“I knew you could.” He grinned and then hugged her, feeling the excitement coursing through her body. “Ready for the next step?”
“I’m not sure,” she said, shaking her head and turning from him.
“Hey, come here. I’ll be with you.” He wanted her to trust him, to know that he would never let her down. But he also had to understand her fears; they were the same fears he had experienced only hours before. “I love you, Nadine Dury. You are going to be my mate for life, my wife, the mother of our children, and I need you to know that I would move heaven and earth to keep you safe. If anything goes wrong, I would always find a way to bring you back.”
“Thank you, Kurt,” she said, kissing him, and he wanted to pick her up and take her to bed right now and tell her to forget the whole thing and just let him bury himself inside her and chase her fears away. But that would not help her to conquer her deepest fear; it was his duty as her mate to help her overcome this.
“Let’s go outside now. And we can change together. I’ll go first and talk you through it. Then you try. OK?”
“Not really,” she said nervously, but then she took his hand. “I can do it with your help. We’re invincible, right?”
“Right.” At least he hoped so.
Out into the cool night air, they stood in front of her cabin and faced each other. He closed his eyes and tried to concentrate on how he changed, to break it down into minute actions, when to him it was something he did so naturally. It was almost like breathing, but he had learned this as a child and that was where he tried to put his mind now. Back into the memories of the first time he changed into his wolf.
“Close your eyes. Picture your other side. Feel it, as if you could touch it. The softness of its fur, its eyes and your eyes, they have to become one. Can you see it?”
“Yes,” she whispered. “I can.”
“Now you have to step into it. Put your hand next to me. I’ll go first and you can feel the air around me as it changes. It just happens, don’t freak out or try to force it.”
She did as he asked and touched the space around him as he stepped out of this world. When he returned, her hand was still in place, as she concentrated on him.
“I see it. I know it. I’ve helped so many other people change back. I can do this.”
Kurt looked at her with a wolfish, lopsided smile, hoping his expression was one of encouragement. Or maybe it would just freak her out, but then she closed her eyes, and around her the air shimmered. For one awful moment, she disappeared from this world and his sense of loss was profound. Albeit momentary, because then she was there. A small, cute red panda. Not exactly what he’d imagined, but at least she wasn’t actually a bear!
Chapter Twenty – Nadine
If this wasn’t the strangest experience of her whole life, she didn’t know what was. But once she got the hang of how her legs moved, she soon ran around in circles, watched over by her big, bad wolf. Who looked so goofy while he watched her, it made her want to laugh. She wondered what he thought of her, and maybe he wished he hadn’t helped her discover this other side of herself now after all.
Would a wolf ever see the appeal of a cute red panda?
Once the excitement was over, she had the need to find out if she could change back. Being a small red panda for an hour or two was one thing; to be one forever was something else. And that scared her.
Standing in front of him, looking up at his big snout and sharp teeth, she tried to concentrate. Having spent so many years looking at herself in the mirror, this part should be easy, right? She sure hoped so.
Picturing herself, she suddenly couldn’t remember what clothes she was wearing. Did it matter? She panicked and thought she had blown it, but then the world shifted and went blank. Her breathing came fast, a panic attack threatening, but then she came back to herself. She was standing looking down at her wolf, who was wagging his tail like a dog.
“I did it!” she shouted.
Kurt changed before her eyes, dragging her into his arms. “That’s my girl,” he said, kissing her mouth.
Flinging her arms around his neck, she held him close, wondering if the last two days had been a dream. With the threat of the other wolves temporarily gone, she allowed herself to be happy. She had found Kurt; he was everything she could ever wish for and, more importantly, he was her true mate.
She had also found her other self, a red panda. She knew her mom would be upset, but she didn’t care. She was unique, and the children she shared with Kurt would be unique, and she would make sure they knew that being different was OK. In fact, being different was good, because if she hadn’t been different, she would never have made it her career to help others who were unique, like Gibb.
And of course, she would never have met Kurt, her mate and the man she was going to drag off to bed. Right this minute.
The End
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Out now
To Catch A Wolf
At last, after what seems like an eternal wait, Hugo has caught his mate. But not in any romantic way, oh no, she’s lying face down in the dirt after trying to rustle his cattle with the other wolf raiders. All she wants to do is rip his throat out; he knows that because she’s telling him explicitly, with some extremely unladylike language. All he wants to do is pick her up, throw her over his shoulder, and take her to his bed. There he will indulge in such primal pleasures, he will capture her heart too. Right?
If only life was that easy.
Damn it! Bliss Merric has just about had it! Her life has never been her own, she has always put her family first. That is why she is out here, in the dark with her brothers, trying to rustle cattle. Well, at least she was with her brothers, but they have now abandoned her and left her alone. With her mate!
It’s not what she wants; he’s not what she wants. But when you’re face down in the mud with his big, toned, muscly body pinning you down... No! Don’t think of him like that. He is the enemy, she has to fight her way out of this.
Only she’s no longer sure what she’s fighting for. Because when her captor turns her over and she looks into those sweet amber eyes, all she wants to do is scream “Take me to bed!” But she’s a raider, and her family depend on her, and family always comes first. Or does it?
Can Hugo catch his wolf, or will she run out of his life forever?
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