Romance: In Love With A Beast (Paranormal BBW Panther Shifter Romance) (Shapeshifter Mystery Alpha Werebear Romance Short Stories) (53 page)

Paige licked her dry lips. She hadn’t thought about love. “I love you too.” She said it without thinking, but she knew it was the truth. She turned to Ben. “I love you too Ben.”

She let out a deep breath as they all sat there in silence, trying to catch their breath. Each one had a grin over their face.

Chapter 4

“Paige, could you sit down please, we need to talk.” Her wore a serious expression

Her heart jumped into her throat. She had known something was wrong. “What is it?” She asked him .

“Well… we called you home because… as much as we loved and missed you, there was something more to it.”

“I know, I understand.” She almost snapped. “What’s wrong?”

“Over the past few weeks, I’ve… smelled someone else. At first it was just another wolf and I didn’t think much of it but the day before we called… I smelled six of them.”

Paige’s eyes widened. “Have they tried to contract you?”

“No. Typically when wolves meet it doesn’t end on good terms and I may be strong but I’m not strong enough to face all of them at once. I need you here for a little while. Not long, I’m going to find them tonight and we’re going to talk but I need you here for me, alright?”

“Of course. You should have called sooner.”

Bill smiled softly. “Don’t let your mother hear you say that, she doesn’t need to be right about everything.”

Paige couldn’t help but smile. “Alright. Markus and Ben will come with us.”

They nodded beside her.

“Thanks boys and it might be a good idea to being some of those things you don’t let Paige touch.”

“Oh we’ll be loaded.” Markus sounded ready to head out right then and there.

“Should we get ready to go now?”

“No… let’s have dinner first. I don’t want Sue worrying too much. She’s already been in such a state over all of this.”

“Of course I have!” Sue interrupted them. Paige grinned. She’d been waiting for her mother to speak up from behind her father. Based on the smile that spread over his lips he’d been waiting as well.

“Hello dear.”

“Oh ‘dear’ yourself!” Her mother scowled. “Dinners ready. All of you let’s go.”

Markus took Paige’s hand as they stood up and made their way into the kitchen.

Natasha, the middle sister, was helping to set the table. She had her black hair tied in a bun and wore her favorite sweat pants. She’d taken the whole two boyfriends thing really well, but Paige was sure she’d been warned about it.

Paige slid into her old seat, Markus on her left and Ben on her right. They both reached under the table and squeezed her hands gently as Sue stepped outside and pulled the steaks off the barbeque. Everyone at the table took their meat rare. Jenny reached for the bowl of potatoes, scooping a heaping pile onto her plate before passing them to Markus. Bill sat beside Ben; he reached for the corn as Sue set the steaks down on the table and slid into the seat beside her husband.

The next couple minutes were spent in silence as everyone either got food on their plate or waited.

“Are you four leaving right after dinner?”

“Yes.” Bill answered. “I’d like to get this done and over with as soon as possible.

“We’ll just need to… dig some stuff out.”

Jenny looked up at her dad. “Are you going to find those wolves?”

“Yes.”

“I want to come with you.”

“No Jenny, it’s not safe for you.”

“Paige’s allowed to go.”

“Paige heals fast.” Paige reminded her little sister, speaking in third person as she cut into her stake.

Jenny scowled but she didn’t object. “You’re going to be out numbered.”

“It’s alright.” Bill smiled. “I know you’re all worried and I’m sure it’s very hard for you to not be able to come with us, but our odds are better than we thought they would be when we called Paige. She brought two hunters home that we weren’t expecting.”

Paige felt a blush burn her cheeks.

They finished their meal in less than half an hour. Bill pushed himself to his feet. “Well, are you three ready to get this underway?”

“We’ll be like ten minutes.” Markus stood, Ben followed and they made their way outside and to the truck.

The let the tail gate down and Markus hopped up onto it. He unlatched the canvas top and pulled it back. They kept their bags in here whenever they weren’t in a hotel room, just to be safe, so it took a couple minutes of unpacking before Markus pulled out the werewolf bag and passed it down to Ben.

“Never thought I’d be doing with is.” Ben commented.

