Pack to the Wall (Her Bad Boy Wolves Book 1) by Tessa Cole & Clara Wils

Author:Tessa Cole & Clara Wils [Cole, Tessa & Wils, Clara]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Gryphon's Gate Publishing
Published: 2024-01-11T00:00:00+00:00

BRONN

I wanted to believe Jane. Watching her sleep, so peaceful, with just a hint of a smile on her lips, I almost could believe it.

She’d be different.

She had to be.

But a roiling fear in my gut warned me not to trust anyone, and that feeling had been keeping me safe for years now. The only person I’d let myself trust was Tyson, and that had been after years of him proving himself. In my head, I couldn’t fathom how this kind and gentle woman could become anything horrible. But then if she didn’t, how could she beat Brick?

And that’s how my thoughts circled all night. I wanted change, wanted Jane to be that change, but if she couldn’t beat Brick, nothing would change. And if she did beat Brick, would she have changed too much? Forced to become something horrible to kill a horrible man?

After a while, I shifted into my lion form and lay down across the doorway to rest. My keen ears would pick up anyone in the hall, or even outside the house.

Everything was easier in animal form. I was still me, but there was a simplicity to an animal’s world view: food, rest, mate. Larger concerns lingered, but they seemed distant. It felt good to be in this form. Needless to say, it wasn’t something Harley had allowed much. Even just seeing me, larger than the wolves, had scared them and that meant more assertion of their dominance. But now, tonight, I could stay as a cat and no one would care.

I heard a sharp gasp and was instantly alert. I raised my head and looked around to see Jane sitting up in bed, staring at me.

“Bronn,” she whispered. It wasn’t a question. It seemed like some confirmation to herself. Still, I nodded my large head.

My enhanced night vision caught the glimmer of her large eyes as she continued to stare at me.

“I…” She gave a little laugh. The sound was so light and free it pierced my heart. “There’s quite a difference between knowing you’re a lion and seeing it.” She let out a shuddering breath. “You scared me for just a moment, but now… I feel safer, knowing you’re protecting me.” She smiled. And that too struck my heart.

I would protect her. I’d do anything for her. I’d only known her for a day, but I felt closer to her than I had to any woman, other than my mother or sisters.

I couldn’t say if this was love, because I didn’t know what love felt like. I only knew I’d protect her with my life and that I wanted to know her, be around her, touch her, comfort her, serve her. Something in her scent called to my soul. I didn’t know if it was the mate-scent or not, but I suspected it might be. Yet she and Tyson were fated, so I had to stay away.

“Thank you,” she whispered and smiled, then she lay down and returned to rest.

Just like that she’d accepted me for who I was, what I was.

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