Miri: A Paranormal Romance (Plenty of Shift Book 1) by Wilder Carina

Author:Wilder, Carina [Wilder, Carina]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Wolf Ear Press
Published: 2015-11-05T08:00:00+00:00

Chapter Six

She tried to avoid watching Malcolm work, finding excuses to move about the bedroom that so far housed her bed and little else, bringing blankets and a pillow to the couch so that he could lie down later. But each time she passed him, she inhaled his heavenly scent, which only seemed to be increasing in intensity as he perspired. To navigate around him was difficult; each time she did so she wanted to reach a hand out to touch him. Or, better still, to bite some part of him.

Their inner wildness was one of the things about shifters that had always made her apprehensive, always made her veer towards the human side of things. They were animals—the cougar inside her who was clawing at her insides, wanting out. Wanting to rub itself on his flesh, to claim him with her own scent.

Mine, the voice inside her screamed. Mine.

She’d always combatted the animal, trying to tame it, to hold it back. And it wasn’t easy. But things weren’t easy for her kind, especially with the gang wars erupting outside these days. Not to mention a boss with a firm prejudice against shifters, and who knew how many other residents of Grayson City hated them? Miri had always gone about her business, only shifting when she couldn’t hold back any longer. It was a craving that needed satisfying on occasion, much like an unrelenting desire for sex.

In spite of her reluctance to show her cat form, though, something made her want to see Malcolm’s bear very, very much.

“When you were in the military, did you shift?” she asked, unable to resist speaking to him as he worked.

“Sometimes. I was in a sort of Special Ops branch, though, so I had to do it minimally. Grizzlies are pretty conspicuous, so it was meant to be reserved for special occasions.”

“So they wanted you for your human form?”

“I guess so,” he said, laughing as he wiped his cheek with the back of his hand and turned to her. “Why? Is my human body inadequate?”

“Oh, it’s very adequate,” she said. “I was just curious. I’m an infrequent shifter, myself.”

Malcolm stepped towards her. “I’d love to see you in your cougar form,” he said. “I’ll bet you’re beautiful. Much as you are right now.”

“You do know how to make me blush.”

“I’m just stating the facts. You’re a gorgeous woman, and whatever that idiot ex of yours did to lose you makes him just about the stupidest man who ever lived.”

“Well, thank you. But I’m so much better off without him.” She ran a hand through her hair. “For one thing, I would never have met you.”

Had those words really come out? Stupid, Miri. Stupid. Stop encouraging him.

“Thank you,” he chuckled. “But I’ll just assume that you’re currently kicking yourself inside for saying that and get back to work here. I’m nearly done.”

Malcolm was painting the drywall around the frame where the mirror would be inserted. He’d done amazing work, and the room now looked as though it had always been set up this way.

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