“What, helping a werewolf defend his land, or helping your werewolf girlfriend’s dad defend his land?”

“Both.” Ben shrugged dropping the bag onto the tail gate and unzipping it. He pulled out their two favorite guns for werewolves and a small silver box. They’d wanted to be safe when they picked the box for the silver bullets.

Markus manoeuvred his way back to the tail gate and dropped down onto his knees. “But it kinda feels right, doesn’t it?”

“Yea.”

It was all the conversation they had. But it was enough to make them both realize how much Paige meant to them.

Paige took a deep breath trying to calm her nerves. The windows were down, blowing wind into the truck and Paige felt like she was a little girl again in the front seat of the pickup truck with her dad.

It was dead silent. Markus and Ben sat in the back seat, their guns in their laps and the wolf was raging to get out of Paige. She could smell them. The wolf wanted to chase them off her land.

The scent grew stronger as they neared an old farm house.

“This must be it.” Bill slowed the truck down as they came to the drive way.

She saw three people perk up as they made their way down the driveway.

The truck came to a stop and all four doors opened at the same time. Paige took a deep breath. They smelled like they were ready for a fight, not talking.

Paige did her best to smile at the man in front of her. His eyes roamed over her, a sly smile spreading over his face.

The look he gave her threatened to send chills down her spine. Ben stepped close to her, his shoulder brushing against hers.

His eyes locked on the man in front of them.

“Can we help you?” A woman spoke from the porch.

Paige turned to face her. She was thin with short brown hair and a dirty blue dress. Her feet were bare and her legs mud stained.

“Yes.” Bill stepped forward. “We’re not here to cause any trouble. We’d just like to talk.”

The girl looked him up and down, a snarl curved over her lips. “We’re not looking to expand our pack.” Paige felt anger flare inside her. “You’re on my land.” She stepped forward.

The girl turned her attention to Paige, looked her up and down and snorted. “Then you better leave, pup.”

Paige took the stairs to the porch. “No.” She ignored the insult in the term “pup” and locked eyes with her. Thirty seconds passed in their stare down but Paige still wouldn’t look away. She wouldn’t show her submission to this bitch.

“You have the night to get off my land and never come back.” Her eyes threatened to blink but she wouldn’t let them. The girl snorted.

“Or what? What are you going to do, make me leave?” She looked Paige up and down before letting out a snort.

“Or I’ll rip your fucking throat out.” Paige hissed lunging towards her.

The girl let out a scream as they fell to the ground. Paige’s hands tangled into the girl’s hair and yanked as the wolf threatened to take over. No, she wouldn’t let it.

She heard gun shots. Her heart pounded in her chest. The wolf threatened to break free. The girl under her screamed reaching for Paige.

Paige let out her own scream as she felt her leg break. No. The wolf wouldn’t take over. She couldn’t kill this girl or any of them.

She grabbed the girls’ hair, lifted her head and slammed it down onto the wood under them.

Someone grabbed her from behind, pulling her away from the girl. She felt his rough hands seconds before he tossed her away. She felt herself hit the hard ground. Dirt smoked around her. She coughed and hacked as she tried to push herself up.

Bill’s eyes caught sight of his daughter rolling to the ground. “Paige!” He shouted,

It was just enough time for the man in front of him to land a blow. He stumbled back clutching his jaw.

“Fuck,” He cursed turning his attention to the fat hairy man in front of him. His fists clenched as he lunged towards the man.

Ben landed on the ground. He rolled towards the gun laying there. The man stepped towards him. He was thin but very strong. When he kicked the gun away it flew a good three feet before landing.

He bent down and picked Ben up by the neck.

Ben gasped for breath as he felt the man pressing against his wind pipes.

The girl dropped down. Her fingers tangled into Paige’s hair and pulled her up. She hadn’t wanted to do this but it looked like she didn’t have a choice.

Paige let herself get dragged to her feet. She balanced on one leg as the wolf threatened, no begged, to be freed.

Paige’s hand slipped behind her back and pulled out the knife Ben and Markus made her take.

She waited, her eyes closed as the female pulled her to eye height. “You were stupid to think you could come here.”

