Maggie's Wolves, Part Three: A BBW Shifter Romance (Red Mountain Pack Book 3) by Cara Morgan Read Free Book Online Page B

thought about that. But it was the whole purpose of a heat cycle. If everything went right, then she’d be pregnant by the end of the week. She might be pregnant right now. She touched her belly. Jack’s gaze followed the motion and then lifted to her face. Wolflight flared in his eyes. He nodded and released her hand.
    “If you change your mind, there are a few flat areas along the trail where you can pull off.”
    She turned back to her sled. It was almost a relief to put the helmet on and let the roar of the engine drown out her thoughts.
    A baby…
    She’d never thought she would have children. She hadn’t wanted to pass on this curse. Having a pack changed everything. It was just that things were changing so damned fast.

Chapter Five
    By the time they reached the garage, Maggie had herself back under control. Jack hit a button on his sled, and the overhead door opened as they approached the garage. She followed him inside and cut the engine. When she removed her helmet, she heard the sound of a car approaching the house. It sounded like it was coming from the direction of the main driveway.
    “Case?” she asked hopefully.
    Jack listened for a moment and then shook his head. “That’s Carson.”
    Maggie ran a hand through her tangled hair. She was going to give one heck of a first impression, wearing old sweatpants with her hair all snarled and windblown. “Maybe I should go take a shower.”
    Jack smiled at her. “I don’t think you need a shower. You look great and smell better.”
    She rolled her eyes and climbed off the snowmobile. “I smell like you.”
    “Exactly. He should know. I want everyone to know we’re mated. Don’t you?”
    There was a touch of uncertainty in his eyes, and she walked to him. Wrapping her arms around his waist, she laid her head against his shoulder. “You’re mine. Nothing can change that now.”
    He relaxed against her, and his arms came up around her shoulders. “I worried I pushed you too hard. No regrets?”
    “You didn’t push me into doing anything I didn’t want to do.”
    “Case might not believe that.”
    “I’ll convince him.” She looked up. “You don’t regret anything do you?”
    He laughed. “You know, you’re not like any other female shifter I’ve ever met.”
    She flinched, and Jack’s smile faded. “What’s wrong?”
    “Why aren’t I like other female shifters?”
    “I didn’t mean that as an insult.” He tucked a strand of hair behind her ear. “You asked me if I regretted becoming your mate. It’s not something most female shifters would ask. It wouldn’t even occur to them that a male wouldn’t be grateful to be claimed. It’s a great honor that most shifters only dream of.”
    “You’d have accepted me no matter what.”
    “No. I wouldn’t have. My mother is a cold woman who thinks males were put on earth to serve her. She treats her mates like crap and sets them against each other. As much as I love Case and Eli, if they’d mated to a woman like that, I’d have walked away. Most female shifters aren’t quite that bad, but none would have asked me if I regretted mating with them.” He squeezed her arms. “You’re nothing like any other female shifter I’ve ever met, and I can’t believe how lucky I am to have found you. How honored I am that you claimed me.”
    He meant it. His blue eyes were solemn, his face as serious as she’d ever seen it. She touched his cheek. “Why would a shifter accept a mate they couldn’t ever…” Love? She couldn’t say that. “That they couldn’t get along with?”
    “The mating drive is powerful. Their wolf wouldn’t necessarily care. My wolf wanted to mate with you as soon as he saw you, before I knew you at all. My human half has been holding back.” He kissed her forehead. “I’m sorry for that.”
    “Case told me that he doesn’t think of his wolf as a separate thing. I thought I was strange for thinking of my wolf as her own being with her own desires and