Triple Dog Dare [Triple Trouble 4] (Siren Publishing Ménage Everlasting) by Tymber Dalton Read Free Book Online Page A

to think of Jim as his mate, yet every cell in his body breathed the fact.
    Mine.
    As simple an idea as inhaling and exhaling. Jim was his, and he was Jim’s. Why? He hoped that, one day, he would learn to give up that question. It didn’t matter why. Kael and Zack were a perfect example, even though they already knew they were gay when they got together. So he wasn’t gay, and neither was Jim. It was becoming increasingly easy to wrap his mind around the fact that he now had a man as a mate.
    He damn sure wasn’t complaining.
    Out in the living room, he heard the commotion as Lina and her posse arrived and they were introduced to everyone. At one point, he dozed off.
    He wasn’t sure what awoke him a while later. He didn’t know how long he’d been asleep, either, but now he was wide awake, all his senses attuned to the noises in the house.
    He heard people quietly talking in the living room, but wasn’t sure who was still awake. That’s not what had roused him.
    Sitting up, he closed his eyes and focused. That’s when he realized what woke him up. Someone, on foot, walking up the drive.
    A male wolf shifter. An Alpha. A stranger he didn’t recognize.
    Micah scrambled out of bed and grabbed a pair of shorts. Jim, disturbed by Micah’s sudden departure, groggily asked, “What’s up?”
    “Get up. Now.” He tossed Jim a pair of shorts. “Someone’s coming.”
    By the time Micah ran into the living room, the stranger had almost reached the front porch. Everyone looked at Micah when he emerged from the hallway at a dead run, but he didn’t have time to explain when they heard the knock on the front door.
    Ain must have sensed something was wrong from Micah’s reaction. He jumped up and ran to the front door, beating Micah there by steps. “What is it?” he quietly asked Micah.
    “Shifter. Don’t know who. It’s a guy.”
    Lina waddled over and pushed the men out of the way. “Hello, Micah. Open the frickin’ door, for chrissake.” She threw it wide open and smiled at the newcomer. “Well hello, Liam. Glad to see you made it here safely.”
    The man standing there and holding a battered knapsack looked startled to see her. He warily eyed Micah and Ain standing close behind her. “Hi, Lina.”
    “Liam?” Ain asked. “As in Liam Pardie ? Elain’s father , Liam Pardie?”
    Lina nodded. “Yep.”
    Micah gasped. “Liam Pardie?”
    “Yep,” Lina said with another nod.
    Carla walked over, a look of utter shock on her face. “Liam!”
    “Hello, Carla,” the newcomer replied.
    Lina grabbed the guy’s hand and dragged him inside. “Okay, see? Identity confirmed. He’s not dangerous. Now back up and let him in.”
     
    * * * *
     
    Elain stood, stunned to see the man from the steakhouse standing in their foyer. The man in the picture.
    Not just any man , she reminded herself. My father.
    Unfortunately, all that came out of her mouth was, “What?” She had countless questions to ask, things she’d thought about throughout the years. Unfortunately, she couldn’t recall a single one of them through her emotional shock.
    Lina waved her over. “Come here, Elain.”
    Now unable to feel her feet, Elain walked over and stared at the man. Identical to the picture Maureen included with the letter, with him once again standing in front of her, she realized he looked like he’d barely aged from when it had been taken.
    Ain, Brodey, and Cail tried to insert themselves between Elain and the stranger. Lina wouldn’t have any of it. “You guys stop it. He’s her father. Back off.” She shoved the men out of her way and pulled Liam through the throng and into the living room. “You know, Liam, I started to think you were never going to get here,” she said with a smile.
    Elain and Carla followed. “You knew he was coming?” Elain asked.
    “I can’t believe it!” Carla said, looking at him. “You’ve barely aged at all!”
    “That’s because he’s a wolf,” Lina explained. She turned to Ain.