Enforcer's Heart: (BBW Paranormal Shapeshifter Romance) (Stratton Wolves Book 3) Read Online Free PDF

pocket. “Since she’s staying with you, you might want to find her before she gets too far…or injures herself. Last thing we need is to explain to the police why one of their own wound up dead in our territory.”
    “Me?” Riley stopped dead at Max’s words, a cold chill marching down his back. “Why does she have to stay with me?”
    “Because you’ve got experience in bringing a woman through the change. If she is going to turn, she needs someone who’s been through it before.”
    Oh, hell no. Riley shook his head. He’d been down that route with Jenna, and it had ended up with her hating his guts. He hadn’t gotten more than a quick look at the woman, she’d been tiny with intelligent gray eyes and a mass of dark curly hair. Cute, but human from the smell of her. Not his type.
    “She’s human. False alarm.” Had to be. No way he wanted to babysit a change again. “And if she does turn, Susanna’s just gone through it. She would be better—”
    “Not. Happening.” Max’s voice deepened. “Didn’t you smell it on her? She’s turning all right, and she’s going to be alpha material. She’d drive Susanna mad, the woman’s a beta through and through.”
    Riley narrowed his eyes. He was just as much alpha as Max was…so how the hell did the other guy know all that just from the woman’s scent? “Bullshit. No way could you tell that already.”
    Max didn’t let up with the eye contact, even taking a step forward. The air charged between them, so much testosterone and machismo Riley could practically taste it. His lips quirked. “You do know Kelli’ll kick both our asses if we fight.”
    Max blinked and the tension diffused immediately. He gave Riley a sheepish grin. “Yeah, she will. Let’s not put ourselves in for that kind of pain, eh?”
    “Works for me.” Riley took in a large breath. The woman’s scent hung in the air, faint and teasing. Deep within, his wolf rumbled in interest. He’d be able to track her easily. “Spill. How do you know she’s turning? That she’ll be an alpha.”
    Max tapped the side of his nose, turning to head to his vehicle. “That’s for me to know, and you to find out. When you catch her.”
    Riley crossed his arms as Max’s truck roared to life and the alpha pulled off, tires throwing dirt, headed back toward civilization.
    “Asshole,” he muttered fondly, then turned and walked into the night.
     
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    She’d done it. She’d escaped.
    Ce tore through the wilderness like an Olympic sprinter, her heart pounding in her ears. She expected to hear the sounds of pursuit any moment. Her shoulders rode high, tension in every line of her body as she waited for the impact as a wolf took her down. Every so often, she threw a glance over her shoulder, but nothing followed her. As far as she could see, anyway. The night sky was cloudless with an overhead moon, while not full, cast enough light for her to see. Which was good. Seeing was definitely nice, especially when running at a breakneck speed, because it would be just her luck to break her leg tripping down a rabbit hole.
    She slowed from a sprint, forced by the fact her heart was going to explode, and gulped air as she looked around. Did they even have rabbits out here? Countryside was supposed to have rabbits. It might not, for all she knew since her only experience with nature was waving at it from a moving vehicle. Perhaps they didn’t have rabbits…
    Maybe the wolves ate them all , the little voice in the back of her head added helpfully.
    Something cracked behind her and she whirled with a squeak. The biggest damn wolf she’d ever seen was on the path behind her. She gasped and backed up, shaking her head and blinking at the same time. It hadn’t been there a moment before. How could it have snuck up on her so quickly?
    Her heart redoubled its efforts in the explosion stakes, hammering so loudly she was sure the wolf heard it too. He—because there was no way a creature that size, even a