Marshal Law by Kris Norris

Author:Kris Norris [Norris, Kris]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Paranormal, Multiple Partner, Historical
Publisher: Resplendence Publishing, LLC
Published: 2014-09-20T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

Ethan felt McKenna give herself over to sleep, her body finally relaxing against his. He brushed her hair back from her face, admiring the fine line of her jaw. God, she was beautiful and not just on the outside. The way she’d accepted both of them without prejudice… His chest constricted until simply breathing became difficult. Hell, they’d shown up to arrest her, and she’d saved their lives—and not just physically. Now here she was, wedged between them, her body curled against his.

Ethan forced himself to swallow around the huge ball of emotion stuck in his throat. After all she’d been through—what those bastard Wilson brothers had done to her—she could have shoved them aside. Refused to acknowledge the bond between them. Instead, she’d embraced it. Given them so much more than just her love.

Jude nudged his arm. “She’s safe. And we’ll keep her that way. So you can stop growlin’ and let the girl sleep.”

He frowned. “I wasn’t growlin’. I was thinking.”

“Don’t care what you thought you were doin’, partner. You growled. Several times.”

“She didn’t have to come to us. Even after mating with her…she could have denied the connection. Wouldn’t have blamed her if she had.”

“Trust me. I know how damn lucky we are. And we’ll spend the next eighty years showing her how much we love her. That is after we help her figure out that she’s a shifter.”

Ethan tensed, dropping his gaze to McKenna before glancing at Jude. “We don’t know that for sure.”

“I know you saw her eyes flash red—the way her skin undulated. And those growls…” He chuckled. “Damn near came again when she said ‘mine’.”

“That can all be explained by her being some kind of hybrid. We have no idea how much of her animal form can manifest.”

Jude’s expression sobered. “Her skin rippled! I saw a lingering image of fur. Not to mention we’re both sporting matching bite marks.”

“Humans can bite, too.”

“Two perfect puncture wounds? Sorry, buddy, but there’s far more to our girl than just increased reflexes and some advanced healing abilities. Though it’s obvious she has no idea what’s hiding inside her. Must be why we couldn’t sense it. The animal obviously hasn’t manifested physically until now.”

Ethan sighed. It wasn’t the prospect that McKenna might be a full-fledged shifter that bothered him. It was knowing how hard those first few shifts were…the mental battle of becoming one with the animal. And after all she’s suffered…

Jude slapped his shoulder. “She has us. We’ll help her along. She’s going to be fine.”

He sighed. Apparently the bond they shared with McKenna had transferred over to each other, and Jude wasn’t wasting any time interpreting his emotions—not that the man hadn’t seemingly read them before. “This is only going to make her more stubborn, you know that. She was willin’ to sacrifice her life to save us before. Not sure I want to see how determined her wolf will be now that we’re mates.”

“She’s free to take that up with our other halves. Pretty damn sure we can be just as hardheaded.

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