Cougar Romance: The Traitor: Secret Shades of the Alpha Blood Series (Paranormal BBW Menage Romance) Read Online Free Page B

how her body wanted her to, was not an option. Not with Cat
still playing in the back of her mind.
    He ended the kiss and
smiled at her, not put off by her unresponsive manner. He gave her
a cocky laugh as he backed away.
    “ Sweet dreams, Diana,” he
said smirking. She forced herself to give him a small smile as he
backed away towards the mouth of the cave.
    Charlie’s almost mocking
laughter still rang in her ears as she turned away from him and
closed her eyes, willing herself to sleep.

Chapter Four
    J ust as Cat had expected, an army of Cougars met them as soon
as they entered Navajo territory. The gray mountain lion leading
the pack, Cat recognized as the head elder, Tse, who had assisted
them in getting Diana to the Zuni reservation.
    He stopped the car and
Amanda looked at him reluctantly.
    “ Are you sure about this?”
she asked for what seemed like the hundredth time since their
journey had started.
    “ Yes,” Catahassa answered
her through clenched teeth, telling himself not to lose his temper.
To do so now would certainly mean death for all of them.
    “ Maybe I should shift,”
Amanda said, “for protection, just in case.”
    “ No,” Cat told her
definitely, “that would be the worst thing you could do. We need to
show them we’re not a threat. Stay as you are but wait here. I’ll
go out and talk to them alone first.”
    Amanda stared at him then
opened her mouth as though to make another argument.
    “ Amanda, please!” Cat
said, “You have to trust me.”
    Amanda rolled her eyes and
crossed her arms over her chest. Finally, she nodded. Taking the
smallest sign of acceptance he would get, Cat opened the driver
side door and stepped out among the mountain lion army.
    The creatures stalked
closer to him, some were growling softly, all of their shoulders
hunched, ready to attack. He held up his hands in a sign of
surrender.
    “ I don’t mean any harm,”
Catahassa called out to them, “I need to speak to Tse. It concerns
the salt mother.”
    The small, dark gray
cougar to his right, which Cat recognized as Ashkii, growled out
right and stalked towards him. It was clear he planned to attack.
Cat backed away.
    “ Ashkii,” Cat heard Tse
speak before he saw him, “if the Zuni has news of the Salt Mother
we need to hear it. Stand down.”
    The cougar who was Ashkii
threw what looked suspiciously like a contemptuous look to his
father. None the less, he backed away and joined the others in
calmly surrounding Tse, who had now transformed into the human
tribe elder.
    “ What do you have to say
about the Salt Mother?” Tse asked. Though he had allowed Cat to
stay unharmed, it was clear that he wanted Cat to deliver his
message and leave the Navajo land as quickly as
possible.
    “ I came to ask for your
help, one more time,” Cat said slowly and as calmly as he
could.
    “ And why do you need our
help with your salt mother,” Tse asked. He knew if he was to gain
their trust, he would have to tell them what the Zuni tribe had
discovered. The Elders would consider it treason but, at that
moment, Cat didn’t care. Finding Diana, making sure she was safe
was all that mattered.
    “ There’s no question
anymore,” Cat said, “Diana is the salt mother. Our elders gave her
the test last night. She passed.”
    “ Your elders gave her your
test,” Tse said dismissively, “that still tells us
nothing.”
    “ If you don’t help me,
you’ll never know for sure,” Cat said as calmly as he could though
he could feel his frustration beginning to bubble up inside him,
threatening to burst forth at any moment.
    “ And why is that?” Tse
asked. Cat could tell that his interest was finally
piqued.
    “ Because,” Cat said, “the
rouge and the mole have taken the salt mother. We don’t know where
she is.”
    “ So, you’ve lost her,” Tse
said.
    “ She was taken,” Cat said,
offended by the accusatory tone in his voice, “most likely the
rouge was helped by someone Diana trusted.”
    “ You