Taming The Lion: BBW Paranormal Lion Shifter Romance (Gray Bears Book 5) Read Online Free

from a serial killer. But...you should have called me.
If I'd known you were coming, I would have driven out to fetch you!
It's so dangerous for you to drive all the way alone...”
    “I...I lost your
number,” Kaylee answered in a small voice. “I'm sorry,
Ne-ma. I'm really sorry...”
    “Hush, it's over now,
sweetheart,” Ne-ma shushed her. “You're here, and you're
safe. That's all that matters. But you must have had such a fright!
You've been hurt, but no one can hurt you now. No one.”
Ne-ma's blue eyes shone with understanding and compassion. It was as
if she could see all the hurt, sorrow and pain that Kaylee had
experienced.
    Clutching both her hands,
Ne-ma said fiercely, “And you're not disappearing again,
Kaylee. I absolutely won't allow it!”

CHAPTER
SEVEN

    Kaylee stared at Ne-ma and
opened her mouth. But instead of words, a wrenching sob burst from
her chest.
    “I should have kept in
touch, Ne-ma. I know you care for me. I should have come to you,
instead of moving all the time, uprooting myself constantly to search
for...something I'd never find...”
    Kaylee broke down and Ne-ma
gathered her in her arms and held her as she cried. “I'm
sorry, Ne-ma,” she sobbed into Ne-ma shoulder.
    “Everything is okay
now. You're here, with family,” Ne-ma said soothingly, rubbing
her back. “You've finally found your way home.”
    Kaylee sniffed. “I
don't have a home...”
    “Nonsense! You can
stay in Broomstick Inn with us!” Gramma said immediately.
“Tristan and the boys can even build you a little house if you
prefer to have a place of your own. Tristan owns Gray's Domain, a
neat construction company.”
    Kaylee shook her head. “No,
no, I mean, that's very generous of you, but I couldn't...”
She laughed sheepishly. “I would be grateful just to sleep in
the kitchen of your inn. I never thought...”
    Ne-ma planted her hands on
her hips. “We are family. What is this crazy talk about
sleeping on the kitchen floor? Do you imagine that you're Cinderella
or Snow White, and I'm the evil grandaunt who is also an evil witch
to boot?”
    Kaylee laughed despite
herself. “No, of course not, Ne-ma! I just...” She
laughed again and shook her head. “Funny that you should
mention Cinderella and Snow White,” she muttered with a
lopsided smile.
    “Why?”
    “I...I was just wishing
that I would meet my white knight and live happily ever after, just
like in a fairy tale.” Kaylee blushed and mumbled, “What
a silly wish, eh?”
    When there was no reply, she
looked up and saw Gramma, Ne-ma and the whole Gray family gaping at
her.
    Kaylee gulped and grimaced.
“Why are you all looking at me like that?” she asked
nervously.
    “Hmm, a knight,”
Tristan, the eldest Gray brother, said with a slow, sly smile.
    “I know a Knight,”
another brother quipped.
    “Me too!”
    “Me three!”
    It was Winston's turn to look
startled when all eyes swiveled to him. “What?” he
demanded. “What are they up to?” he said in a stage
whisper to Jeremy. The lion cub growled in response.
    “Winston Knight,”
Gramma and Ne-ma whispered together, giving her identical looks of
amazement and delight.
    Kaylee exchanged a look with
Winston as the Gray brothers and their mates began to chuckle and
chatter excitedly. She had no idea what they were talking about.
She heard the words “happily ever after”, “wish”
and “true mate” being whispered between the couples as
they threw knowing glances at Winston and her.
    Winston grinned at her and
threw up his hands dramatically. Jeremy tumbled off his shoulder,
but Winston caught the cub expertly in his large hands and threw him
high in the air. Jeremy squealed and shifted in mid-air back to
human form. Winston caught a little boy with light brown hair and
hazel eyes securely in his hands and handed the mischievous tot back
to his parents.
    Harper kissed her son and
lifted him up onto Jackson's shoulders. Jeremy sat proudly on his
dad's shoulders and