“No,” Paige gasped. “You were stupid.”

Their eyes locked as the girl snorted, her grip tightening on Paige’s throat. Now. The wolf screamed as she jabbed the knife into the girl’s stomach.

The scent of iron filled her lungs right away. “Stop!” Paige screamed. “I’ll fucking kill her!”

Everyone stopped what they were doing. Everyone stared at her. She took in the scene around her. Ben was being pinned down, her dad was being choked, Markus seemed to be holding his own against one of them, and two had been shot in the knees and were out of commission.

Paige took a deep breath. “You have until the end of the night to get the fuck off my land!” Paige’s voice threatened to stop working for her. She ripped the blade from the girls’ stomach and pushed her forward. “Get your wounded tended to and get out of here.” She hissed as she limped off the porch and made her way towards the truck, trying to ignore how much pain she was in. Her knife was still at the ready in case she needed to use it. As she looked around, she realized not a single wolf, other than her father, would look her in the eye. She couldn’t help but grin a little as she pulled the door open. Ben gave her a weak nod as he closed the distance between him and the truck. She waited until he was inside before she slid into the seat.

The other pack flocked towards their alpha.

“Are you okay?” Bill dropped down beside her daughter.

“Yea… I’m fine.” She looked at her father. Blood dripped down his nose. “Are you okay?”

“You shouldn’t have stepped in like that.”

“You wouldn’t have been able to hit her.”

“I didn’t want to hit anyone!”

“Dad, we all know those guys didn’t want to talk.”

Everyone was tired but, weirdly, elated. Paige knew the other werewolves would slink off and find some other sucker’s land. This was the first time in her life when she felt she was exactly where she should be. Her father, Ben, Markus and she were a great team. They had really bonded tonight. She felt like she had finally found what she was looking for all her life. She sighed happily.

Her father didn’t say anything as he gunned the engine and they pulled out of the driveway and drove off together into the sunset.

BEAR IN MY BED

An Erotic Shifter Paranormal Romance

By Passion Books

CHAPTER ONE

It was a typical Friday night at the bar. And for Violet, it had been a long night. The regulars were being as loud and rude, as usual. A few stray customers from outside of town peppered among them.

In a small town like Ridgelake, you knew everyone and everyone made it their business to know yours.

Violet was born and raised in Ridgelake and was a familiar face around town. She dreamt of leaving one day -she just hadn’t hatched a plan yet. Violet was headstrong and always had been. She had her mom’s looks and her dad’s spirit. At the tender age of 21, she turned plenty of male heads throughout the town. She was a stunner. Her hair was a rich auburn color, which made her pale green eyes seem to pop and her enviable curvaceous figure was noticed by both the guys and girls. She was short. But her ample breasts and round ass were always perfectly accentuated by the clothes she chose to wear. She wasn’t the type of girl to fade into the background

She was lucky, because her big brother Derek looked out for her. Other men were too afraid to make a move on Violet, in case they wound up with a broken jaw. Which was fun in some ways for Violet but not in others. Her love life always took a nosedive due to Derek’s temper.

He was cute and although the girls didn’t queue up to date him, he did all right. Violet always tried to tell him this was so unfair. He did well with the fairer sex and because of him; she missed a lot of opportunities with men.

Violet was just wiping the tables down at the end of her shift, when she felt someone staring at her. Without turning around she shouted, “We’re closed Frank goddam it, go home.”

“Who’s Frank?” a male voice asked,Violet spun around and looked towards the door.

“A regular who I’ve just thrown out! I thought he’d come back I apologize sir, but we are closed.” The mystery man stepped closer towards her and she could make him out clearly.

He was around 6’02” so he dwarfed Violet’s short frame as she only stood at 5’3” He was dressed in cowboy boots, tight black jeans and a black button up shirt. His hair was dark and one piece fell forward into his face. He swiped it out of the way and looked shyly at Violet. It was his eyes that hypnotized Violet, even more than his perfect physique.

They were the palest blue eyes she’d ever seen, and as cold as ice to look at.

“I can assure you I’m not Frank,” the stranger chuckled.