Ever After Dark by Elle Thorne

Author:Elle Thorne [Thorne, Elle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Barbed Borders Press

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Isabel paused midway into her shift, and pulled her tigress in, not yielding to the impulse to morph into her shifter animal and take on the three men.

She felt like she’d been sucked into a vortex. A howling wind was pulling her deeper and deeper into the maelstrom. She couldn’t take her eyes off the dark-haired, tanned man before her. He was flanked by two others, but it was as if he were the beacon that drew all her energy into him.

She realized quickly that the howling wind was her tigress’s reaction to the man.

More like the tigress’s reaction to his tiger.

He was a white tiger shifter. And the strangest thing happened; she’d never been in a position where she’d met another shifter and could instantly see what shifter animal they were. No, that wasn’t usually revealed to her. Not with the relationship she had with her shifter animal. Many times, her tigress wasn’t the most forthcoming with Isabel.

But in this case, with this shifter, it was as if his tiger was larger than life and present. As in, she could really see his tiger’s image, right there with this giant of a man.

Massive. White with vivid black stripes, it tilted its mighty head and stared at her.

Then the strangest thing occurred.

Next to his tiger appeared another one. A tigress so faded, it was almost as though it were a mirage.

Isabel closed her eyes, squeezing them tightly. She forced them open again.

The tigers were still there.

The faded tigress snarled at Isabel.

Or was she snarling at Isabel’s tigress?

Isabel almost took a step back.

In Isabel’s mind, her own tigress released a challenging roar.

What the hell is going on here?

She glanced at Ana, wondering if Ana could see the two white tigers.

Ana gave no indication of seeing anything but the three men standing before them.

“We can take them,” Ana whispered to Isabel. “If we shift quickly enough.”

Oh, now she wants to take them? Now that I’ve pulled my tigress in?

Isabel didn't take her eyes off the man or the tigers.

The man in the center took a few steps in their direction. Neither his tiger nor the faded female stepped forward with him.

Isabel bristled at the faded female, still wanting to take her on, still feeling adversarial, but not even sure why. Where was this swirl of emotions coming from?

Staring at the man, Isabel whispered back, “I don't think so.”

He took a few more steps closer. “She's right, Ana. Listen to your sister.”

The tigers had kept up with him. The male was definitely his shifter animal, but who the hell or what the hell was that other one, the female that seemed farther away?

“How do you know my name?” Ana asked, then under her breath, she whispered to Isabel, “Why not?”

Why not? Isabel couldn’t move. She couldn’t answer Ana’s question. The vortex was pulling her deeper and deeper.

She was frozen in place, except that her mind was a whirl of activity. The man had a depth and a sadness to him that was almost tangible.

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