Promised: True Mates Book 1 (BBW Paranormal Wolf Shifter Romance) (A Craggstone Paranormal Romance) by Olivia Arran
Authors: Olivia Arran
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down hard, I ripped and pulled. There was no chance Eric would heal from this.
I rolled away from the body, collapsing on the blood soaked ground, my strength depleted. The shift washed over me, leaving me naked and shivering, as I stared at the clear, moonlit sky.
* * *
Kara
W atching James fight Eric was the hardest thing I had ever had to do. My nails dug half-moons shapes into my palms as I watched the battle, heart pounding in my chest. They were both big men, though James had the advantage, especially when half-shifted. But Eric was evil. He fought dirty and dishonorably, while James expected everyone to follow the rules. I knew what Eric was like. There was no way he was going to play fair.
My heart caught in my throat and I screamed a warning to James, clutching Amanda’s arm as I watched in terror as James threw himself to the side, and shifted mid-roll to avoid Eric’s sneaky attack.
Rising to a crouch, James’s wolf was a huge snowy-white beast, a startling contrast to his human hair, with glowing silver eyes. My wolf purred (actually purred!) her approval at her mate, and sat back confident he would win.
When James locked his powerful jaws around Eric’s throat and looked at me, a question in his eyes, my chest tightened and threatened to explode. Lisa! My poor friend. I looked at Amanda for help, whose arm I was threatening to dislocate with my grip. A friendly Amanda, who would have thought it?
“He’ll find her. He said he would. So you have to decide — do you trust him?” she murmured, for my ears only.
Meeting James’s glowing silver gaze, I nodded. Finish it, I mouthed. I trust you , I added silently.
Closing my eyes against the violence, sounds of tearing filled my ears. Then Amanda whispered, “It’s finished.”
Blinking, I looked over at James, now human and covered in gashes and bruises. His gorgeous hair was matted to his head, and his nose looked broken, twisted, and bleeding. Shaking wracked his body, his muscles twitching with involuntary spasms.
At a run, I rushed over to his side, my hands shaking as they hovered over his beaten frame, not wanting to inflict any more pain.
Blinking his eyes open, he stared up at me, pain filling his gaze.
“Shhhh, don’t move if it hurts,” I whispered, brushing his hair off his forehead.
“I’m sorry…about Lisa.”
“I know.” I looked into his eyes, the color of rich melted chocolate, and felt myself falling in love with this man — the man who would risk everything just to give me my freedom, to save my friend, and to make me happy. “I trust you.”
Leaning forward I brushed my lips gently over his, a whisper of a kiss, a thank you.
With a surge, James deepened the kiss and, cradling my neck, molded his lips firmly to mine. Tugging at me, he pulled me down onto him, fitting my body to his. His cock, thick and hard, pressed into my stomach, bare through the rags of my blanket, and I squirmed against him, suddenly needing him inside me, filling me.
A loud and pointed cough sounded behind us. “Ahem…”
James levered himself to sitting and, with me still in his lap, turned with a cheeky smile to face the Council. The Council! Talk about an audience! My face flushed, the blood rushing to my cheeks.
The wolf Council Member winked at us cheekily. “Yes, sorry to interrupt…as you’ve probably figured out, James, you are the winner which means that Kara can choose…ahem…where she would like to live, and who she would like to be with,” he said, a smirk on his handsome face as he pointedly looked at our compromising position. “This also means that you, James, are now the new Alpha of the Smithrock Pack—”
“I don’t want to be the Alpha of another pack,” James said, interrupting in a rush.
“I understand, and thought as much. However, it is not often that two Alpha’s fight to the end, but it has happened before.” He shrugged. “It is just very…unusual. The precedent that has been set before is
I rolled away from the body, collapsing on the blood soaked ground, my strength depleted. The shift washed over me, leaving me naked and shivering, as I stared at the clear, moonlit sky.
* * *
Kara
W atching James fight Eric was the hardest thing I had ever had to do. My nails dug half-moons shapes into my palms as I watched the battle, heart pounding in my chest. They were both big men, though James had the advantage, especially when half-shifted. But Eric was evil. He fought dirty and dishonorably, while James expected everyone to follow the rules. I knew what Eric was like. There was no way he was going to play fair.
My heart caught in my throat and I screamed a warning to James, clutching Amanda’s arm as I watched in terror as James threw himself to the side, and shifted mid-roll to avoid Eric’s sneaky attack.
Rising to a crouch, James’s wolf was a huge snowy-white beast, a startling contrast to his human hair, with glowing silver eyes. My wolf purred (actually purred!) her approval at her mate, and sat back confident he would win.
When James locked his powerful jaws around Eric’s throat and looked at me, a question in his eyes, my chest tightened and threatened to explode. Lisa! My poor friend. I looked at Amanda for help, whose arm I was threatening to dislocate with my grip. A friendly Amanda, who would have thought it?
“He’ll find her. He said he would. So you have to decide — do you trust him?” she murmured, for my ears only.
Meeting James’s glowing silver gaze, I nodded. Finish it, I mouthed. I trust you , I added silently.
Closing my eyes against the violence, sounds of tearing filled my ears. Then Amanda whispered, “It’s finished.”
Blinking, I looked over at James, now human and covered in gashes and bruises. His gorgeous hair was matted to his head, and his nose looked broken, twisted, and bleeding. Shaking wracked his body, his muscles twitching with involuntary spasms.
At a run, I rushed over to his side, my hands shaking as they hovered over his beaten frame, not wanting to inflict any more pain.
Blinking his eyes open, he stared up at me, pain filling his gaze.
“Shhhh, don’t move if it hurts,” I whispered, brushing his hair off his forehead.
“I’m sorry…about Lisa.”
“I know.” I looked into his eyes, the color of rich melted chocolate, and felt myself falling in love with this man — the man who would risk everything just to give me my freedom, to save my friend, and to make me happy. “I trust you.”
Leaning forward I brushed my lips gently over his, a whisper of a kiss, a thank you.
With a surge, James deepened the kiss and, cradling my neck, molded his lips firmly to mine. Tugging at me, he pulled me down onto him, fitting my body to his. His cock, thick and hard, pressed into my stomach, bare through the rags of my blanket, and I squirmed against him, suddenly needing him inside me, filling me.
A loud and pointed cough sounded behind us. “Ahem…”
James levered himself to sitting and, with me still in his lap, turned with a cheeky smile to face the Council. The Council! Talk about an audience! My face flushed, the blood rushing to my cheeks.
The wolf Council Member winked at us cheekily. “Yes, sorry to interrupt…as you’ve probably figured out, James, you are the winner which means that Kara can choose…ahem…where she would like to live, and who she would like to be with,” he said, a smirk on his handsome face as he pointedly looked at our compromising position. “This also means that you, James, are now the new Alpha of the Smithrock Pack—”
“I don’t want to be the Alpha of another pack,” James said, interrupting in a rush.
“I understand, and thought as much. However, it is not often that two Alpha’s fight to the end, but it has happened before.” He shrugged. “It is just very…unusual. The precedent that has been set before is
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