The Alpha's Bite (Huntsville Pack Book 5) by Michelle Fox

Author:Michelle Fox [Fox, Michelle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: witch psychic siren elf fairy queen werewolf dragon lion shapeshifter paranormal romance mystery thr, Shapeshifter, alpha, suspense, werewolf, urban fantasy romantic comedy bear mate claim alpha
Publisher: Michelle Fox
Published: 2017-09-24T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

Adele

Several hours later, Marie woke me with a hard jostle of my shoulder, the one Jackson had hit. Pain sparked in the joint, tearing a soft groan from my throat. It was better, but still healing.

Marie frowned down at me. "Are you okay?"

I sat up and rubbed my shoulder. "Yeah. I'm just sore."

"There's bone broth on the stove. Have a cup."

Covering a yawn, I said, "Thanks. What do you need me to do?"

"Keep an eye on Chloe and the babe. Make sure she has lots of water and bone broth."

"And the door?" I noticed a pile of baby things—diapers, blankets, onesies, toys— had materialized while I'd slept.

"Answer it. Take what they offer and shut it. No one comes in under any circumstances, understand?"

"No visitors. Got it." I pointed to the baby pile. "Is this what they're bringing?"

"Yes."

I blinked, realizing the deputy wasn't there. "Where's Deputy Todd?"

She shook her head. "He hasn't been back yet."

A shiver of foreboding went through me. "Should I go look for him?"

"He probably went back to the station. They work in shifts. I expect someone new will be here soon."

"Without telling us?" That didn't sound right to me. The guy had seriously believed I was a murderer. He wouldn't walk off and leave me alone.

She shrugged."I don't really care, to be honest. He's not my job." She jerked a thumb toward Chloe and Jackson's bedroom. "They are. The deputy is a big boy. He's fine. If there was trouble, we would've heard."

"Maybe I'll call the sheriff and check just to be sure," I said.

"Great. You do that. Now get up so I can lay down. It's been a long night."

I jumped up. I'd been making her wait. "Sorry."

Marie waved me off and plopped down on the couch, her eyes shut before her body hit the cushions.

Stretching my arms overhead, I made my way to the kitchen. The scent of the bone broth filled my nose making my stomach growl. Shifters had been making it for centuries, but a human somewhere picked up on it and had made it trendy. Rumor said there'd been a cat shifter with a popular blog who first gave out the recipe. The Pack Council hadn't been happy about it.

Bone broth wasn't top secret, but the Pack Council frowned on publicity of any kind. We didn't want attention. Once humans figured out bone broth, they might just realize it had first been made with...well, dead humans. At least that's what I'd been told in shifter world history class in high school. Shifters hadn't worried too much about humans way back when. Our secrecy and avoidance of the human world was a relatively new thing, mostly due to our declining population.

Digging a coffee mug out of the cupboard, I dipped it into the simmering pot of bone broth and gulped it down. Delicious warmth filled my belly. Bone broth infused with healing herbs was amazing, but it couldn't erase the nagging worry that something had happened to the deputy.

There was a murderer out there, after all.

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