Beta's Baby: BBW Paranormal Shapeshifter Romance (Wolves Hollow Book 2)

Author:Natalie Kristen [Kristen, Natalie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-01-25T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN

Christine hugged her baby to her chest and watched her inn burn. Everything she owned was being reduced to ashes. “It's okay,” she whispered to Darren. “Everything is okay.”

She was lying. Everything was not okay. Their home, their future, all their belongings were gone. They were left with nothing. Nothing but the clothes on their backs...and each other.

They were alive. She had her family.

Christine hiccuped a sob and looked at Darren and Scott. Scott was a guest at her inn, but she thought of him as family. Her first thought when she discovered the fire was to save Darren and Scott.

She wanted all of them to get out safely. All three of them.

Wiping her eyes with the heel of her hand, Christine shook her head and whispered brokenly, “What am I going to do? The inn is gone, everything is gone. I don't have a home...”

“Yes you do,” Scott said, pulling her to him. “My home is your home.”

She swallowed a sob. She knew he was showing her kindness, opening up his home to her. She didn't want his pity, but she wouldn't reject his help either. She would not let her baby sleep in the open.

“How?” she murmured numbly. “How did the fire start? Was it an electrical short circuit? I just checked...”

“No,” Scott answered angrily. “This isn't an accident. Someone deliberately set fire to your inn.”

Christine gasped. “What! Why? Who would do such a thing? Why would anyone do that? I don't have any enemies...”

“But I do,” Scott said.

She stared at him, shaking her head slowly. “You...”

“I'm sorry, Christine.”

“You know who did this?” she said, her eyes flashing with rage.

Scott nodded. “I saw him running away from the fire. It was one of the wolves from the Duskfall pack. The Sentinels are in the middle of a war with the Duskfall wolves.”

Christine swayed on her feet and Scott held her arm to steady her but she shook his hand away.

“Who knows you're staying here?” she demanded, rubbing her temple.

“My Alpha, and a few lieutenants.”

“How did the Duskfall wolves find out your whereabouts?”

“Besides the Sentinels, the only other person who knows I'm at your inn is...”

Christine's eyes widened and she sucked in a breath. Scott scowled.

“Yaya,” they said together.

“No...” Christine whispered. “She seemed so nice...”

“Yaya saw me at The Happy Inn. She's the only one who knows I'm here.”

“But...” Christine couldn't believe that Yaya would do such a thing. She thought that Yaya was a harmless, eccentric witch with an equally eccentric broomstick. Darren had enjoyed playing with Boris, and she had even thought of inviting Yaya and Boris over for dinner.

There would be no dinner invitation now. Because...no inn. And because Yaya was a traitorous witch.

Christine released a shuddering, painful breath. She didn't know what to think.

“I am really sorry, Christine,” Scott said. “This wouldn't have happened if I wasn't staying in your inn.”

She sighed, stroking her baby's back. Darren had stopped crying and was sucking his thumb furiously.

“It's not your fault,” she managed.

“It is. You and Darren are my responsibility now.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.