The Mate Challenge (BBW Paranormal Shape Shifter Romance) (Sassy Mates Book 4)

The Mate Challenge (BBW Paranormal Shape Shifter Romance) (Sassy Mates Book 4) by Milly Taiden Read Free Book Online Page A

Book: The Mate Challenge (BBW Paranormal Shape Shifter Romance) (Sassy Mates Book 4) by Milly Taiden Read Free Book Online
Authors: Milly Taiden
wrong. No matter what differences they had of opinion, she loved him and never wanted to see him upset. It worried her to see him so angry and quiet.
    She marched up beside him just as he moved next to a giant tree. She wanted to tap him on the shoulder but didn’t. Instead, she walked in front of him, meeting his gaze. “What’s wrong? Why are you so...angry?”
    He curled his hands into fists and held himself stiff. She wanted to shake him and make him talk to her. It was starting to freak her out to see him so quiet.
    “Mason?”
    He finally faced her and she was left speechless once again. He stood tense, his eyes glowing a bright gold.
    “You are not to go back to that place. I don’t want to hear of you near vampires again. Are we clear?”
    “Excuse me?” She choked the words out from the anger at him telling her what to do. This was the precise reason she refused to go into a deeper relationship with him. Giving her orders wasn’t going to cut it.
    He grasped her arms in a steely hold. “I will not allow you to put yourself in danger any longer.”
    She had a clear view of the vein throbbing on the side of his cheek along with the flat, thin line he’d pursed his lips into. Oh, damn. He was really pissed. Too bad. He wasn’t going to start ordering her around now. No fucking way.
    “You can’t tell me what to do!” She argued, yanking her arms out of his hold and turning back to her car. “I’m a grown woman.”
    “You’re a spoiled brat!”
    She sucked a breath in and clenched her teeth. “I’m going to ignore that and head home.”
    With another hard grip, he whirled her back to face him. “Don’t run. Why do you keep doing it? Why search out trouble when you don’t have the type of physiology needed to heal like we do?”
    She frowned. “What does that have to do with anything? I don’t think about my being human to do what needs to be done.”
    His eyes glowed bright under his harsh scowl. “You should. Maybe then you’d realize you can’t be fighting every battle. You can get hurt.”
    “So, what? You want me to live my life in fear? That’s not me, Mason. I know that and you know that. Stop treating me with kid gloves. I don’t need special powers to do what I think is right. I wasn’t raised to be a coward.”
    One thing her father had taught her and her brother was to stand up for themselves. To never allow anything they consider a wrong to continue. To do something if they can to help others. And more than anything, to not let anyone or anything scare them from doing what is right.
    “It’s not about living in fear,” he growled, his skin tight over his angry features. “It’s about not stepping over the line. You can be killed. A lot easier than a shifter or even a vampire,” he argued.
    She looked away from him, hating that he made sense in his own way. She wasn’t deliberately trying to get herself killed, but if nobody wanted to look for Maria, then she would.
    “There are to be no more of these escapades, Emma.”
    The anger that had slowly ebbed made a furious comeback. She fisted her hands and glared at him. “Or what?”
    He lifted a hand, cupping her neck and twining his fingers into her hair to hold her captive. “Or I will have to teach you what happens when you don’t listen to me.”
    Fucking hell, why did her body heat when he said those words? Her nipples swelled, tightening and aching to be touched. Her panties dampened and she squeezed her legs to try and stop him from knowing how much she’d been turned on by his words. No luck.
    He inhaled deep. A soft growl left his lips as his head descended toward hers. “You might have been raised by a military father,” he said, his lips hovering over hers. His bright gaze held her in a trance. “But I am the one who knows every single inch of your body. I know ways to torture you that will drive you crazy.”
    She licked her lips. “You plan on hurting me?”
    His frown turned deadly. “I don’t need

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