ROMANCE: Billionaire Bear Mate (Paranormal Alpha WereBear Shifter Mail Order Bride Romance) (Paranormal Romance, Bear Shifter Romance, Werebear Shapeshifter) by Sicily Duval Read Free Book Online Page B
Authors: Sicily Duval
trees, hoping Blake would follow. She kept an eye on the road for cars, but it seemed like it was quiet despite the fact that it was a main road. The last thing she needed was a car stopping because the driver saw a big wolf stalking a woman.
By the time they reached the trees Madison was breathing hard. She was out of energy, and leaned on her knees, trying to catch her breath. It was difficult to think just two days ago she’d been fit enough to run all the stairs in her office building.
Blake ran into the trees the moment they hit cover, and Madison hoped he would stick to the handful of trees and not head out into the open field beyond. If someone saw him it could cause trouble. Illinois wasn’t famous for its wolves.
Madison squatted down and waited. The sun crawled along the sky, beating down on her neck and shoulders, but she didn’t want to wander into the trees. She guessed about an hour had passed, and still there was no sign of Blake.
How long would it take him to get himself back under control? Madison realized with a pang of guilt that it was a question she didn’t know the answer to. The biggest part of her husband’s life, and she wasn’t clued in. She had to change that.
What was she saying? Madison didn’t have to change anything. They were getting a divorce. He wanted to get away from being tied down, probably so he could find himself a pack to belong to. A family wasn’t enough anymore.
Madison had asked him long ago why he didn’t belong to a pack.
“Too dangerous,” he’d said. “There are other wolves around Pierre, but I don’t want to fall under a different Alpha. If he calls, I’ll have to go, no matter what. And if I do something wrong, I don’t want you to be the weakness they use against me.”
He’d been willing to go against his nature for his family. And Madison had rewarded him by knowing nothing about his life. She felt like a rotten wife.
When another hour had passed Madison started to worry. She was sure it shouldn’t have taken this long, not in the middle of the day. The whole thing was bizarre. It had looked like Blake hadn’t been able to control the change, and that meant that something was very wrong. If there was one thing in life Blake had down to a tee, it was control. His whole life was an organized system. There wasn’t room for this kind of error.
Madison wandered into the trees. The rest had given her enough energy, and she picked out a small path through the trees. She had to find him. There was no knowing how far he’d gone in two hours, if he’d kept running and was miles away from her by now, or if he’d been circling.
She didn’t want to call.
Madison circled around slowly, keeping her eyes and ears open. When she was almost back to the clearing by the road again, she saw a bare foot sticking out of the undergrowth. She held her breath, and crept closer. When she moved the twigs hanging over the leg with her foot, it was Blake.
His eyes were closed and he looked like his temperature had sky-rocketed. His skin glistened with sweat, and his mouth was half-open. But he was human. Madison crawled closer to him and put her hand on his bare chest. He didn’t have any clothes on, but despite the chill in the air and his nakedness, his skin was on fire.
“Blake?” she said softly. His eyelids fluttered at the sound of his name, but there was no other response.
“Blake, honey,” she said again, shaking him slightly. She couldn’t get him back to the car by herself. She had little energy as it was, and she wasn’t going to flag someone down to drag her naked husband back to the car. He had to wake up.
As if he’d heard her thoughts he opened his eyes, and looked at her. His eyes were hazy but they focused on Madison’s face and he attempted a smile.
“Come on to the car,” Madison said, urging him to stand up. Blake rolled onto his side with a groan, and pushed himself on his elbow. Madison tried to help him, but his weight made it
By the time they reached the trees Madison was breathing hard. She was out of energy, and leaned on her knees, trying to catch her breath. It was difficult to think just two days ago she’d been fit enough to run all the stairs in her office building.
Blake ran into the trees the moment they hit cover, and Madison hoped he would stick to the handful of trees and not head out into the open field beyond. If someone saw him it could cause trouble. Illinois wasn’t famous for its wolves.
Madison squatted down and waited. The sun crawled along the sky, beating down on her neck and shoulders, but she didn’t want to wander into the trees. She guessed about an hour had passed, and still there was no sign of Blake.
How long would it take him to get himself back under control? Madison realized with a pang of guilt that it was a question she didn’t know the answer to. The biggest part of her husband’s life, and she wasn’t clued in. She had to change that.
What was she saying? Madison didn’t have to change anything. They were getting a divorce. He wanted to get away from being tied down, probably so he could find himself a pack to belong to. A family wasn’t enough anymore.
Madison had asked him long ago why he didn’t belong to a pack.
“Too dangerous,” he’d said. “There are other wolves around Pierre, but I don’t want to fall under a different Alpha. If he calls, I’ll have to go, no matter what. And if I do something wrong, I don’t want you to be the weakness they use against me.”
He’d been willing to go against his nature for his family. And Madison had rewarded him by knowing nothing about his life. She felt like a rotten wife.
When another hour had passed Madison started to worry. She was sure it shouldn’t have taken this long, not in the middle of the day. The whole thing was bizarre. It had looked like Blake hadn’t been able to control the change, and that meant that something was very wrong. If there was one thing in life Blake had down to a tee, it was control. His whole life was an organized system. There wasn’t room for this kind of error.
Madison wandered into the trees. The rest had given her enough energy, and she picked out a small path through the trees. She had to find him. There was no knowing how far he’d gone in two hours, if he’d kept running and was miles away from her by now, or if he’d been circling.
She didn’t want to call.
Madison circled around slowly, keeping her eyes and ears open. When she was almost back to the clearing by the road again, she saw a bare foot sticking out of the undergrowth. She held her breath, and crept closer. When she moved the twigs hanging over the leg with her foot, it was Blake.
His eyes were closed and he looked like his temperature had sky-rocketed. His skin glistened with sweat, and his mouth was half-open. But he was human. Madison crawled closer to him and put her hand on his bare chest. He didn’t have any clothes on, but despite the chill in the air and his nakedness, his skin was on fire.
“Blake?” she said softly. His eyelids fluttered at the sound of his name, but there was no other response.
“Blake, honey,” she said again, shaking him slightly. She couldn’t get him back to the car by herself. She had little energy as it was, and she wasn’t going to flag someone down to drag her naked husband back to the car. He had to wake up.
As if he’d heard her thoughts he opened his eyes, and looked at her. His eyes were hazy but they focused on Madison’s face and he attempted a smile.
“Come on to the car,” Madison said, urging him to stand up. Blake rolled onto his side with a groan, and pushed himself on his elbow. Madison tried to help him, but his weight made it
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