3#Stolen by the Alpha Wolf: Shifter Romance (Determined Theft) by Hartnady Charlene

Author:Hartnady, Charlene [Hartnady, Charlene]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Charlene Hartnady
Published: 2015-03-03T08:00:00+00:00

Chapter 7

Ward hadn’t lied when he’d said that the journey would be hard on her. They had to stop frequently so that she could get off to stretch or to relieve her bladder.

Her back ached. She felt nauseous from the constant motion. Her belly felt tight. The worst was her lower back. It didn’t matter how she sat or what she did, she could find no relief from the ceaseless dull pain. She thought that she must be driving Ward mad from the continual shifting in her seating. If she irritated him, he gave no sign, just kept moving in a slow lope. Her fingers throbbed and her thighs burned from holding onto him. Stephany was so afraid of falling. Her center of gravity had moved or something because she struggled to maintain a constant balance. The incessant fidgeting to find relief from her aches and pains didn’t help. Ward had stopped once or twice when she’d shifted dangerously far to the left or right.

Thankfully, they avoided fallen trees and large outcrops of rock by choosing instead to go around such obstacles. Unfortunately though, this added greatly to their travel time as they picked their way through the dense undergrowth.

Just the four of them, Ward had decided to keep the party small, choosing only Rushe and Tyler to accompany them. Ward had explained to her that Rushe was one of the most ferocious wolves they had in battle, greatly respected by all the shifters. Ward had referred to him as a berserker, saying that he would go into an almost uncontrollable trance like fury during battle. Sure, Rushe was a big male, but with his puppy dog eyes and sweet demeanor, she never would have thought that a battle hardened berserker lay just below the surface. Capable of doing some serious damage to his enemies no doubt.

In his wolf form, he was a mottled grey with a white underbelly and almost as big as Ward. The other shifter, Tyler, was quiet, keeping mostly to himself both as a wolf and when in male form. He was also a mottled grey but with the odd smudge of rust throughout his coat. He had the most incredible golden eyes.

Tyler was one of the males from the group that had dropped her back in Sweetwater the first time round. He was an excellent tracker and even more talented at hiding a trail. They kept the party small so as not to draw attention to themselves.

For what felt like the hundredth time since their last stop, Stephany shifted her position to try and ease the god awful pain that radiated from her lower back. How females remained in this state for an extended period of time was beyond her. If she got to see Tanya again, before the royal birth, she would warn her friend of what was ahead. To think that the small human would get much bigger than her was just plain crazy. Then again, how many pregnant females could attest to

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