BILLIONAIRE ROMANCE: Beauty and the Beastly Billionbear (BBW Shifter Alpha Male Romance) (New Adult Fantasy Paranormal Romance Short Stories) by Meadow Rayne

Author:Meadow Rayne [Rayne, Meadow]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-06-06T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 4

As soon as he hit the ground he started changing again, and before long, he was a man again. There was nothing left of his clothes save a few torn rags on the ground. He was naked, but the blood seeping from different wounds distracted from that fact. I came closer to him, but suddenly, he was a stranger to me. The man I’d been friends with for years, the one I’d become dependent on whenever I needed a shoulder to lean on, the person I was sure I knew inside out, lay on the ground in front of me, and I didn’t recognize him at all.

“Someone call a doctor,” I cried out. The butler appeared behind me. Panic rocked through my body and I felt brittle, like I was going to crumble.

“The Master doesn’t go to hospitals,” he said calmly. “There’s nothing human medicines can do for him. He will heal, madam.”

I whipped my head around and saw the old man looking down at Jonah, not worried at all.

“Does this happen often?” I asked. The butler seemed so calm and controlled. I felt like I wanted to scream.

“It happens from time to time. Go on inside. I’ve instructed Cook to make you sweet tea for the shock. I will take care of the master and call you when he’s settled.”

I got up and wandered into the house in a daze. None of this was making sense. I believed in supernatural creatures. I’d dated them, for goodness sake. But that was just it. I thought I had ended that infatuation with Shane. I didn’t want another shifter in my life. I didn’t want any more craziness.

In the kitchen Cook fretted over me like a mother, giving me tea and fussing around me.

“I can’t believe he didn’t tell you,” she said once I was sipping the sweet liquid. It burned down my throat. “I can’t imagine the shock. I was a little surprised myself the first time, but it’s been so long. The butler told me all about it. Serves that man right for coming after you.”

Half of what she said went over my head. Only one thing stuck. Jonah hadn’t told me.

The butler came down half an hour later and told me I could go up to see Jonah. My legs felt like lead as I climbed the stairs. Every step closer to his room had me wishing I was taking one in the opposite direction. I knocked on the bedroom door.

“You don’t have to ask to come in,” Jonah said as I walked to the bed. He looked drained, and old. Like he’d aged ten years. Bandages were wrapped around his chest and shoulder.

“Are you alright?” I asked. My voice sounded impossibly thin, despite my efforts to sound brave.

“I’ll be fine,” he said, smiling. “The upside is that I heal fast. By tomorrow I should be right as rain.”

I nodded mutely and looked around the room. Anywhere as long as I didn’t have to look at him.

“I know

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