Volume One (Books 1-2): Riverford Shifters Collection, #1 by Cristina Rayne

Author:Cristina Rayne [Rayne, Cristina]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Fantastical Press

Chapter 3

Hunter’s mind raced a million-miles-a-minute as he watched two men from his clan hoist up the stretcher the injured red wolf had been placed onto earlier, tubes of blood and saline already feeding into two IVs that had been inserted into the underside of both pale forearms. The medical team that had been sent had managed to stabilize him enough to move him, and Needles had been optimistic about his chances. Hunter had never been so glad to see the overzealous doctor in his life, thankful that Gaither had called for him particularly.

Finally, a huge clue regarding his missing brother had fallen into his clutches. He might be alive. His chest ached painfully at the thought. After a year of fearing the worst, to have that fear so unexpectedly given even a tiny hope of being laid to rest was jarring.

He should have been beside himself with joy, with relief. He should have been at the very least calling Maxim to tell him to follow them to the hospital. His best friend had just as much riding on the information the wolf shifter could provide them once he had regained consciousness as Hunter did.

He bared his teeth. So why was his jaguar roaring for him to chase after Kylie right now? To do so would probably be the stupidest thing he had ever done in his life, including his inordinately stupid decision to sleep with her. He damn well knew that.

Yet, as he stood watching his clan brothers and sisters prepare to move the injured stranger out of the forest, he was having a tough time keeping himself from shifting. Even now, he could feel small, rebellious spasms across the muscles of his body as he held himself rigid.

A Polyshifter…

She could have lied. She could have continued to feign ignorance as she had when he had told her about Deadends and Returners. Instead, she had looked him straight in the eye and admitted it, standing there looking so strong and challenging even though she had been utterly naked in more ways than one.

Kylie had to have known that her admission could have very well ended with his teeth at her throat, so why? Hunter scowled. Nothing about the whole mess made any sense!

Why in the hell had she revealed her true nature by shifting into a lioness in the first place? Was it just a colossal fuck-up on her part? Caught out, did Kylie hope that the truth would somehow salvage things, that it would muddy things enough for him to drop his guard in regards to her again?

Hunter felt a growl forming deep within his chest. Was that whole string of events—from finding Kylie attacking that piece of human scum in the forest to finding the half-dead wolf to her shifting into something other than a jaguar—just part of some grand plan of infiltration by the lions?

Or did she hide the truth because she was scared that I would react badly, that we would all react badly to

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