Unchained (Wolf in Exile Part 2): Werewolf Shifter/Vampire Paranormal Romance Read Online Free Page B

pleasure.
    When he came, searing heat sliced through her core, spreading throughout her womb and then shooting upward through her veins. Like a drug, it took her on the most unbelievable high she had ever felt. She was motionless, paralyzed by the wave of sensations taking her by storm. Not only did she see stars, she saw the sun and moon.
    After his climax, he collapsed on top of her, panting against her neck. Fulfilling the urge within her, she hugged him tightly to her. Lightning cracked outside of the hut, rattling the makeshift door and shaking the foundation, as if delivering them a message. But she didn’t care, she had Thane and she knew he’d never let anything happen to her.
    It took awhile for his glow to dim and finally fade away. She knew it was gone because his body temperature began to return to normal.
    He kissed her on the forehead and placed a quilt over their bodies. With the light from the fire, she saw him lift something round from a miniature box.
    “What’s that?”
    “Your ticket out of here.”
    Her heart dropped. Out of here meant away from him. He’d explained why he couldn’t leave before. Why did she feel this way, like a hole was opening up inside of her? She should have felt ecstatic at the notion of breaking free of the shifter prison.
    “I’m a threat to your life. I can extend your time tenfold by offering you as much of my DNA as you will take, and ensure that you have access to more in the future, but your life will never be the same again if I physically stay in it.”
    “But I want you in—”
    “—Kalena! Don’t make this harder than it already is. Push the button, and tomorrow we will meet the choppers by the lake we visited today. If something happens to me, you will go to the ravine and get on the helicopter.”
    “But—”
    “—You will tell them that their Alpha sent you. They will know you’re telling the truth with my DNA fresh in your system.”
    “Alpha?”
    “Yes, I’m an Alpha. Leader of my Pack.” He handed her the round device. “Push the button.”
    She hesitated. “Are you ever gonna get out of here?”
    “Yes. If I have to serve a small amount of time in exile while my followers obtain what they need from Silex, I will do that. And if I never get out of here, then my life will be the price paid for a problem my family caused in the first place. Before I die, or anyone else dies…I want to resolve the problem. Understood?”
    She nodded. “I understand.”
    He stroked the cleft on her chin. “I care about you deeply, but my responsibilities are tenfold, just like my life expectancy. My world is a world of trouble, and it has always been that way. I can’t bring you into it. When you marry a man, he should treat you like you are the only thing that matters in his world.”
    “I will never marry a man, Thane,” she said, defiantly.
    “Why not?”
    “Because when you get out of this hell-hole, I will owe my life to you because you saved it.” She pushed the button firmly. “When you’re not under so much stress, then you can tell me if you never want to see me again. Don’t make me wait too long though. Especially now that you’ve just extended my life.”
    “I had a feeling you were stubborn.” He hugged her close. “Lay next to me for a couple more hours, and then we’ll head out.”
    Kalena smiled and laid her head right next to his heart. She didn’t want to let go, but sooner or later, she’d have to.

CHAPTER FOUR
    T he sound of pounding rain beating against the door of the hut tore Thane from his slumber. He rose from the cot at the same moment that Kalena sprang awake next to him. They couldn’t have been asleep for more than an hour. The rumbling of the storm outside couldn’t have caused the physical beating on the doorframe.
    He growled and got up, not even bothering to jump into his jeans. If he needed to shift, he didn’t need them in his way.
    “Thane?”
    “Stay there. I’m going to check the door.”
    As he got