Wanted By The Cowboy Tiger (Heroes of Shifter Creek 3) Read Online Free PDF Page B

bit of a tired response, isn’t it?” Krista countered, in no mood to deal with the tigress.
                  “You shouldn’t be here,” Bridget said. “You’re a threat to my people.”
                  “I’m no threat,” she mumbled then called out again, “Derek!”
                  “He’s not here,” Bridget revealed. “He hasn’t been here for some time.”
                  Krista’s heart sank. It had taken her weeks to build up the courage to come back. She wasn’t sure she could a second time. “Where is he?”
                  “None of your business,” Bridget said. “I suggest you leave.”
                  “No,” Krista refused. “I’m not afraid of you.”
                  It was what Bridget wanted to hear. “You should be,” she teased before transforming into a tiger.
                  Krista didn’t flinch. Her instincts wanted her to run, but she knew that was what Bridget wanted, not because she was a tiger but because she was sadistic. She enjoyed her games.
                  Growling, Bridget sprang, her paw held out to claw Krista to the otherworld, but she stopped midair and dropped to the ground, human once more, fully clothed.
                  “You’re pregnant,” she muttered, stumbling over the words. “Is it Derek’s?”
                  Bridget changing into a tigress and back into a human had not been the astonishing transformation. The astonishing transformation was the softness she now spoke with. Her menace was gone, beaten by the truth that lie in Krista’s belly.
                  “It is,” Krista said. “I’m carrying his child.”
                  To her further amazement, Bridget hugged her, tears in her eyes. “Our people are near extinction,” she said. “This is good news. Every child born means a chance of our survival.”
                  So Bridget wasn’t so sadistic after all. She was just desperate to protect her people. Krista prided herself on her ability to analyze human behavior, it was what made her a decent anthropologist, but she had failed to see that behind Bridget’s temper was a woman desperate to save her own kind.
                  “Where is Derek?” Krista asked again.
                  “He’s in the city, looking for you.”
                  This time, the tears swelled in Krista’s eyes. “Really?”
                  “Of course.” Bridget took her hand. “But don’t worry. I’ll call him. Come into the house and rest, and by this evening, he’ll be here.”
     
    ***
     
                 

“You’re pregnant?”
                  Derek was stunned, frozen by the news. Standing next to him in his bedroom, a large suite fitted with dark furniture, Krista was sure he was going to pass out.
                  He didn’t. Instead, he smiled broadly and picked her up into his arms. “Woo wee!” he shouted. “I’m gonna be a papa!”
                  “You are,” Krista said, laughing as her brawny cowboy spun her around.
                  “I went looking for you,” Derek said, setting her down, growing serious. “I wouldn’t have stopped until I found you.”
                  “I know,” she said. “I’m glad.”
                  Her words were simple, but they were weighed with emotion, an emotion that propelled them to the bed. Silent and admiring, Derek undressed her, venerating the beauty of her curves as he did.
                  “You’re more gorgeous every time I see you,” he said, kissing her stomach.
                  It was an affectionate kiss, but it turned into one much more provocative. He continued to kiss her, all the way down to her core. Pulling her closer to the edge of the bed, he