Taken (M/F/M red-hot menage shifter romance) Standalone (Shadow Creek Shifters Book 2) Read Online Free PDF Page B

her.”
    “Can’t really blame Tessa, but she’s kept her true feelings buried. She needs to tell Paige just how she really feels about what she did to her.”
    Brendan walked over and pushed the button of the coffeemaker that was always filled and ready to go for the morning. “What she needs to understand is that Paige can help her if she’ll only allow her to. I can’t begin to imagine what Tessa’s going through, but she needs to let any and all resentment for Paige go.”
    “How can she? I haven’t even been able to do that yet.”
    “Really? I thought you had.”
    “Of course you did, because I let you think it. I’ve kept things bottled up for Tessa’s sake. I figured if I didn’t make a big deal out of it that she’d adjust easier. When Tessa was out for so long, I vowed that if and when she did awaken I’d do whatever I could to support her, but I have worried about Tessa’s lack of emotion over it. She has to feel something, and I doubt that it’s good.”
    Brendan nodded, pouring three cups of coffee and carrying them to the table. It didn’t take longer than a few minutes before both Katlyn and Chase joined Brendan as he sat down. The sunlight shone through the windows now and Katlyn was just so very happy that Tessa had made it home okay, even if it was with this Seth who Brendan despised.
    When they’d finished their coffee, Katlyn took a shower minus her mates, who she felt were having a private conversation, no doubt, about Seth. She vowed that today she’d find out just what Brendan was going to such pains to keep hidden, and she knew just who she’d ask.
    Dressed in a floral dress and ankle boots, Katlyn went out the door. She immediately snapped on a pair of sunglasses since the sun was near blinding. Over at Tessa’s cabin, all of the blinds were closed with heavy, black curtains covering the upstairs windows where she slept.
    Instead of taking off on the UTV, Katlyn went into the barn to check her brand new filly, Raven. She raced up to the stall; the sight of Clover nuzzling Raven was heart-wrenching. The filly was standing right next to her mama and licking her.
    “It’s sure quite the sight, isn’t it?” Angus asked as he ambled towards Katlyn.
    “Sure is. I wonder if that’s how I’ll feel when I have my babies. I mean baby. Deeply in love at first sight.”
    “So it’s twins, is it, then?”
    Katlyn’s face flushed now. “No,” she lied.
    “Have you told Brendan and Chase yet?”
    “Tell them what?”
    “That you carry twins.”
    “H-How do you know?”
    “Well, ma’am, you’re face betrays you when you lie, for one. Not such a bad trait, since women shouldn’t be telling lies, anyway.”
    “Fine. I know you’re right about that. I’m a horrible liar.”
    “Good to know.” He smiled. “What are you looking at me like that for?”
    “Not sure what you mean?”
    “You look like you want to ask me something, but are too afraid to.”
    “It’s about Tessa. What do you think about her? Do you perhaps like her just a little?” Katlyn asked hopefully.
    “That ship has sailed. I just don’t think I’m her type, the way she was staring at Raphael and Seth when they brought her back this morning.”
    “At like the both of them?”
    “Why should that surprise you? Both of them are enough to make any woman swoon.” He then patted his ample belly. “I’m more of the huggable type. Don’t get me wrong. I like the ladies just as much as most shifters, but for some reason, they don’t like me the same way as they do some of the others.”
    “That’s silly. There are plenty of available shifters, from what I hear.”
    “Not sure who you’re talking about, exactly.”
    “Well, the children I teach have some awful cute mamas. There’s Hannah, for one. She’s a mountain lion shifter.”
    “She’s not approachable at all. The last time I said hello to her, she practically broke her neck running the opposite direction.”
    Katlyn’s hands went to her