The Shifter's Secret by R. A. Boyd

Author:R. A. Boyd [Boyd, R. A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-09-02T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

Jace held Emma and Lily in his arms, breathing them in. Committing their scent to memory. Until this was over, he would not let them out of his sight. Not again. He’d left them to get the herbs for Willow’s potion to put a protective barrier around Emma’s’ dad’s house. Less than an hour away from them and all hell broke loose, and he knew that Ronin did it with purpose. He was following them. Waiting for them before he made his move.

A low snarl rumbled in Jace’s chest, his beast wanting to be set free to hunt his brother.

Unfazed by his growling and brooding, Lily grabbed his thumb and shook it to get his full attention. “Do we all get to eat dinner together tonight?” Lily asked, her missing tooth making her words lisp as she spoke. “I wanna eat dinner with everyone. And sleep in my bed by myself.” She whispered the last part, putting her small hand up to Jace’s ear to block her mouth so her mother wouldn’t hear her.

Mission not accomplished.

Hoping to not look like a weirdo and freak Lily out, he leaned over and put his nose to her hair, breathing in her scent. He would never forget it. What if she got lost and needed him to come find her? He would rip New Rose apart to find her.

“Did you smell my hair?” she asked, brown eyes wide as she poked his nose.

He nodded. “I did. Your brain smells smarter than it did an hour ago. You got smarter, didn’t you?”

Lily erupted into a fit of giggles, clapping her hands and kicking his shin as her tiny bare feet moved wildly around. “I did! Now I can spell banana and binoculars. And apple and angel.”

“That’s the best thing I’ve heard all day.”

Jace had never had to hide his rage before, but being around Lily was teaching him a level of patience he never knew he had inside of him. The call of his beast to hunt down his brother made his insides ache. So many emotions surrounded him right now from the people in the room with him, and he fought every instinct attempting to force him to stalk Ronin.

Deep inside, he knew it was Samiyah running the show. Somehow that didn’t matter. The threat to his mate and cub were real. They could have been hurt. Or worse.

For now, he had to focus on Lily. It was the only thing keeping him sane. Lily was happy as the summer days are long, Shaun was staring at him from the across the room, a murderous haze visible around him like a mirage. And Emma was… There were no words that could describe the myriad emotions teaming within his mate.

Fear, hatred, relief, hope, and a bit of bleakness tumbled from her. He could feel everything when it came to her. She sat there in his arms, elbow resting on the countertop as she chewed on her thumbnail. Every once in a while, she would reach over and tuck a lock of Lily’s hair behind her ear, or kiss Jace on the cheek.

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