Alpha Contender Boxed Set: BWWM Paranormal shifter romance BBW by Terry Bolryder

Author:Terry Bolryder [Bolryder, Terry]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2015-02-09T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 1

I hear a splash and my body feels vibrations in the water, murky though things are right now. Soft hands brush me, then reach under my arms and drag me toward the surface. When we break, my body sucks in air and I thrash, reaching around for whoever is holding me.

“Calm down, you idiot,” Matt says, as I flail around, dragging him down with me.

He wraps a thin arm around my shoulders, pulls me to the bank, and then drags my thrashing body out. He’s surprisingly strong for being so lean and feminine looking. I flop on the ground, gasping for air and coughing water up as he hits my back.

“What the hell were you doing?” he asks.

“I was. Drowning,” I say, between coughs.

“Well, what the hell were you doing in a hot spring if you can’t swim?”

“Someone pushed me,” I say, turning to him with narrowed eyes. I know he just rescued me, but my heart is still pounding from terror and fear and I don’t know for sure that he wasn’t the one who pushed me.

“Don’t look at me,” he says, holding his hands up, blinking light blue eyes at me. His face really is angelically beautiful, despite nearly always permanently scowling. “I was just coming back from a run to get away from the Neanderthals and happened to scent your fear.”

“Scent my fear?”

“I have strong senses. Your thrashing moved your scent around, even in the water. You’re lucky I came by.”

I try to push to a sitting position but slump back down, body aching and sore, head pounding. Right now I want nothing more than to be back in the mansion, in my room alone, recovering from today.

But someone…someone really did try to push me. I eye Matt, who looks away, a light blush on his pale cheekbones. Do I really trust him?

He turns back, and, not making eye contact, brushes a soft palm over my forehead, looks over my face. “You okay now? We should get you back.”

His voice is soft, melodic, a high tenor. He’s a gorgeous guy, with smooth, lean muscles. But he looks so much younger than the other guys.

“How old are you?”

He gives me a wry grin. “Old enough that you shouldn’t be asking me that.”

“Ah. Sorry, you just look young. I mean, not in a bad way…I mean, thanks for rescuing me.”

One perfect blond brow arches. “Well, you’re welcome.” He stands and reaches out a hand for me. “Come on, let’s go back, you can lean on me.”

Perhaps this means peace between us, at least for now.

“You know, you aren’t what I expected, for a chick who wants ten dudes to compete for her.”

“Ha! I didn’t ask for that. Rowan just found me and started spouting off about duty…and okay, hot dudes didn’t hurt,” I admit begrudgingly.

Matthew laughs at that, soft and low, and pulls me to standing. I wobble and he wraps a hand around my waist and pulls me against him for balance. My hands wrap his waist and I look up into his eyes.

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