Shifters Gone Alpha by Michele Bardsley, Sydney Addae, Sedona Venez, Ellis Leigh, Julia Mills, Renee George, Skye Jones, Brandy Walker, Lisa Carlisle, Solease M Barner, Cristina Rayne, Lynn Tyler
Authors: Michele Bardsley, Sydney Addae, Sedona Venez, Ellis Leigh, Julia Mills, Renee George, Skye Jones, Brandy Walker, Lisa Carlisle, Solease M Barner, Cristina Rayne, Lynn Tyler
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to talk to you and you ignore me. I strip down and I’ve got your undivided attention. You are the oddest little creature.”
He meowed again, stood and brushed up against the window frame. Suddenly, he turned and left without a backwards glance.
Laughing, Selena headed off to the shower. It was time to wash the grim of the morgue off and get some sleep before she had to get up and do it all over again.
CHAPTER TWO
Selena woke with a start when her alarm went off, the buzzing jolting her into an upright position. She smashed at the buttons, muting it before flopping back onto her pillow. Her heart beat out of control; her breath was labored. She’d been having the oddest dream.
In it, she’d stood in the middle of a clearing in the woods and she wasn’t alone. The moonlight shone down on her and her companions. People whose faces she couldn’t see surrounded her, chanting softly. Someone walked up behind her, resting their hands on her shoulders. They were big, strong and yet gentle. It had to have been a man. Someone she felt a strange connection to, as if she knew him from another time, another place.
He pulled the cape off her shoulders, letting it drop to the ground, baring her naked body. A zing raced down her spine when he pressed a kiss to her shoulder. His firm lips trailing up her neck until they brushed the outer shell of her ear.
“I’ve been waiting for you. Waiting until you were ready.” He bit her lobe gently, soothing the mark with his tongue…and then she woke up.
Damn, she wished she’d stayed asleep a little bit longer in order to find out what he planned to do next. She missed having a man in her life. Make that a good man in her life. She missed the intimacy. The spiritual and intellectual connection. Someone to talk to, or just simply coexist with.
The man in her dream could have provided all of those things. She instinctively knew he could be the one to fill the gaping, lonely hole in her heart. The other half of her soul…the yin to her yang. If only she could make him appear, conjure him from thin air.
Sighing heavily, she let her eyes slide shut. Maybe it was time to get out in the dating scene again. Enough time had passed since her last disastrous relationship. She’d escaped her ex-boyfriend a bit battered and bruised, but definitely much wiser. She’d moved to a new city for a fresh start and built a new life for herself. She had a job she enjoyed, even though it freaked most people out. She’d taken the time to focus solely on her wants, needs, and desires. Her mind and body were finally in a good place.
The alarm buzzed, jolting her again. “Fucking snooze button.” Rolling out of bed, she made sure she turned the damn thing off. She stretched and ambled to the bathroom to get a start on her day as the sun dipped down, bringing forth the night.
Dressed in jeans and a T-shirt, long blonde hair pulled into a slick ponytail, Selena brewed a pot of coffee to help her get through the night. Another late shift in the morgue receiving, moving and cleaning corpses, and on rare occasions when Hammond had time, he let her take on a bigger role of helping him with autopsies. It wasn’t the most glamorous job, but it suited her. At least the corpses never talked back or complained about customer service.
Hot brew poured into her thermos, she dropped it into her backpack and headed out the door. The night closed around her, the soft sounds of the city firing her blood. People prowled, enveloping her into their midst, making her feel like she was part of their lives. It was going to be a good night. She could feel it in her bones.
Selena waved to Dr. Hammond as he drove off, leaving her to walk home. Another twelve hour shift in the can . The evening proved to be busy just like the day before. “Winter blues and Spring fever my ass.”
Hammond’s reasoning for the busy nights didn’t wash with her, no matter how many times he tried to convince her. The body count was
He meowed again, stood and brushed up against the window frame. Suddenly, he turned and left without a backwards glance.
Laughing, Selena headed off to the shower. It was time to wash the grim of the morgue off and get some sleep before she had to get up and do it all over again.
CHAPTER TWO
Selena woke with a start when her alarm went off, the buzzing jolting her into an upright position. She smashed at the buttons, muting it before flopping back onto her pillow. Her heart beat out of control; her breath was labored. She’d been having the oddest dream.
In it, she’d stood in the middle of a clearing in the woods and she wasn’t alone. The moonlight shone down on her and her companions. People whose faces she couldn’t see surrounded her, chanting softly. Someone walked up behind her, resting their hands on her shoulders. They were big, strong and yet gentle. It had to have been a man. Someone she felt a strange connection to, as if she knew him from another time, another place.
He pulled the cape off her shoulders, letting it drop to the ground, baring her naked body. A zing raced down her spine when he pressed a kiss to her shoulder. His firm lips trailing up her neck until they brushed the outer shell of her ear.
“I’ve been waiting for you. Waiting until you were ready.” He bit her lobe gently, soothing the mark with his tongue…and then she woke up.
Damn, she wished she’d stayed asleep a little bit longer in order to find out what he planned to do next. She missed having a man in her life. Make that a good man in her life. She missed the intimacy. The spiritual and intellectual connection. Someone to talk to, or just simply coexist with.
The man in her dream could have provided all of those things. She instinctively knew he could be the one to fill the gaping, lonely hole in her heart. The other half of her soul…the yin to her yang. If only she could make him appear, conjure him from thin air.
Sighing heavily, she let her eyes slide shut. Maybe it was time to get out in the dating scene again. Enough time had passed since her last disastrous relationship. She’d escaped her ex-boyfriend a bit battered and bruised, but definitely much wiser. She’d moved to a new city for a fresh start and built a new life for herself. She had a job she enjoyed, even though it freaked most people out. She’d taken the time to focus solely on her wants, needs, and desires. Her mind and body were finally in a good place.
The alarm buzzed, jolting her again. “Fucking snooze button.” Rolling out of bed, she made sure she turned the damn thing off. She stretched and ambled to the bathroom to get a start on her day as the sun dipped down, bringing forth the night.
Dressed in jeans and a T-shirt, long blonde hair pulled into a slick ponytail, Selena brewed a pot of coffee to help her get through the night. Another late shift in the morgue receiving, moving and cleaning corpses, and on rare occasions when Hammond had time, he let her take on a bigger role of helping him with autopsies. It wasn’t the most glamorous job, but it suited her. At least the corpses never talked back or complained about customer service.
Hot brew poured into her thermos, she dropped it into her backpack and headed out the door. The night closed around her, the soft sounds of the city firing her blood. People prowled, enveloping her into their midst, making her feel like she was part of their lives. It was going to be a good night. She could feel it in her bones.
Selena waved to Dr. Hammond as he drove off, leaving her to walk home. Another twelve hour shift in the can . The evening proved to be busy just like the day before. “Winter blues and Spring fever my ass.”
Hammond’s reasoning for the busy nights didn’t wash with her, no matter how many times he tried to convince her. The body count was
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