Bound (Wolf in Exile Part 5): Werewolf Shifter/Vampire Paranormal Romance Read Online Free PDF

life. There wasn’t much time for all that. And then when I retired, I went lookin’ for adventure and found trouble instead.”
    “What kind of trouble?”
    “The kind of trouble that gets you thrown into a shifter prison, that’s what.”
    “I never asked you about why you ended up there,” Kalena said.
    “A fight in a shifter bar over a woman. Stupid, I know, but I wasn’t the one pursuin’ the woman. She came on to me. I guess the guy needed to prove himself to his Pack so he approached me for a fight. Imagine bein’ surrounded by a group of men who circled you like prey? At the time, I didn’t know they were wolves shiftin’ back and forth into men, but once I was accused and thrown into Area S2, I figured it all out. I saw it all. I hid in a small area pretty well and kept to myself until Thane came along.”
    Kalena shook her head. “What were you accused of, exactly?”
    “I was forced to protect myself and I was prepared to do it in any way I knew how. My military trainin’ kicked in during the attack while the guy had the upper hand. I didn’t want to fight. I just wanted to get the hell outta there without gettin’ my ass whooped. I picked his lightweight ass up and cracked his spine across my knee. I only meant for it to immobilize him while I got away, but he ended up bein’ in a coma for a short while and not able to function. When he woke up, it didn’t take long for the guy to point me out in a lineup and claim that I started the fight. He’s paralyzed now. A wolf who can’t shift. I ain’t meant for it to happen that way, but I damn sure wasn’t gonna let ‘im kill me. After the breakout, I was cleared of my sentence when Thane took a seat at UCON.”
    “How long was your sentence?”
    “Five years.”
    “That’s unfortunate,” she offered. “But I’m glad you’re out now.”
    “Thanks to you for getting through to Thane,” he said.
    “I’m glad he didn’t give up after all.”
    “Me, too.”
    “Did you take the shifter DNA?”
    “Naw. I figure I’ll just go on and die when my time comes. I’m not afraid. That doesn’t mean I’m not loyal to Thane and his people.”
    “You’re a good man, David.” Kalena smiled and then got up to follow baby Toby across the room. He’d somehow made it all the way to the large bay windows of the nursery. He held on tight to the windowsill and his chubby little legs wobbled as he tried to peek out of the glass.
    As Kalena bent down to pick him up, she saw a strange woman pull up into the driveway in a red Jeep. She must have appeared as a casual visitor to the guards because they had opened the iron gates to let her in.
    The woman parked the truck and got out. She was impeccably dressed in the same blazing red color as her Jeep. The guards on duty had her surrounded, but she appeared to laugh and chat with them like she knew them. She wore a black wool coat over her dress and red stiletto heels. Despite the winter season, she also wore large black sunglasses. She moved gracefully, and sex appeal oozed off of her as she talked with the guards. The guards’ expressions were both confused and utterly fascinated at the same time. Any man would stare at the blonde bombshell in the driveway, but…
    An ominous turbulence gathered low in Kalena’s belly. Something didn’t seem right about this. Who was this woman? No unidentified woman had ever visited here before. Thane wouldn’t keep secrets. What was going on?
    “David…?” Kalena whispered without turning her gaze away from the suspicious gathering in the driveway.
    “Yeah? Has Thane got visitors again? I could have sworn folks weren’t arrivin’ ‘til next week…” His voice trailed off.
    “There’s a visitor, but I don’t feel right about it.” Finally, Kalena tore her gaze away enough to scoop Toby up in her arms. “Will you take my babies to the safe house?”
    “Safe house? What? What the hell?” David looked up, startled.
    “I don’t recognize the woman