The Rogue Hunter's Mate [Paranormal Protection Unit 10] (Siren Publishing Classic) by Honor James Read Free Book Online Page A

North America and see if there were patterns or any hints that a Changer was involved. Then he went and tracked them down.
    Unfortunately his eyes didn’t focus for more than a few seconds before everything went blurry again. Giving up, he shut the laptop and headed for bed. A couple hours and he’d get back up and start working again. Falling into his bed, he yanked a pillow under his head and relaxed. Just a couple hours and he’d get back on track.
    Walking from the shadows of his dreams, Gaia watched the Hunter. Shifting his dreamscape into one she felt more comfortable in, she took a seat on a fallen tree by the stream and spoke to him, quietly. “To even the ones of my Children that I have to have walking the finest lines of darkness and light I give a bond-mate. Why shun yours?” she asked without hesitation or waiting for him to acknowledge her in his dreams.
    Groaning softly he turned in the dream to stare at the Goddess. Of course she was there. Why wouldn’t she be? Watching her for a moment, he shook his head. “I’ve never wanted a mate, Gaia, ever since I knew what my role in life would be. Everyone knew this, which means that you had to know, too,” he said quietly. “I’m sure she’s a very nice person, likely perfect for me, except that I don’t want anyone having to live the life I do, especially a human that can be killed.”
    “And yet I can see in your soul.” Gaia shook her head. “Why do you fight the desire that you feel for her? That’s not something that I can affect, by the way. That’s completely you and your pull to her. I just simply tie the souls together that should be together.” Waving a hand, she allowed the blooms of his homeland to seek the sunshine in his dreams. “Your father wanted your mother,” she whispered quietly. “Even though she wasn’t as strong as he was, he wanted her because he could see that she was more than what was on the surface.”
    Rising to her feet, she walked closer to Zaidu. “What you might think is weaker than you sometimes is far stronger than you could imagine. Sometimes the monsters aren’t of my Children but are children of Man. That’s where her monsters lurk,” she told him quietly. “And she’s stronger than you might think she is.” She shrugged and moved back to the fallen log. “Is it because you still long for a lost love that was never meant to be, Zaidu?”
    Looking at her sharply he shook his head. “No, that was lust, nothing more,” he told her truthfully. “What I refuse to live with is when my mate dies or is killed like my mother. I saw what it did to my father. I was the one to hunt him down when he went Rogue. I won’t bring more pain to my line than that. I’d rather it died out completely than ever have to live through that or with that.”
    Gaia nodded and sighed. “Well, the honest truth is that your father had turned to the darkness inside of him before your mother died.” She felt it was time that he learned some hard truths. “He turned from me, from the light, and it was because of him that his mate was killed. His greed in the end was what ended up ending her life and in turn his. I know that you don’t believe me, Zaidu, but that is the truth. Ask Talon or perhaps return to your homeland and ask the hard questions, Zaidu.” She looked over the rushing water once more. “But if you truly wish to have all ties severed with the woman I will ensure that the protection Talon has put out to her is ended. Humans must deal with human troubles. Perhaps it’s for the best,” she added and rose to her feet. “Ask the questions that you couldn’t ask all those years ago, the questions that you didn’t want to hear the answers for, but you should ask them quickly and make your choices quickly because as I said, human troubles are what head her way, not troubles with shifters.”
    He knew she spoke only truth and he accepted it at face value. There was no need to ask questions of a past better left