight of trying to find and connect with the beast that hides within his bloodline. So once more, Koda and his mates must travel out into the plains, to find out what the baron’s forces are doing, and to see if the elves threats had any truth to them. Or if they were just threats. Only the gods know what Koda will find to the south, and only one of those is on his side at the moment. less