Red and the Tiger (BBW Shapeshifter Paranormal Romance) (Shifters Everafter Book 2) Read Online Free PDF Page A

him rest if he left her out here in the cold all alone.
    “Do you have anywhere to go?” he asked.
    “Well, yes. I need to go find my grandmother.”
    “No, I mean right now. Do you know where you’re going, or are you going to wander around the valley alone in the middle of the night?”
    “I guess wander,” she said, unsure.
    “I thought so. Even though you’re a liar, you can come home with me. Sleep, have some breakfast, and then you can go in the morning.  It’ll be safer.”
    She nodded slowly. “Okay. Thank you.”
    Tyler didn’t say anything. He started walking and she fell into step next to him. This night was a total disaster. He hoped this gesture was enough to keep his animal happy.

Five
    It was dangerous, but she had to go with him. She realized her plan to wander around the shifter town had been short-sighted. If Gran was in real danger, what was she going to be able to do alone? She needed help. Tyler was her best bet. He didn’t even seem that mad that she’d lied to him. She had a good feeling about the shifter. Maybe if she could get to know him better, he would help her find Gran.
    “What kind of shifter are you?” she asked as they walked through an empty alley.
    “Tiger. I’m surprised you asked.”
    “Why?”
    “Most people assume. The last name.”
    “Oh.” Suzy laughed. “I guess that is funny. You’re a tiger shifter named Wolf.”
    “It’s a little funny.”
    “Aren’t you going to ask my name?”
    “Doesn’t matter.”
    Suzy frowned. “My name is—”
    “I said it doesn’t matter,” Tyler snarled. “I’ll keep calling you Red.”
    “Aren’t you even a little curious?”
    “No.” He stopped at a gate. “This is it.”
    It looked like all the other houses in Rose Valley. It was one level, tan, and small. Inside, it was really just one big room with a half wall to separate the kitchen and living room. There were two doors at the back. Tyler pointed to the one on the left. “That’s the bathroom. You can see the kitchen. I’ve got bread, peanut butter and stuff if you’re hungry.”
    Suzy shook her head. “I’m okay.”
    Tyler went into his bedroom and came back with a heavy blanket. He put it on the couch. “You can sleep here.”
    “Thank you.”
    He nodded and then yawned, stretching his fingers to the ceiling. “I’ll be up in a few hours and I can do breakfast before you go.”
    “Okay. Good night.”
    He yawned again. “Night.”
    She left the small lamp next to the couch on after Tyler went to bed. It felt strange to go to sleep somewhere besides her own bed. She’d never been on a sleepover; the only places she slept were her own home and Gran’s house. She couldn’t believe she was going to sleep in an actual shifter’s home. One she barely knew! What if he had less than noble intentions? In the dark, her mind started to wander to very strange places.
    She took off her cape and tried to calm herself, then covered herself with the blanket and pulled it up to her chin. She could see the whole house from her spot. Strangely, there was no TV in his living room. She wondered if he had one in his bedroom. She didn’t watch much TV, but she couldn’t imagine not having one. How did he have his own home? Did everyone have a home in Rose Valley? Even Penicalla had two homeless people. If there were no homeless in the Valley, that made the town a little better than her home.
    Suzy’s curiosity about the town and Tyler’s living arrangements only kept her mind busy for so long. It wasn’t long before she was thinking about the handsome shifter sleeping just one room away again. She imagined him coming out of his room when she’d started to drift off to sleep. He’d stand over her and pull the blanket off roughly. She would ask him what he was doing but he’d just lie down on top of her without answering. She could practically feel the weight of him on top of her.
    What would she do if he came out and did that? She supposed she should say