Hunger Moon by Tabitha Conall

Author:Tabitha Conall
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: steamy werewolf shifter menage paranormal romance short story
Publisher: Little Death Books
Published: 2016-02-10T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 6

Not much time passed before Bethany’s door opened again. She’d been picking at the food on the tray Lillian had brought but jumped to her feet as soon as the man stepped in the door.

“I’m sorry,” she blurted out. “I didn’t mean to throw up. I couldn’t help it.”

He locked the door behind him. “Fear can do that. But there’s no need to be afraid.” His silky tones sounded soothing. If she didn’t know he was a raving lunatic, she might have thought he was some upper crust billionaire.

“It wasn’t that. I’m sorry. I was mated last night.” She didn’t bother explaining the significance of that. Every wolf knew it.

The man halted his walk across the room toward her. “Mated?” The steel in his voice sent a shiver down her back.

“Yes.” She nearly bit her tongue to keep herself from elaborating. He didn’t need to know. More than that, he wouldn’t care.

“Mated.” He bit off the word. “Mated yesterday.”

To her horror, tears started sliding down her cheeks, though she wasn’t sure if it was from fear of what was to come or from missing Coop and Ro so desperately. Surely, that tone of voice meant the man would hit her again. He had nothing to lose. Nothing at all.

She shouldn’t have said anything. Now he had no reason not to kill her. How could she escape if she was already dead? But she hadn’t been able to stand the thought of him touching her again either.

“I’m sorry,” she repeated.

His jaw tightened. “It was only yesterday. It’s not like you even know them. You’ll get over them soon enough.” The fingers of one hand rubbed over each other, over and over.

Her mouth opened but she couldn’t think of a thing to say. Get over her mates? It wasn’t done. It couldn’t be done. Was he mad?

Of course he was mad.

His fingers kept rubbing themselves, rubbing and rubbing. “I’ll get you a pill so you won’t throw up.” He turned toward the door, still talking. “That should work. A pill. And then you can forget them.”

He punched the wall next to the door hard enough to push through the wall board and expose the two by fours underneath. “I’ll get a pill this afternoon.” He opened the door and left.

Bethany heard the click of the lock. She could only hope he was distracted enough that he wouldn’t remember locking it later.

***

It took so long for Lillian to unlock the door that Bethany had convinced herself Lillian had changed her mind. As it was, the click was a soft sound, almost imperceptible, and Bethany might have missed it if the door hadn’t also drifted open a crack.

Her heart beat hard in her chest but she forced herself to wait. It wouldn’t help Lillian one bit if the two of them were seen together. So Bethany waited until she was sure Lillian had to have gotten away.

Then Bethany crossed to the door. She listened carefully, to see if anyone was in the hall. When she didn’t hear anything, she cracked the door a little wider and took a look.

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