The Gathering by Lily Graison

Author:Lily Graison
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romance, paranormal romance, paranormal, werewolves, series, shifters, shifter romance, werewolf romance, night breeds

Chapter Eleven

Thaddeus was outside Rayna’s bedroom door talking to someone. She could hear him laugh every once in a while, followed by his incessant rambling. The man loved the sound of his voice, apparently.

He’d camped outside her door just as Victor told him to do and she knew there would be no getting past him a second time. Not that getting out would do her much good.

When she’d been brought back, the insane idea of climbing out the window entered her mind. The fact she was two stories up didn’t seem to matter much. To get away from these people, she would chance it.

Without alerting Thaddeus, she’d lifted the window and was sitting with one leg thrown over the ledge when she saw movement near the tree line at the back of the property. The creature that walked out of the shadows caused her heart to skip a beat. She’d never seen anything so big. Or ugly. Taller than any man or wolf she’d ever seen, the things skin glowed under the light of the moon. It’s head looked too big for its body and she couldn’t be sure but it looked as if horns sprouted from its skull.

She’d climbed back in the window when it raised its head and a blood-curdling scream filled the night air.

Hearing Thaddeus laugh again, Rayna looked toward the door before crossing the room and jiggling the doorknob. “Open up!” To her surprise, the door opened a few seconds later.

“What is it, Ms. Ford?”

The man standing with Thaddeus was young and Rayna was shocked to see him. Shoulder length blonde hair glistened with copper and gold highlights. His eyes were hazel and the smile he gave her caused his features to soften a bit. It made his jaw look less stern. She blinked up at him before turning her attention to Thaddeus. “What are those things in the forest?”

“What things?”

She rolled her eyes. “Those creatures. I saw one near the tree line.” The blonde stiffened and Rayna could tell by the look on his face whatever those things were, he didn’t like them. “What are they?”

“Nothing you want to ever come face to face with,” Thaddeus said. He glanced over her shoulder. “Surely you weren’t going to jump from a second story window?”

Rayna shrugged her shoulder. “What’s a broken leg when immediate death is in my future?”

Thaddeus sighed. “No one is going to kill you, Ms. Ford. The world will be so amazed at your transformation, they’ll write your name in the history books for generations to come. You’re going to be famous.”

She smirked at him and leaned her shoulder against the doorframe. “If it’s so fabulous, then why have none of you volunteered for the job?”

The blonde grinned and elbowed Thaddeus on the arm. “She has a point. Why didn’t you offer yourself up to be the martyr?”

“Shut up,” Thaddeus said, glaring at the blonde.

Rayna raised an eyebrow at the newcomer. He grinned and said, “I’m Nicolas Mears,” before offering her his hand. The

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