Blue Moon Saloon Box Set 1 by Anna Lowe

Author:Anna Lowe
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Tags: Paranormal Shapeshifter Werewolf Suspense romance, romantic cowboy western ranch box set bargain, Romance Hero psychic thrilling second chance, rogue shifter forbidden love anthologies love HEA, lonely alpha save her escape bear shifter Arizona, temptation true love duty saloon secret baby, action kickass heroine adventure fantasy best PNR
Publisher: Twin Moon Press
Published: 2017-06-28T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

Cole knew the bliss of that afternoon had to end sometime, but shoot. Did it have to end so soon?

Showering had still counted among the fun things they’d gotten up to, as did finding something for her to wear afterward.

“Try this one.” He’d tossed her a shirt and felt a ridiculous shot of possessive pride when she pulled on his button-down.

“How do I look?” She winked, modeling for him.

You look like mine. My woman. My mate.

The inner voice sounded a lot like the one he spoke aloud with: hoarse. Rumbly. Greedy for more.

“Good. Great.”

“You know what I like about you?” she asked out of the blue.

I know what I like about you, he couldn’t help thinking.

“What’s to like?” He tried keeping the anticipation out of his voice.

She shook her head at that and winched him into another hug. “I think I like everything about you. Especially how well you fit right here.” Her fingers played over his back, and she whispered, “I wish I didn’t have to go.”

He hugged back as tight as he dared. God, he wished, too.

“You’ll be okay?” She pulled back as she asked, chewing her lip.

“Fine,” he said, wondering if it was a lie. Being with her had brought him a blissful sense of balance. But saying good-bye…

He kissed her, then pulled away to get it over with — but didn’t quite succeed. He just ended up kissing her again. And again, because letting her go suddenly seemed like a bad idea. She squeezed her body against his, making him warm all over. Hard, too, like this was a greeting and not the parting it had to be.

“Gotta go,” she whispered at last, looking sadder than he’d ever seen her.

He held Janna by both arms and stroked her skin for a good minute, trying to soak in enough of her goodness to make it through the rest of the day.

“You okay?” she murmured, cocking her head to blink at him through her doe eyes.

“Good.” Looking at her, how could he feel any other way?

“Jess will be waiting,” she murmured, more to herself than to him.

Yeah, he was a greedy bastard, because he wanted her all to himself. But she had a job, just like he did, and it was time to let go.

He forced himself to release her, one reluctant finger at a time, and tried to muster a grin. “See you soon?”

She nodded. Quickly, enthusiastically. “Tonight?”

Janna had a way of saying the word that made him shiver in the very best way.

“Tonight.” He nodded.

“Jay’s Bar,” she said, and then she was off. Every step she took put a crack in his heart, and he shuffled a few steps closer to her car.

Mine! Mate!

“You sure you’ll be okay?” she called, like he was a kid being left home alone for the first time.

It felt like that, too.

“Fine.” He nodded and said it over and over again as she drove away.

He kicked the dirt and studied his boots for a little while before tilting his head back at the pure blue sky, streaked with the first pink hues of sunset.

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