His to Protect by Elena Aitken

Author:Elena Aitken [Aitken, Elena]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781927968420
Publisher: Ink Blot Communications
Published: 2016-01-26T06:00:00+00:00

* * *

Axel shifted the weight of her in his arms and snuggled her closer to his chest. He’d expected a variety of responses when he’d shown Harper his bear, but he hadn’t expected her to pass out. Not really. But it was fine by him, because it meant he got to hold her close without any objections as he carried her back through the forest to the Den.

And there would be objections. His female was a feisty one, and there was no way she was going to accept the whole bear shifter thing without a fight. That much he knew.

Axel smiled to himself and pressed his lips to the top of her head as he broke through the tree line into the clearing. People milled about, and a few trucks he didn’t recognize sat out front of the Den. Their guests had arrived early. Oh well, his brothers were more than capable of handling things. His only priority was Harper and staying by her side until she woke so he could explain everything.

“Where have you been?” Nina spotted them and ran across the field toward them, cutting Axel off before he could take the small path to his cabin. “I was worried—what happened? Is she okay? Harper?” Nina moved to touch her friend’s forehead, but Axel turned deftly and kept her out of reach.

“She’s fine. She had a little scare in the woods, but she’ll be fine.”

“A scare?” It was Luke who asked, his eyebrow raised. “What kind of scare?” From his tone, Luke already knew full well what had scared her.

“She needs to rest.” Axel tried to push past them to get her to the cabin before she woke.

“Go settle her and come right back here,” Luke said.

“I’m sure you can handle our guests for a few hours, Luke.”

“It’s not just the guests.” Something in his brother’s voice caught his attention, and Axel turned to hear the rest of what Luke had to say. “We have…visitors.” He gestured with his head in the direction of the woods to the east. The wolves. They ran the ranch in the valley that was in direct competition with Grizzly Ridge; at least, that’s how the wolf shifters saw it. As far as the Jackson brothers were concerned, they offered different things and they should all be able to work together. Too bad the wolves didn’t see it that way. Axel had hoped to avoid any trouble with them for a little longer. “Maybe Nina can sit with her?” Luke suggested.

“Of course I can,” Nina said quickly. “You guys take care of whatever you need to. You have a business to run. We’ll be fine.”

The last thing Axel wanted to do was leave Harper alone after what he’d just revealed to her. He needed to be with her when she woke to hold her and reassure her that she wasn’t going crazy. But there was something in Luke’s expression. He was worried about something and it no doubt had to do with whatever trouble the wolves were stirring up.

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.