Magic and Mayhem: Witch and Were (Kindle Worlds Novella) Read Online Free PDF Page B

Either way, we had a long way to go and plenty of time to get to know each other. Maybe once I figured out how to fix this mess I was in, I could consider a relationship with a shifter.
    Maybe.

5
    " I cannot believe for half a minute I actually considered dating you. You are an ass."
    Mick looked at me with that same damned grin he'd been throwing me since we met. Admittedly, it had worked--a lot.
    Not so much now. Two days into this ridiculous trip and I was contemplating burying his body on the side of the road. I mean we were in the middle of nowhere Kansas where we went through long stretches of absolute nothingness.
    "That's a lot of attitude you're throwing at me just because I made you let me drive your car."
    My mouth dropped open as I gawked at him in total disbelief. "This has nothing to do with my car." Well, maybe a little. It was MY car. I shook my head. No. No. This was far more serious than something that trivial.
    I grabbed the collar of my shirt and yanked it down to reveal my neck. "You marked me!" Yes, I was screaming, but I couldn't help it. I had woken up this morning and found this little gem without so much as a warning from Mick the Prick.
    "I told you it was an accident."
    My mouth opened and closed repeatedly. I couldn't speak I was so upset. This little shifting problem of mine was getting worse. I didn't know what I was going to do if this whisperer woman couldn't help me.
    "It happened so fast, sugar."
    "Don't sugar me. I am not your sugar, your baby, your girl or YOUR MATE!"
    "I had to protect you. When you shifted to wolf the clerk at the hotel nearly tore the place down to get to you. Who knew your pheromones were that strong. You're not even in heat."
    I glared at him for a half a second before what he'd said kicked in. "And what the hell is that supposed to mean?"
    "Shifters can scent these things, sug—I mean, Patience."
    "Great. Now you're telling me that you've been sniffing my butt too? This is not making your case any better here. What does this thing mean anyway? I have a guess, but I might as well hear it from the donkey's mouth."
    He gripped the steering wheel until his knuckles turned white. "Now you're just being mean. Trust me I would have preferred to do that after obtaining your permission. But when that asshole's pack filtered in it was the only thing I could think of at the moment. I just reacted."
    "You still haven't said what it means." I reminded him. It seemed he was avoiding that topic like the plague.
    "It means I've marked you as mine. The laws of nature among Shifters means no other male Shifter will touch you. You've already been claimed."
    "Claimed? What am I property? Here fill out these forms and bite my neck and bam I'm yours to do with what you want?"
    He stared at me for two heartbeats before he broke down, laughing so hard he snorted.
    "This is so not funny."
    After a few more childish guffaws he got himself under control and sobered. "You're right, it's not. But the idea that you're my property and I would do anything I wanted is pretty damned ridiculous."
    "Damn straight. I am in no way anyone's property. You should get that through your thick skull now."
    Mick sighed. "This is not how I imagined this conversation would go. Nor did it need to be while we're driving down the highway. In fact..." He paused, flipped on the turn signal and swerved across the highway and onto a rest stop exit.
    I grabbed the dash and dug in my fingernails. "Holy shit. What are you doing?"
    "We're going to hash this out right now." His lips were compressed into a grim line and the determination across his face alarmed me.
    Maybe getting a full grown Shifter male angry had not been the right move.
    Mick chose a parking spot far away from the crowded areas and completely in the dark, making me even more nervous. Had I gone too far?
    "Isn't there some kind of rule that you can't hurt your mate?" I asked.
    He turned in his seat and grabbed my hand. "I'm never going to hurt you,