Freeing his Mate_Shifter World by Nancy Corrigan

Author:Nancy Corrigan [Corrigan, Nancy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-946672-30-8
Published: 2018-01-02T05:00:00+00:00

Fourteen

Mya

Rick has managed to shatter me in a way even Todd didn’t. I won’t survive this, not like I did after Todd betrayed my ignorance. There’ll be no more putting a smile on my face and dealing with the shitty events of my life. I won’t be singing in my head along with the songs playing in the bar. Looking forward to my kids’ smiles won’t save me either.

Tonight changed everything. I touched heaven in Rick’s arms. He took me there. My stupid jealousy cast me out. The landing shattered my world and exposed the truth. I’m falling in love with a man who is even more messed up than I am. I don’t know if I can fix him. No amount of sex will make this better.

“I should’ve told you about Anna.” Rick drapes an arm over his eyes. “Confessed to loving another woman. I have no good excuse to give you other than telling you Anna would’ve been happy to know I found you.”

Rick’s statement pulls me back to this pivotal moment. I can either find the right words to heal us both or drive a wedge into our budding relationship. By the goddesses, I don’t want to do that. I’d never be able to live with myself if I let my true mate suffer with this pain alone. I need Rick as much as he needs me. He’s the only one who can bind the shattered pieces of my world together.

I open my mouth. No words come out. Dang it. I don’t know what to say. Rick loved this woman. That much is clear from his tone and tortured expression. How do I get past knowing Anna will always hold a place in his heart, if not his soul? Or that Rick had likely once made love to her the way he had with me moments ago? Or that he’d probably kissed her until she was breathless and weak-kneed. Maybe spread her legs and worshipped her down below, making her thighs tremble.

My jaw cracks from clenching my teeth so hard. I’m being ridiculous. Rick was with Anna before me. He hadn’t known he’d meet me, and it’s not as if I expect him to have lived a celibate life. Shifter males are highly sexual. It’s why many take multiple lovers besides their breeding partners. Heck, I’m glad he’s experienced. The things he did to me left me satisfied. So why does knowing Rick loved another woman bother me?

A raw, explicit curse breaks the silence of the night. Rick pushes to his feet and grabs the white button-down shirt he’d worn to my place, balling the fabric in his hands. “I’m old, Mya. Doubt I’ll live much longer. When I die, you won’t feel any pull to me. You can move on with your life. Maybe we’ll get things right the next time our paths cross.”

The stark loneliness I’d seen in Rick’s eyes the night I brought him his bourbon flashes before me. I’ve seen that look a few times in the faces of shifters who’ve come into the bar, then went on to end their lives.

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