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

shifters don’t eat shifters. It wouldn’t stop him from biting me.”
    Maximus grabbed her hand and tugged her to get her moving. Andro shifted into a cave lion and followed. Around every turn she waited for something to jump out at her. She stopped short and groaned.
    “What?” Maximus asked.
    “I forgot my purse. We need to go back. My passport is in it.”
    “You don’t need a passport to get to Ricafa, just me and a moonbeam.”
    Would you like to swing on a star, carry moonbeams home in a jar … nope, not working for me.
    “You really expect me to believe we’re going to fly a moonbeam to a different planet?”
    “Yes,” both Maximus and Andro said.
    “Posy, you’ve seen us shift. How can you doubt the moonbeams exist?”
    True enough.
    “If we keep a steady pace we’ll be at the river by dark,” Maximus said.
    “If there’s an eclipse won’t it be too dark to see?” Posy asked.
    “Not these moonbeams, they’re special,” Andro said.
    She wished he wouldn’t talk in lion form. She was doomed to listen to animals talk for the rest of her life. How are you today, Mrs. Gorilla? How are your paws feeling, Mr. Lion? She groaned as they continued on. Maximus held her hand, and she worried he’d shift.
    “We’re being followed,” Andro said.
    Posy balled a fist, but it was Tac who burst through the foliage. He joined them in wolf form. His gaze was everywhere. To their left was rustling, then more to the right. The entire jungle came alive. The sky overhead darkened. The moon was beginning to shine, and as it did ripples of moonbeams danced across the water. Posy was tingling everywhere. The tug of some phenomena was hard to resist. As they made their way closer to the water’s edge she pressed against Maximus, and the sensation of his heat was strong.
    Molecules danced around them. Her hair ruffled from a breeze. The air grew sweet. Her flesh quivered when her bare arm pressed to his. For an instant Maximus was familiar. His breath became hers, and his scent filled her.
    What’s happening to me?
    “Maximus?” she whispered.
    A smile split his lips. “I knew it.”
    “Run,” Tac yelled.
    A thundering of footsteps behind them made Posy gasp, and Maximus yanked her into his arms. He ran across the water. Looking down she could see the animals shift one by one as they flew higher. Their shifter forms changed as they were swept higher. All shining with bright shadow outlines. They were beautiful. Posy sucked in air as she was transported across the water to the air into the heavens. The arms holding her grew massive. When they landed she was under a beast, flat on her back, lightheaded. Posy lay gapping up at a pure white saber-toothed tiger. She had never encountered anything so large. And scary as shit. Long fangs were inches from her eyes.
    Well, at least I’m not afraid of mice anymore.
    Her heart pounding, Posy tried to breathe, but it wasn’t happening. His fur waved in a gentle sway in a come-hither motion.
    “I’m back,” Maximus sang in a sing-song. His warm breath washed over her, and his long fangs glistened in the moonlight.
    Posy fainted.
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    As he knew they would the other shifters gave Maximus a wide berth now that he could shift properly. No one was stupid enough to take him on. Not even Danner, the once elephant now mammoth. All of the shifters regained the natural forms of their animal shifter. Tac was in dire wolf form but twice as large.
    “Is she yours?” Tac asked.
    “Yep.”
    Maximus kept his teeth bared. He was positive Posy was his. The moment she had said his name on Earth at the moonbeam he knew she’d sensed she was his, but she was so confused. That was all it took, recognition, even a glimmer was a ball of light. His shifter was thrilled. He tossed back his head and roared. Posy lay motionless. Maximus chuckled as he nuzzled her cheek. All he had to do was convince her they were meant to be. And mate her. With ease he slipped her over his back and