Changeling Winds: Episode Two (The Bachelor Battles Book 2) by Angela White Page A

my better judgment, I moved toward the door, not sure what I would say.
     
     
    Angelica
    “Would it help to eat?”
    My breath caught at the sound of his voice just outside the door. In my misery, I hadn’t heard his steps.
    “Yes.” Anything to get him away from me!
    I had faced my future, my rebel choice, but I’d been ignoring this feeling of desolation. I had no idea how I’d spend the next two days… nights!   closed-up with him.
    “What would you like?”
    “Anything!”
    A pause, while he realized I didn’t care, only wanted him to leave me be.
    “Angelica?”
    “What?” I couldn’t stop the snarl.
    “I’m sorry. I didn’t know this would be so… bad for you.”
    I squeezed my lids together so tight that stars swam across my vision. “I’ll live.”
    And I would, though the next weeks would bring me to my limits, I was already sure.
    I felt him reaching for the doorknob, and turned around to slam my fist through the bottom panel.
    Crack!
    My claws curled around his ankle in an iron grip. Flames shot through my skin at the contact, and I snatched my hand back. “You step through this door and you’ll be mine, willing or not!”
    I listened to him flee and dropped my head, taking deep breaths that let me see pink instead of red. I used an image of Candice and her superhuman control, concentrating. Better .
    Flat black snapped into place as I pulled the heat in, and I spent a moment making plans. Other than this new torment I was being cursed with, not much had changed. We would still meet my sister, Sam, and she would escort us to where Baker and the smaller group of rebels were pinned down. From there, we would all head to the Safe Zone.
    Pink rushed back over me at the thought of being in a base with more than 400 males like Jason, and I shoved it away in frustration. I would have to build up a tolerance. To survive this without hurting anyone, I had to be able to make it to the Safe Zone, where the majority of Baker’s males were hiding, waiting for him. Surely in all those arms, would be one willing to have a mate like me.
    I stood up, got the shower running as I stripped. In the safe zone were males I hadn’t seen yet. One of them would affect me the way Jason did and then I’d have my bachelor, my mate. I didn’t have to have this one.
     
    Jason
    “I’ve decided I’ll take you up on your offer of a service.”
    I froze with a knife and fork in my grip, surprised more by my own reaction that her giving in. My fear was huge, but my body had twitched. I assumed it was a result of being left unsatisfied last night, the drugs lingering in my system, and shifted uncomfortably. I tried to clear my face before turning, hearing her as she came from the washroom. The tile floor allowed little quiet movement, even for a Changeling.
    I had to revise my theory right away. It wasn’t the drugs. I’d never seen Angelica without blood on her. She was… beautiful. Golden muscles covered in tattoos gleamed with water still falling from her wild hair, and the soft material of her black shirt soaked up those drops to outline breasts that grew pointed under my interest.
    I dropped my head lower and felt that dangerous male side of me wake further. Her legs were long, curved, rippling magnets I couldn’t look away from as she stepped from the washroom. Black shorts stopped my view mid-thigh, and sent my gaze back to those perky breasts.
    I swallowed. Maybe it wasn’t so bad she’d changed her mind.
     
    Angelica
    Seeing that he did want me, even if it was only my body, went a long way in keeping me under control. It soothed my ego a bit to know he was drooling over what I’d chosen to show and I gave him a snort, pulling his hot eyes back to mine.
    Jason flushed, reading my amusement.
    “You’re better now.”
    “I’ll live.” I pulled on my robe as I headed for the table he had set. “I need something from you, too. We’ll deal.”
    He instantly turned back into a fearful Network male, and