Human Shifter (Book Three: A Werewolf BBW Shifter Romance) by Aubrey Rose Read Free Book Online

see the world around him. Now, though, his eyes were blank and expressionless. She could not tear her gaze away.
    "It's okay, dear," Dee said, squeezing Julia.
    "I gave him a shot to put him under. He was shifting back and forth, trying to get rid of the pain, and it was making things hard for me to set the bone." Jordan looked up at Julia from under dark brows. "Really, it's not as bad as it looks. If it was, I wouldn't have let him shift back into human form."
    "What happened?" Katherine asked. "Mara, what happened? He was looking for you."
    Julia looked up to see Mara standing back against the wall, her muscled arms wrapped across her chest.
    "He fell," she said.
    "Fell? How?" Katherine asked.
    "He fell," Mara said, turning away.
    Katherine strode across the room and spun Mara back, shoving her against the wall. Mara didn't fight back. Her head hit the wall with a loud thump but she did not even raise her hands to keep Katherine away.
    "What happened?" Katherine was irate, her chin thrust forward. It was strange to see her, such a slight young woman, facing off against Mara, who was built as strongly as any of the men there. "I swear, if you did this to him—"
    "Katherine, don't," Kyle said, coming forward to pull her away from the confrontation.
    "He fell ," Mara said. "Like I said."
    Ignoring the fight, Julia walked forward and knelt next to Damien, taking his hand. His eyes were a hazy yellow, his head bent to one side. She pressed her forehead against his, willing him to be alright. Being close to him made her breathe a bit easier.
    "Will he be okay?" she asked softly.
    "He'll be up and awake within the hour," Jordan said. "He'll have to keep off of the leg for a few weeks, but that's not too bad."
    "Thank you," Julia said.
    "We can take him up to your room," Jordan said. "I just needed a clear place to set the bone."
    "Thank you," Julia repeated. She followed as Jordan carried Damien up the stairs and lay him in bed. Dee stayed downstairs. Although Mara and Katherine had moved their fight outside, Julia could still hear their angry words floating up through the bedroom window.
    "He's not just a wolf," Katherine was saying. "He's the leader of this pack."
    "So? He can't defend himself from a little tussle?" Mara asked pointedly.
    "You led him outside the territory! Of course he didn't know the terrain!"
    "He fell, I brought him back. That's all."
    "That's not all—"
    Jordan shut the window, and the voices below were cut off.
    "I'm sorry," he said to Julia. "I'm sorry this had to happen."
    "What's going to happen?" Julia said. "With Mara?"
    Jordan shook his head.
    "That's for Damien to decide," he said.
    "What did he say about her?"
    "He agreed with me before. That she'll come around. Or if she won't, that she's free to go as long as he knows she won't open her mouth about you to anyone else. I don't know if he'll trust her as much now, though."
    "Do you trust her?"
    Jordan scratched his beard with one hand.
    "I'm not sure," he said. "At first I thought she just needed some time to get used to the pack. But now ... she seems like more trouble than she's worth. There's a reason wolves don't leave survivors in a fight."
    Julia had never heard Jordan speak so coldly.
    "It's alright," he continued, putting a comforting hand on Julia's shoulder. "He'll be fine. You should come have something to eat."
    "I want to stay here," Julia said.
    "Okay. I'm sure he can sense that you're here," Jordan said. He left the room. Julia held Damien's limp hand in hers. She had started being able to read his emotions, but she'd had no idea how capable she was of sensing his presence. The ability to sense undercurrent of Damien's presence when he was around her had apparently grown in her, and now that he was knocked out she felt his absence all too clearly.
    She crawled into bed beside him and waited for him to wake up.
     
     
     
     
     

CHAPTER EIGHT
    Damien
    It was strange to wake up blind. The first time Damien had gone to sleep after