Her Mighty Shifter by C.L. Scholey Read Free Book Online

rock Maximus sliced off the heads and gutted the fish. He wrapped them in a large leaf and walked them back to the cave. Maximus placed the fish in more large leaves and set them on the coals from the fire he made. He also arranged the vegetables he found to roast and tossed Posy some fruit.
    “Are you really going to steal me away to another planet?”
    “You’ll like my planet.”
    “What if I do and what if I end up liking you? Every day of my life I’d be afraid to give birth to a litter of mice pups.”
    “Posy, you won’t give birth to mice. You won’t give birth to pups or cubs. No wonder you look miserable. That’s a weird and disturbing thought. You would give birth to a normal looking human baby that will shift when he or she comes of age.”
    “Giant hamsters. Will their playpen be hamster balls?”
    Maximus growled. “I am not a giant hamster or gerbil or guinea pig. I shift into a large cat, a white tiger. You like tigers. I’ve seen the pattern on your toes. That’s what confuses me. You like what I am, or at least what I will become, but you can’t stand me now.”
    “I won’t have sex with a mouse or a tiger.”
    “It doesn’t work like that. I will never make love to you in my shifter form. Are you really thinking about mice dicks? Because that’s gross.”
    She glared at him. “I’m not thinking about anybody’s dick.”
    “Good to know because I can’t have an erection on your planet. It’s not physically possible. Mates cannot get pregnant here or there is a small chance of…”
    “Fucking mice babies, I knew it,” she shrieked. She jumped up and made a dash for the cave door. Maximus grabbed her and pulled her to his chest.
    Well, that escalated quickly.
    “Why are you thinking about sex?”
    “I’m thinking about everything,” she countered. “I’ve been kidnapped. Now you say I’m being taken to another planet. What makes you think I’d be happy about this situation?”
    Maximus set her by the fire. “Do you feel anything for me when you look at me?”
    “I keep waiting for you to change.”
    “You took on three huge men but are afraid of a tiny little mouse.”
    Posy sat staring into the hot coals with a sullen expression. Maximus checked the fish. He didn’t know finding a mate would be this hard. He certainly wasn’t prepared for her lack of attraction towards him. She looked vulnerable, sweet, alone. He admitted he wasn’t handling the situation very well. He wished she’d laugh. She was gorgeous when she laughed.
    “You’re beautiful,” he blurted.
    She raised her face to gaze at him. Posy lifted a hand to maneuver back into her bra a wayward boob that was trying to break free. Her expression went from wary to annoyed, obviously doubting him.
    “I’m hungry.”
    “The fish are done,” he was quick to say and pounced on them, handing her two. “The roots will take a while. Have some fruit.”
    He picked up the piece she had dropped in her break for freedom. His hand hovered over her lap. Absently she took his offering. Maximus settled back across from her.
    “Posy, even if I didn’t take you to my planet you’ve been marked as mate material. Worse since you can be compatible with any shifter from now on mating would wreak havoc on Earth. Your presence confuses the beams, or this problem wouldn’t be happening. Every eclipse or partial eclipse you would need to hide for seven days. That’s every two point four eclipses in a year. If you married a human man you might still be stolen. If you had children they would be left alone on Earth if a shifter was successful. No matter what you do a shifter would be successful. Two of us were this time.
    “If you found a human mate and were pregnant and were stolen, well, life on my planet is hard for a male child who can’t ever shift. A daughter would need constant protection until she mated. Every instinct within me says we belong together. If I return without you I think I’ll go crazy.”
    “What if