Billionaire Bear Shifters A Paranormal Romance Complete Series Boxset - Brittany White Page 0,166

his bed. His suit was ruined, caked in blood that no amount of scrubbing would be able to get out. He just wanted to sleep, but he knew he had to dress his wound. His brothers would have his hide if they found out he’d taken on the wolves without backup, alpha or no alpha, so he dragged himself to the bathroom and into the luxury shower.

As the tension and the anger melted away he was left with the hardness of his cock between his legs and a flush of adrenaline that had him reaching for it under the hot spray. He moaned, jerking himself in firm strokes, his other hand scrambling at the tiled wall behind him. He threw his head back, a dull thud echoing as it knocked against the shower wall. His eyes slid closed and he saw hazel eyes watching him as he jerked off. Brooke. Her pink, plump lower lip caught between white teeth as she watched him. Connor’s hand sped up as the Brooke in his mind dropped to her knees, her long red hair plastering to her skin under the shower spray.

“We don’t talk, Connor, we fight,” she said huskily and Connor bit his lip.

“Maybe I don’t want to fight any more,” he ground out, knowing no one could hear him. “Maybe I want to be good to you. Be good for you.”

“Can you do that?” He imagined her hand brushing his aside, sliding over his cock and he thrust up, eyes still screwed shut as he chased his orgasm. “Well, can you?” her imagined voice whispered to him.

Yes! Connor’s entire body seized, preparing, and his movements stuttered. The way he’d felt as they drank together, she was like him; they were equals. He wanted to tell her that he understood her, that he wanted her to be able to rely on him.

In his mind, Brooke laughed, deep and sexy, and bent to run the tip of her tongue over his cock.

Connor came with a groan, slumping against the wall of the shower, feeling so much better and so much worse.

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Brooke

They were quiet on their way back to the apartment, Carlo supporting her weight as Brooke seethed in silence. She’d gone too far. A confrontation to stand her ground was one thing, but that was too close to an all-out war. Her shoulder was killing her. Connor’s bear had a hell of a right hook, and those claws were nothing to sneer at.

Brooke thought again about what Connor would say if he ever found out she was a wolf. And the alpha at that.

Arrogant dick would probably laugh at her.

When they reached her apartment, Brooke shouldered her way out of Carlo’s arms to open the door, but paused when he called her name. Carlo, Lucas, and Simon stood in a row, unharmed and safe.

“Thank you, Brooke,” Lucas said, all signs of attitude gone from his features. He looked softer this way, kinder, and closer to his age. She felt a pang of regret that he, that all their pack, had been forced to mature so quickly. He scuffed his boot uncomfortably as he continued, “For standing up for us. Just - thanks.” The other two nodded quickly and Brooke felt a swell of pride in her chest. They were good kids. She stepped forward, pulling each of them in by the back of their neck to rest her forehead against each of theirs. If they were still in wolf form, she would have rubbed up against them, but shifting caused her way too much pain right now.

“That’s what I’m here for,” she said quietly.

“Are you going to be okay?” Simon asked in a small voice.

Her arm felt like it was going to fall off but she managed a small smile.

“I’ll be fine; I’ll just sleep it off. Now, I don’t want to hear any more stories of you drifting into bear territory. As far as I’m aware, the matter is closed, you hear?”

“But what if they kick us out of neutral territory again?”

“Then I’ll have to give Connor Strauss’ ass another kicking.””

She collapsed into bed almost immediately, not caring about the blood she knew she’d get on the sheets, but it still took her hours to fall asleep.

Brooke didn’t want an all-out war with the bears, but it was becoming more tempting. Her pack had spent so long trying to find a place to belong, and they all deserved a safe place to call home. Brooke couldn’t be prouder of her pack, which