Damaged Goods by Rena Marks

Author:Rena Marks [Marks, Rena]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Terran Publishing
Published: 2020-01-16T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

Alannah:

“WE’RE BEING SELFISH,” she said, her hand still roving over the rippling muscles of his abs. “Poor Vien and Potierre have to entertain my dreadful family on their own. I think we can go down and give them some relief by joining for dinner.”

He sighed. “I’ll shower and figure out how to change back to wolf.”

“Do you have to change?” she asked. “We can introduce you as someone else. Or, we can just tell them you’re a shapeshifter.”

“No. I can’t bear for anyone to see me like this. The others know what my form looks like. But your family—I don’t want to be the cause of their next insults and reprimands to you.”

She didn’t know why he was so averse to his looks. It seemed to be beyond normal differences. Vien didn’t cover his third eye. Potierre didn’t wear gloves to cover his hands. But Kieran was determined to stay out of the public’s eye.

However, he should be safe since he’d finally managed to change. Amanda would no longer be worried about him getting stuck as a wolf.

“Okay,” she whispered. “Whatever you’re comfortable with.”

He showered in less than five minutes and she jumped in after him. He dried off while she showered, all while she watched him thoughtfully from the clear glass. Not once did he glance toward a mirror. No, he avoided them all through the bathroom. Even to the point of drying off and hanging the wet towel over the edge of the bathtub to avoid hanging it on the drying bar where he might glimpse into a mirror.

He bit his lip, dropped to a crouch. They waited. He tried to concentrate.

She could feel his frustration from where she was.

“What can I do to help?” she asked.

“I don’t know.”

“You seem to change when you get angry. Shall I make you mad?”

He snorted. “If you can.”

“I can. But once you’ve changed, you need to let me know we’re okay. That you’re not still angry with me.”

He tilted his head as if wondering what he could possibly get angry with her over.

“You’re not the only Xeno Sapien I made love with. I was extremely curious, and the first night here, I had sex with both Vien and Potierre.”

He broke. His amber eyes flashed and his bones shattered, his muscles stretched, his tendons tore. It was harsh, much quicker than his previous change. He grunted and bit his lip, holding his groans in. Inside the shower, she winced, glad the water ran and she didn’t have to be right there to hear his bones split and reform. Flipping off the spray, she dried off quickly and sank down to the floor with him where he lay panting in his full wolf form. She reached out gingerly, afraid he’d be furious. When he didn’t respond, she caressed his head as he shivered from the aftershocks of the violence of the change.

“Sweet Goddess. That was furious. I’m sorry, Kieran. I’m so sorry.” She pulled him to her, listening to his heart thunder. “And it was all a lie, baby.

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