The Alpha Men's Secret Club 3: Fallout: A Scorchingly Hot BBW Shifter Romance Read Online Free PDF

them to. And if I let them.” He said this last grimly. Possessively.
    A delicious thrill coursed down her spine. A rave. A shifter rave.
    He was asking her to be his mate for the Gathering?
    He said, “I’ll cover all your expenses, of course. And have you back here by Monday so you can go to class.”
    “I see.” She hesitated, not wanting to sound like a clingy girlfriend. “Will you be coming back?”
    Ever?
    So many questions. So many unspoken words.
    “I have things to sort out,” he said evasively. “I’ll let you know, OK?”
    “OK,” she said in a small voice.
    He tweaked one of her nipples and then bent down to kiss her lips.
    “You’ll like it,” he said.

9
     
    What choice did she have, really? He had her at ‘New York’. She didn’t want to ask him anything else beyond that. She sensed he didn’t know the answers himself.
    So she told Michaela where she was going and no one else.
    “Are you sure, girl?” Michaela said with concern.
    “I’m just going for the weekend.” Kate brushed it off with a laugh.
    “And then? What if he asked you to stay?”
    “We haven’t crossed that bridge yet. If he does – ” She took a deep breath. I hope he does .
    Tears glistened in Michaela’s eyes. “I’m going to miss you.”
    “I’m only gone for the weekend!”
    “No. I mean . . . I’m gonna miss you . . . after you leave us forever.”
    “We don’t know that!” It was true.
    They hugged anyway. And she felt like it was really goodbye.
    After that, Kate took a cab to the airport. She and Rust were on separate flights, and he had already gone two days earlier. He had gotten her a first class ticket. First class! She had never flown anything beyond coach before, and so she was all goggle-eyed when she checked into the first class lounge and sampled everything on the buffet table. (OK, a little slice of everything.)
    Rust had told her not to bring an extensive suitcase. “Wardrobe provided.” And she knew he would mean exactly that.
    Then it was on to the plane. United Airlines. Her every whim on the plane catered to.
    “First time to New York?” the stewardess asked her knowingly.
    “First time on first class,” Kate admitted. “First time to New York. First time for everything.”
    “Going for a special occasion?”
    “Yes.”
    “Ah . . . there’s a special someone in your life. I can tell by that glow on your cheeks. You do have the most amazing complexion,” the stewardess cooed.
    Kate wondered if she did that to all the passengers.
    “Yes, there is,” she said happily.
    She landed. There was a limo waiting to pick her up from the airport. The driver came around to help her with her suitcase.
    “Traveling light,” he joked.
    “Yes.”
    “I’m Hector, by the way. I’ll be your driver for the weekend.”
    Kate was hoping Rust would be in the passenger’s seat, but he wasn’t. Oh well –
    “Where are we going?” she asked Hector.
    “To check you into the Four Seasons.”
    The Four Seasons!
    For the next hour or so, Kate was transported into another time and place. She couldn’t stop looking out of the window. Hector was a seasoned New Yorker, and so he could point out the sights which would be interesting to a gawking tourist like her.
    “That’s Broadway . . . it cuts diagonally through the grid. You’ll be wanting to catch some shows here. You’ve seen many shows?”
    No.
    “That’s Times Square. That’s the Rockefeller Center. That’s Central Park. It’s late, and so there’s no one around.”
    Indeed, it was two hours ahead of her time zone, and it was near midnight already.
    “Do you know where Mr. O’Brien is?” she said.
    “He was having dinner wit h his parents.”
    “Oh . . . is he staying with them?”
    “No. He’s staying at the Four Seasons, just like you, Miss.”
    “Can you tell me anything about his parents? What are they like?”
    But Hector shook his head. “The O’Briens keep their own counsel, Miss. It would be remiss of me to