Devil Takes His Innocent by Emma Anderson Read Free Book Online

allow him to go to a home where a man like Jason lived. The man
couldn’t seem to control his temper, and if he believed that it was acceptable
to grab and hurt a woman, she didn’t want to think what he would do to a
defenseless child. The question was , how was she going
to explain it to Bobby?
    ****
    Her answer came when she arrived
home. Immediately, Bobby knew something was wrong. She had no way of hiding the
already developing bruises on her arms, though she had tried. It was the fear
she still felt that he noticed first. According to Bobby, it was a similar
smell to the one his mother had whenever he transformed. Damn his heightened
senses. She had to wonder whether it was a shape shifter thing.
    As she stirred the stew they had
started cooking earlier in the day, she told Bobby what had happened between
her and his father. She didn’t want to paint the man in too bad of a light, but
she also had no intentions of lying to the boy, either. He’d had enough of that
throughout his life.
    She had just put the potatoes on
to boil when she heard the first of two cars coming toward the cabin. Bobby
must have heard them before her because he was already looking out the window.
    “ I think it’s my dad, and there’s
some woman. Some other guy just got out of the second car,” Bobby said, looking
over his shoulder at her. “Don’t let them take me away, Gabby. Please.”
    “ It’s going to be all right. This
is still private property and they’re trespassing,” she reassured. If only she
believed that would stop these men, but still she continued. “We can just send
them on their way and then leave to the city tonight. How does that sound?”
    “ Okay.”
    Together, showing a united front,
they both went to answer the door. There stood two extremely large men, and one
petite woman. Jason and the woman both swept their gazes over Bobby, while the
other man, the one she recognized from earlier, had his attention fixed firmly
on her. He seemed to rival Devil in power. Damn it, where did that thought come
from? Why the hell was that man polluting her thoughts during such an intense
confrontation?
    “ Son, come here!” Jason said,
gently ordering Bobby.
    “ Don’t call me that!” Bobby spat,
edging closer to Gabby. “The only person who has ever cared for me, and you hurt her!”
    “ I swear to you, Bobby, I never
hurt your mother,” Jason said, now down on his knees.
    “ I wasn’t talking about her. She
hurt me all the time!” Bobby replied. “You hurt Gabby.”
    “ You’re in danger with her, Bobby.
Her grandfather hated our kind. That’s why we never come onto this land. Those who have, never returned.”
    Before she could defend her
position, Bobby once again spoke up, showing a maturity beyond his years. “So
you think ’cos her grandfather was like that, then she will be too! You don’t
know nothing . Gabby’s the best person I know, and I’m
staying with her,” Bobby declared, looking up to Gabby. “Is that okay?”
    “ More than okay, Bobby,” she
replied, pulling the boy close to her body. “I’m not letting this man take you.
You’ve been through enough at the hands of one parent. I won’t risk him hurting
you too.”
    Jason
stood. “ I would never hurt my son.”
    “ So you don’t hurt kids, just
women. That’s comforting!” Gabby retorted.
    “ I don’t hurt women,” Jason said,
pulling his wife into his arms. “Tell her, Judge, please?”
    “ Gabby, is it all right that I
call you that?” She nodded her reply to the man named Judge. “Okay, Gabby, you
have to understand that our kind is very protective of our children. When Jason
discovered that you were old man Winters ’
granddaughter, he thought that his son was in danger. Jason is a good man who
has three other children. All of them adore their dad.”
    “ Words, that’s all I’m hearing,”
Gabby responded.
    “ Gabby, I’m Maryanne, Jason’s mate
and wife. Would you believe it if the words came from me?”