Festive & Seduced by Shelley Munro

Author:Shelley Munro
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Tags: Christmas romance, paranormal romance
ISBN: 9780473340285
Published: 2015-12-09T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 6

The morn after.

Ry couldn’t eat another bite of his malpack steak, not with his stomach churning in a sense of failure, a sense of anger, a sense of doom. In this moment, he understood why Camryn had turned to alcohol after the death of her husband. Now, she loved him—he didn’t doubt this truth for a sec—but a tiny corner of her heart held enduring love for Gabriel, her first husband. Most cycles, he tried not to think about it, but if something happened to Camryn, he’d fall apart.

Without Camryn, his life had been one of loneliness, of fear, of short encounters to appease his feline with sex.

With Camryn, he had a full, rich life, lots of friends and now a family.

She meant everything to him—his best friend, his lover, his savior. His world. So this weird restlessness felt wrong on every level. His need to keep her safe, even if that meant no sex, made far more sense to him.

He should talk to her—he knew this, yet he delayed putting off laying out his deepest feelings, making himself vulnerable, even if it was to his mate.

Unable to sit still for an instant longer, he pushed away from the table and stood. “Anyone interested in some sparring?”

“Me,” Jannike said immediately and put down the bright green vitamin drink Mogens had instructed she drink.

Ry laughed, even if the humor emerged with a dry bark. The expressions on Lynx’s and Shiloh’s faces pushed out another rusty chortle although he understood their alarm. Protective-mode came as instinct for male felines. Difficult to switch off when it came to a pregnant mate, and with Jannike, her position as queen made an heir even more important, her safety imperative.

“Jannike, I thought we’d go for a walk. I have an idea I’d like to run past the queen,” Camryn said. “And I’d like some advice.”

Ry caught the grateful look Lynx sent Camryn.

“Shiloh and I have some royal business, holo meetings with several of our neighbors, and we can’t put them off,” Lynx said.

“Ellard? Nanu?” Ry asked.

“I’m in,” Ellard said.

“I’d like to do some training.” Kaya prodded her hard belly. “I need to keep in shape.”

“I’ve been thinking we should introduce a secret Santa thingie,” Gweneth said. “So we have some presents to place beneath the tree. It looks bare.”

Camryn nodded. “Good idea. We’ll get that organized and do a draw this eve.”

Ry headed off with Ellard, Nanu and Kaya.

“Ry, wait,” Lynx called. He and Shiloh jogged to catch up. “Can we have a word?”

“I’ll meet you at the training zone,” Ry said to the others and waited until they departed. “Something wrong?”

“Yes,” Lynx said.

“No,” Shiloh answered at the same time.

“Jannike,” Ry said.

“How did you cope with Camryn’s pregnancy?” Lynx asked. “I worry about Jannike, the baby. I can’t sleep for thinking about being a father. I want to do a better job than my parents.”

“You want the truth?” Ry asked.

“Yes,” Shiloh said, intensity blazing from his green eyes, his large body still as if he were prepared to leap.

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