when he realized he wasn’t in pain. He reached around to feel his back and frowned. His skin was ridged with burn scars. It was like they were from an old injury.
“How long have I been out?” He met Luna’s stare.
“A couple of months. Our Healers had to keep you in a coma longer so your tiger could heal you.” She glanced to the door moments before Christa and a man with short black hair and the same green eyes as Luna entered.
Christa’s features brightened and she rushed forward. She hugged him. “Thank you for saving my life but you scared me.”
Jon looked from Christa to the man standing behind her then to Luna. “What’s going on and what did you mean about my tiger could heal me?”
Luna tilted her head and narrowed her eyes. “You didn’t know?”
“Know what?”
Christa took his hand in one of hers and covered it with the other. “You are half tiger shifter. That is how you are alive now and healed from your burns.”
What the fuck? No way was he half shifter. He’d know. Wouldn’t he?
“How would I go all my life and not know? You did something to me to turn me.” He started pulling the IV out of his arm and swung his feet off the bed.
Christa didn’t let go of his hand. She fixed him with a hard glare. “Shifters are born, not turned. You know that. Someone in your family was a shifter, like a distant relative. Grandparent or great grandparent or someone.”
“I was adopted,” he muttered.
Luna stepped forward. “There are cases where half breeds go their entire lives without knowing they are part shifter. Some, in your case, go through a life-threating event that wakes up that part of your DNA.”
Just then the source of the floral berry scent entered the room. His eyes locked with hers as she froze in the doorway. Her scent sharpened, filling the room with an intoxicating fragrance. In his mind and just under his skin, he felt what he guessed was his inner tiger move. The animal wanted to be closer to the female.
He rubbed his chest and then his arms where the tiger seemed to be moving underneath his skin. Reality slammed into him. Fuck he was a shifter. So many questions rushed to the front of his mind, making is difficult knowing which one to ask first.
For the time being, he focused on the female that made his body ache and his tiger pace. She had short blonde hair that brushed the tops of her shoulders that contrasted perfectly with her tanned skin.
After a few moments, the female averted her gaze and moved farther into the room. “Hello, everyone.” When she reached his bed, she took his wrist in her hand. “How are you feeling?”
“Confused.”
She lifted her gaze to his and he noted how her irises—a vivid shade of purple—flashed brighter for a few seconds before returning to normal. “We are all here to help. Whatever questions you have, just ask.” She let go of his wrist and stepped back. “You’re healthy and have healed nicely.”
Frowning, he watched her. “You know that from touching me?”
“I’m a Healer.” One corner of her mouth dipped into a half frown. “I’m sorry. I’m Sasha, the wolf Healer. Dani is the leopard Healer, whom you’ll meet later today.”
Mine.
The word was growled in his head in a mix of his own voice and that of another. His tiger? His mind wasn’t the only thing that had a reaction to the beautiful blonde Healer.
Fuck. What the hell was happening to him?
Chapter One
Being a sentry was not only a choice, it was a birthright. It took a special kind of control and power to stand on the front lines of war and guard the den. Tanner Raines held that power, control, and the will to protect his family—his Pack—no matter what the cost.
Tanner stood at the edge of the Onyx Pack’s abandoned den, staring at cave entrance and the rubble scattered around it from when Felix blew it up. The crazy-ass, now deceased, rogue alpha set a trap for Keegan and the enforcers and blew up his own den.
But Tanner wasn’t there because of a dead Alpha, he wasn’t sure why he was there. He went for a run to calm the raging storm inside him and to get the fuck away from his uncle. The bastard showed up a few nights before Luna was taken, claiming he was there to protect her and give her a little more