Stray Shifter by Aimee Easterling

Author:Aimee Easterling
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: urban fantasy, urban fantasy series, paranormal, paranormal fantasy, paranormal series, paranormal suspense, wolf shifter paranormal, wolf shifter paranormal romance, shapeshifter wolf romance, werewolf, werewolf action, werewolf trilogy, werewolves, wolf shifter series, wolf romance
Publisher: Wetknee Books
Published: 2020-07-02T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 24

I FROZE AND LUKE WAS abruptly two-legged, kneeling and holding me upright even though I didn’t need assistance. “Honor! What happened? Where are you hurt?”

His concern surged down the mate bond the same way my horror must have travelled in the opposite direction. I hadn’t realized I could suck energy away from someone so quickly or so thoroughly. Had I killed my friend?

I nosed at Arthur’s face, relieved to feel the tickle of exhaling breath. Not dead. Alive.

As best I could tell, Arthur was only sleeping. On the other hand, waves of worry rolled off my partner while the burnt electricity from the crowd worsened. I grabbed for words, but found none available to send back down our mate bond.

Instead, I tried to shift upward and join Luke in humanity. The shifting part was successful, but my muscles were liquid, my brain muzzy. I tilted, and this time Luke caught me as I fell.

“This is over.” Luke’s voice was so quiet I was surprised anyone in the pack could hear him. But his spark of compulsion carried despite the low volume. Even with my eyes closed, I sensed the shifters who had been pressing closer for a better vantage point draw back.

Not a good idea, I reminded Luke. Every compulsion makes Ruth’s role as alpha that much more tenuous.

Only, the words didn’t have enough oomph to travel. Instead, I lay in my mate’s arms, frozen and unable to argue as he proceeded to protect me while disobeying his sister’s overt commands.

“There will be no pack in-fighting,” Luke continued. “You don’t have to like each other, but you’ll at least pretend to. If you have a problem with woelfin or anything else, take it up with me.”

I pried my eyes open and was granted a close-up view of Luke’s knee even as his free hand settled into my hair. His fingers picked through my tangles as he spoke to his pack mates, the gentleness of his touch contrasting with the hardness of his tone.

“There will be no viewing of the heir tonight,” he continued. “If you want to see him—if you want to see them—you’ll sign up for a babysitting slot in the cloud.”

Frowning, I considered the possibility that my addled brain was playing tricks on me. Luke thought these wild, ferocious werewolves were going to scurry home to their computers and cell phones so they could fill out an online form giving them a chance to take care of newborn babies?

And yet...footsteps pounded away from us. My view of fur and naked legs opened out into a dark, empty lawn.

I blinked. I might never understand the skinless.

“Now, shift,” Luke continued, his tone descending back into alpha compulsion. “Then tell me what was so important that it brought you to blows.”

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