Shadow Falls: A Sensual Werewolf Romance (The Wolves of Shadow Falls) by Mary Andrews Read Free Book Online

couple articles of clothing to change into. I could not help but eye his frame, almost envious about the way his broad chest filled out my white Areopostal T-shirt and how his crotch bulged more than mine ever did in the blue Levi that I lent him. When we were running naked, I was more concerned with hiding my limp wood than to even look at Storm’s. Now that he was wearing my clothes, I could not help but compare our frames in my mind. Storm was quite the catch and I was slightly intimidated by his dashing looks. His eyes were like liquid silver and I was drawn to them because they reminded me of a full moon. I felt the wolf inside me stirring. I wanted to howl at the magnificent globe. I was glad we were human now so the contents of my mind were in accessible and for good reason. We went to the kitchen and I offered him a drink of water. A she slipped away from the glass, it occurred to me that Aislen never answered my call.
    “Aislen!” I called out again, walking towards the back door, thinking to myself that she was probably outside with the kids.
    The backyard was empty. The ground was soggy from the freak rain storm and was cluttered with blown leaves and small branches that broke off with the heavy winds. The house was empty; Aislen and the kids were nowhere to be found. She must have stepped out with the kids, I thought but then I remembered brushing past our silver Toyota Camry in the driveway as Storm and I made our way into the house. Suddenly it was as if a mirror had been shattered in my mind and behind it was the glaring truth. Something was very strange about the situation. I reached for the cell phone on the counter, it was Aislen’s blackberry. It was getting stranger and stranger by the moment. I few hours ago I had left my mate, our two children and my mother at home and now I returned to an empty house with our car still parked in the driveway and Aislen’s phone on the counter. Storm and I had been too caught up in the strange turn of events that lead us to this point, that we had missed the hankering signs along the way. The first being a sudden lightening storm in the dead heat of summer. Before Storm and I left the hospital there was not a cloud in the sky, then suddenly rain. The second sign was the open door, it had not even occurred to me until just yet that when we arrived the door was ajar. But the house seemed undisturbed when we entered as though Aislen and the kids were out in the back playing or perhaps she was lying with them asleep in the middle of the day. Impossible to think of considering that she left the door open. Aislen could never be that careless. And what of my mother, where was she at this time of the day? Did I miss her on work at the hospital? An impossible thought again, since today was her day off. All of a sudden the reality came crashing down before my eyes and I turned to Storm with the look of pure horror on my face. He read it instantly returning a terrifying glance of his own. I was paralyzed with the revelation that my family was missing. I had failed to do what I promised, which was to protect Aislen and my kids, now they were gone and the culprits were unmistakable.
    After two years of virtual non-existence, Despina had resurfaced determined to destroy what I worked so hard to build. I looked back towards Storm; my eyes welled up with tears, unable to hold back the pain surging inside me. I stood at the edge of confusion, unable to comprehend what had just happened and finally I collapsed breaking out into horrible sobs merging from deep within my gut. I had never cried like this before and I am sure the sight of a man breaking down like a little girl was difficult to look at without judging. But then I felt something I never thought I would, I consoling arm around my shoulders, pulling me up to my feet. It was Storm reaching out to comfort me. His mission now was a clear as mine, he would help find and rescue my family. But his motives remained unclear. How