ROMANCE: Forbidden Bear Obsession (Werebear Shifter Taboo Paranormal Romance) (New Adult Contemporary Paranormal Romance Short Stories) by Sicily Duval

Author:Sicily Duval [Duval, Sicily]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-05-26T23:00:00+00:00

4

I got on the shuttle that would take me home. It was a normal routine, I was on the curb at three, and I stepped into the shuttle, greeting the same man I always did.

But everything felt off. There was an electric hum in the air, and my skin prickled. My stomach was a knot of nerves and I tried to untangle my feelings in all of it. Donald was a hurricane in my life, pushing everything just a little bit off-kilter. I hadn’t been happy with my life before, but I’d been able to deal with it. Now everything felt just so much off-balance that I had to really focus not to lose it. And I didn’t like it. I didn’t want to face my life anymore.

You’re being an idiot, I told myself. You’re being irrational. A stupid affair. Not even. A once off thing, and you want to wash everything down the drain. Your life is a good one and I tried my best to believe it.

But it wasn’t just Donald. It wasn’t just my eyes that were suddenly opened to the fierceness that life could hold. I’d been passive for so long.

When the shuttle pulled up at the corner and I stepped out, the air was charged. This wasn’t just Donald. I was sure of it now. As I walked home, the atmosphere pressed down on me, heavier and heavier as I got closer to the house. I swallowed hard and focused on breathing. In. Out. In. Out.

Vampires could feel a lot of things. I’d pushed my senses away. It was my job to be the housewife. Lashan was the ruler of our little kingdom. It was the man’s job to protect his own. But my senses were alive and tingling now, and I had a very ugly feeling that something was about to go wrong. It was like a bad aftertaste in my mouth, something I couldn’t swallow away.

When I opened the front door, Lashan sat in the armchair that faced the television. His back was to me. I jumped, unable to stop the fear rippling through my body before I got a handle on it.

Calm. I had to stay calm.

“You’re home early,” I said, dropping my keys on top of the little wooden stand instead of putting it in the drawer as I usually did.

“Where were you?” he asked. His voice sounded far away, like he was talking through cotton.

“I was at the butcher. I wanted to make something special tonight.” I’d said the first thing that came to mind.

“And?” He stood up, and the air around us shifted. I realized that the force I was feeling came from him.

“And what?” I asked, forcing myself to stay confident. Lashan would read insecurity.

“What did you get?”

I swallowed, mind racing. I had nothing to show for my supposed trip.

“I couldn’t find anything that suited my taste. I wanted it perfect.”

Lashan walked around me, circling like a vulture. His eyes were scrutinizing.

“You were at the butcher’s for five hours, and you have nothing to show for it?” he asked.

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