Claimed By The Military Bear: BBW Paranormal Shapeshifter Romance Standalone (Paranormal Shifter Romance, BBW Shifter Romance, WereBear Romance) Read Online Free
all. I will talk to someone, make sure you are safe before you are relocated somewhere else. You can even have a fake name, fake identity, whatever. But that’s something you’re going to have to deal with.”
Melissa felt her hope begin to flutter, uncertainty dwindle dark against her throbbing eyes.
“How long would it take?” She asked finally.
“A few days,” he said, sounding a bit calmer now that she seemed to agree.
“I can help you check in at a motel somewhere far from her—”
“—No!” Melissa denied swiftly.
“No… I can’t risk that. I just can’t.”
She meet his eyes again, her teeth sinking into her lip—the movement caught his eye and he blinked in surprise before looking back up—Melissa took a step close, nearly closing the space between their bodies.
“Let me stay here until then,” she said. “Please, I feel much safer here.”
Frustration bled into his blue eyes, “I said I can’t let you do that.”
“I won’t expose you!” Melissa pleaded.
“I’ll stay out of your way, I won’t even talk to you if you don’t want. I’ll cook and clean and leave you alone. I’ll do whatever you want, just please! Let me stay here until you’re sure I can go! Please!”
Melissa abruptly reached for him, her hands pushing out of the blanket draped around her shoulders to cling to his shirt. She could feel his muscles beneath her desperate touch, he flinched almost imperceivably, but something in his gaze widened—surprise or something else, she didn’t know.
“Please!” She supplicated, digging her desperation through her voice, her eyes.
“Please!”
“Alright—alright!”
He exclaimed, pulling away abruptly and pushing her hands away.
“Fine…” He sighed and Melissa watched him, stunned.
“You can stay.”
“Oh, thank you… thank you!”
“But only for a few days,” he intervened, glaring at her with furrowed brows.
“After that, you’re out of here and you won’t speak of me to anyone or mention of where you are to anyone ever again, are we clear?”
Melissa nodded fervently, feeling her hope bubble through her chest and beam from her face.
“Thank you, thank you! You don’t understand how grateful I am!”
She moved to hug him, overcome with gratitude.
She froze when he recoiled brusquely, stepping away from her like she was covered in something foul.
“Don’t mention it,” he said coldly.
“Just do your part. You can cook, clean, whatever you want… but stay out of my way and I’ll stay out of yours, alright?”
Melissa gave him a silent affirmation, feeling a bit reproachful as he walked passed her and toward the kitchen. The young woman pulled back toward the couch, her limbs shaking again with sickness and exhaustion.
Even while she felt physically miserable, there was lightness in her heart.
She had hope… she would be free.
Even if she wasn’t sure she could trust how well this man’s contacts worked, she had a small ray of light in this storm that rampaged through most of her life.
Tired and wanting to steady herself, Melissa wrapped herself up tightly before laying back on the couch, her eyes watching the fire and dozed off again.
It wasn’t until sleep reclaimed her that she realized that she hadn’t even gotten the name of her savior yet.
Chapter 4
Dreams burned with nightmares and nonsense, spinning delirium through her mind like a whirlwind. Her entire body was pulsing with aches and pains, fighting against the virus raging in her blood.
In her dreams, she saw the pack of wolves, running and racing around her. Their jaws snapped at her feet as she ran through an unsteady forest floor.
The wolves’ faces switched from animal to human and before she knew it, Melissa was running from the violent stare and snarls of that man.
Melissa writhed beneath the torment of her mind, muttering in panicked huffs as she tried to move and escape the face of her step-father.
Another dream filtered in, surprising
Melissa felt her hope begin to flutter, uncertainty dwindle dark against her throbbing eyes.
“How long would it take?” She asked finally.
“A few days,” he said, sounding a bit calmer now that she seemed to agree.
“I can help you check in at a motel somewhere far from her—”
“—No!” Melissa denied swiftly.
“No… I can’t risk that. I just can’t.”
She meet his eyes again, her teeth sinking into her lip—the movement caught his eye and he blinked in surprise before looking back up—Melissa took a step close, nearly closing the space between their bodies.
“Let me stay here until then,” she said. “Please, I feel much safer here.”
Frustration bled into his blue eyes, “I said I can’t let you do that.”
“I won’t expose you!” Melissa pleaded.
“I’ll stay out of your way, I won’t even talk to you if you don’t want. I’ll cook and clean and leave you alone. I’ll do whatever you want, just please! Let me stay here until you’re sure I can go! Please!”
Melissa abruptly reached for him, her hands pushing out of the blanket draped around her shoulders to cling to his shirt. She could feel his muscles beneath her desperate touch, he flinched almost imperceivably, but something in his gaze widened—surprise or something else, she didn’t know.
“Please!” She supplicated, digging her desperation through her voice, her eyes.
“Please!”
“Alright—alright!”
He exclaimed, pulling away abruptly and pushing her hands away.
“Fine…” He sighed and Melissa watched him, stunned.
“You can stay.”
“Oh, thank you… thank you!”
“But only for a few days,” he intervened, glaring at her with furrowed brows.
“After that, you’re out of here and you won’t speak of me to anyone or mention of where you are to anyone ever again, are we clear?”
Melissa nodded fervently, feeling her hope bubble through her chest and beam from her face.
“Thank you, thank you! You don’t understand how grateful I am!”
She moved to hug him, overcome with gratitude.
She froze when he recoiled brusquely, stepping away from her like she was covered in something foul.
“Don’t mention it,” he said coldly.
“Just do your part. You can cook, clean, whatever you want… but stay out of my way and I’ll stay out of yours, alright?”
Melissa gave him a silent affirmation, feeling a bit reproachful as he walked passed her and toward the kitchen. The young woman pulled back toward the couch, her limbs shaking again with sickness and exhaustion.
Even while she felt physically miserable, there was lightness in her heart.
She had hope… she would be free.
Even if she wasn’t sure she could trust how well this man’s contacts worked, she had a small ray of light in this storm that rampaged through most of her life.
Tired and wanting to steady herself, Melissa wrapped herself up tightly before laying back on the couch, her eyes watching the fire and dozed off again.
It wasn’t until sleep reclaimed her that she realized that she hadn’t even gotten the name of her savior yet.
Chapter 4
Dreams burned with nightmares and nonsense, spinning delirium through her mind like a whirlwind. Her entire body was pulsing with aches and pains, fighting against the virus raging in her blood.
In her dreams, she saw the pack of wolves, running and racing around her. Their jaws snapped at her feet as she ran through an unsteady forest floor.
The wolves’ faces switched from animal to human and before she knew it, Melissa was running from the violent stare and snarls of that man.
Melissa writhed beneath the torment of her mind, muttering in panicked huffs as she tried to move and escape the face of her step-father.
Another dream filtered in, surprising
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