Kadenburg Revealed (The Kadenburg Shifters Series, Book 4) by T.E. Ridener

quite figure out, Darlin’?” He asked.  “My mom tends to get a little excited when she talks about that stuff, though I have no idea why she brought it up tonight.  How is Louisa anyway?”
    “Sleeping,” Presley nodded.  “She’s so brokenhearted.  I feel bad for her.”
    His expression became serious as he lifted an eyebrow.  “Do you want me to beat him up?”
    He had no idea if beating Greg up would make the situation better, but he couldn’t really wrap his head around it either.  How in the hell was an ursithrope capable of cheating?  He’d never known of a bear straying away from his mate.
    “It just doesn’t add up,” Presley frowned, eyeing him.  “And no, don’t you dare.  If anybody is going to smack some sense into that boy it’s going to be me.”
    Lorcan laughed lightly and leaned back against his pillow, gazing at Presley affectionately.  Even when she ran off to Florida to be with that idiot and his body screamed for him to chase her down; he didn’t.  They weren’t mates yet and there wasn’t a damn thing he could do about it.  Maybe that was the case for Louisa and Greg, too?  They weren’t technically mates and even though females usually did the sowing of the oats thing (as weird as that sounded), he needed to keep in mind that Greg wasn’t fully ursithrope anymore.  Maybe his wolf had something to do with it.....
    “Oh my gosh, you’re right,” Presley’s eyes widened as she heard his thoughts.  “That’s what’s happened, isn’t it?  Greg can’t be faithful to Louisa because of his wolf.  Ugh!”  She smacked her palm against the bed and growled.  “Oh, you wait until I see him....”
    “Now wait just a minute,” Lorcan scratched at his chiseled jawline thoughtfully.  “If that’s the case and wolves can’t be faithful..explain Dimitri to me.”
    “What about him?” Presley frowned.  Her green eyes became clouded with confusion as she stared at Lorcan and he simply shrugged his shoulders.
    “Dimitri seems like he was pretty damned loyal to Liam, don’t you think?”
    “Dimitri is the exception,” Presley argued.  “He’s rare.”
    “He’s the exception in everything it seems,” Lorcan sighed and fell back against the bed.  His eyes wandered over the ceiling as he traced his tongue over his lower lip and stretched his legs out.  “But I agree with you.  He’s rare....there’s just something about him.”
    Lorcan liked Dimitri.  Sure, they’d had their differences and their first meeting had gone a little more roughly than Dimitri probably wanted, but now they were closer and Lorcan had to admit he wasn’t such a bad guy.  It didn’t matter what Dimitri shifted into when his emotions got the better of him; he’d loved Liam with everything he had and that was good enough for Lorcan.
    “Dimitri is kind,” Presley whispered as she snuggled against him and closed her eyes.  “I hope Rutley remains kind, too.....”
    As his mate’s thoughts wandered back to the conversation she’d had with his mother, Lorcan couldn’t help but to frown.  He knew what the werewolves had done to the daughters of Tessa.  He’d heard all of those stories before-tales of legend that every ursithrope was meant to take to heart; lessons that made father bears want to hold their daughters a little closer.
    If Lorcan ever had a daughter, he would never let a man hurt her.  He’d kill for his babies.
    Presley was listening to his thoughts again.  She lifted her head again and gazed at him with sparkling emerald hues.  Sometimes she was just too much for him, in the best of ways, and made him feel like a teenaged boy discovering girls all over again.  Hell, she was the only girl he’d ever wanted to look at when they were younger anyway.
    “You’re going to be an amazing father, Lorcan Bamey,” she whispered, leaning in to press a kiss against his cheek.  “I’m grateful our son will have you.”
    “You’ve got it all wrong,