Shifted Love Volume 1 - Fiona Davenport Page 0,14

chest. “Your friends sound nice.”

“No, they sound crazy! I can’t believe she just assumed I was spending the night with you. I mean, maybe if she knew about shifters and fated mates, it might make sense. But she doesn’t.” I tilted my head back to stare into his eyes. “I’m guessing I can’t tell them?”

“No, I’m sorry, sweetheart.” He pressed a kiss to the top of my head. “For now, you can't say anything, but I’ll talk to my alpha after he gets the chance to meet you and maybe them too. He might give me permission if he decides they wouldn’t be a risk to our pack.”

“They love me too much to risk my safety,” I assured him. “My parents will be more difficult to handle. Keeping a secret from my mom is almost impossible. It’s a good thing I got a hold of Larissa before she called them. They would’ve hightailed it here, and that would be bad. Very, very bad. She would burn Stewart to the ground if it meant she could find me.”

He laced his fingers through mine. “Then I guess we’ll get along since we have that in common. Because I’d set the whole world on fire if that’s what it took to keep you safe.”

There he went with the swoony comments again, but I was skeptical. “Yeah, probably not. My mom is a lot to handle, especially when it comes to me. She takes helicopter parenting to a new level, and the chances are probably around ninety-nine percent that she’s not going to be a fan of yours since she’ll see our relationship as you taking her baby girl away from her. You need to be prepared for her to do something crazy,” I warned. “If she decides you aren’t what’s best for me, she’ll try to tear us apart.”

“Then I’ll just have to do my best to convince her I’m perfect for you.” He flashed me a cocky grin. “Do you trust me?”

“Yes.” I was shocked how easily my answer came out.

“Good, because I’ve got you, sweetheart.” He gave me a tight squeeze. “Get some sleep, and we’ll figure it out in the morning.”

8

Zeke

Waking up with my body wrapped around Allegra was the best start to a day I’d ever had, even with my balls feeling as though they were about to burst and my cock hard enough to hammer nails into a board. I’d spent the night dreaming about driving my dick inside her tight pussy, not that I was surprised since I’d been hard from the moment her strawberries and cream scent hit my nostrils. After spending thirty years never getting a hard on for another woman, I had a sneaking suspicion I was going to spend the rest of my days with one now that Allegra was in my life.

Her perfect ass was pressed against my dick, and the shirt she’d slept in had ridden up so her thin panties and my boxers were the only thing between us. I normally slept naked, but I’d kept them on when I’d stripped out of my jeans because I hadn’t wanted Allegra to wake up in the middle of the night and freak out over my nudity. She’d already taken everything I’d thrown at her in stride, but I didn’t want to push her too far too fast.

Not wanting her to wake up with my dick poking her in the ass, I shifted my hips back, but I was too late. Her curvy body rolled toward me as her eyes popped open. They were heavy-lidded and hazy for a moment before they filled with recognition, and she smiled. “Good morning, handsome.”

I shifted my arm so her head was resting on my bicep. “Hey, sweetheart. Did you sleep well?”

“Better than I have in ages.” She stroked her hand up my bare chest. “I like sleeping in your arms.”

I brushed my mouth against hers. “That’s good because you’re going to be doing it for the rest of your life.”

“The rest of my life,” she echoed softly. I searched her eyes for any sign that she was struggling with the idea of being with me forever, but they shone with happiness. “This fated mate stuff sure does take the guesswork out of dating. It would be awesome if my friends found shifters of their own.”

“You never know, stranger things have happened.” Her lips curved up in a smile, and I couldn’t resist claiming them in a kiss. It quickly turned heated, our tongues tangling together