Smoke And Mirrors: A Reverse Harem Paranormal Romance (Harem of Freaks Book 3) by Crystal Ash

Author:Crystal Ash [Ash, Crystal]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-12-04T16:00:00+00:00

15

RAZVAN

Mel came out and updated us on Connor’s condition a half hour later. She wanted to spend the night at the hospital but Hunter and I convinced her to come back to the carnival campgrounds.

“You need to sleep, steluţa,” I told her. “And shower and change clothes.”

“But I…” Her lower lip wobbled and she sucked in a breath. My heart ached for her but my dragon flared with jealousy. She cared about him so much. I had to remind the beast inside me that she had every reason to.

“I don’t want to be alone,” she admitted.

“You won’t be.” I pulled her into my arms. “We’ll get your things from Connor’s and then you’re staying with me.”

She stiffened a little, but I sensed it was more out of surprise than anything else. Then I felt her head nod against my chest. Good. I made a point of telling her and not asking.

“I’m staying with you, too!” Hunter’s young son, a spitting image of the tall pale wolf, wrapped his arm around Mel’s leg and hugged tightly. His daughter soon followed suit on Mel’s other leg.

“Guys.” Hunter kneeled beside his children to speak to them. “We’re going home for the night and then tomorrow—”

“No, it’s fine, Hunter,” I told him. “You’re all welcome to stay. I have a tent they can use.”

He looked up at me, eyes sharp. “Are you sure? I don’t want to impose.”

“You’re not imposing. Mel needs us right now. All of us.”

His lip curled into the barest hint of a snarl as he stared me down. We couldn’t work it out here in a human hospital, but I knew what he was doing. I returned his gaze, my own stare unflinching. Although we were completely different species, his wolf and my dragon understood each other.

Bringing his children into my territory, a foreign place without him sniffing out first, was a risk. He was letting me know what he would do if I ever compromised their safety. And I let him know that while they would be just as safe as Mel, it was my territory and I was the alpha there, no matter who else came in.

Hunter put his teeth away and lowered his eyes, accepting my offer and my position over him while we were there. It would be the exact opposite if I were to stay in his space.

With that settled, we all dragged our feet out of the hospital.

“The carnival is getting torn down tomorrow,” Nigel told us when we reached the parking lot. “But I’ll work it out with the county that y’all can stay until Connor is fit to be discharged. I know someone who’ll give me wiggle room on the permits.”

“Thank you, Nigel, for everything,” Mel released me and went to hug our manager. He reeled back, startled, then awkwardly patted her back.

“Ah, come here you old slave driver.” I pulled him into another unwanted hug as soon as Mel released him. Although he worked behind the scenes, Nigel was a hero to improving work conditions for carnival performers.

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