by Cara Wylde
“Not if they don’t know about her. They don’t know a witch is involved, so they won’t look for one. They won’t know where to look or what to look for.”
“It’s still risky.”
“Are you saying you prefer to die?” Tyler was starting to lose his patience.
The young attorney laughed. “All I’m saying is that I’ve just returned the child and given you the chance to run. Instead, you want to stick around, challenge the Guild, and put everyone in danger, including the cub I’m now willing to sacrifice myself to protect. Do you not see the fault in your reasoning?”
“No, they’re right,” said Tristan. He was beginning to see the bigger picture. “We can’t hide in the shadows forever. Yes, the assassins will use all their resources to find us, but being out in the open means other supernaturals will be able to find us, too.”
Emil and Tyler nodded.
Nathan studied each of them for a long moment, but that didn’t help him make a decision.
“What do you say?” Emil pressed him. “Join us?”
“You won’t have to kidnap children to climb the ladder,” added Tristan.
The attorney laughed, which caused him to choke on the smoke he had inhaled. “Because there is no ladder.”
“And no money, yes,” said Emil. “But we’re the good guys, and we’re fighting for a cause.”
Nathan could understand that. Fighting for a cause… As an attorney, that was his job. Working for the Order of the Severins as a spy was crazy, but at least he had a chance to live another day. Or another week. Maybe another month, and even a year. He put out his cigarette and nodded.
“Okay. I’ll do it. I’ll tell them about the Order. What names do you want me to give them?”
Tristan was the one who answered: “Emil Severin, Tyler Atwood, and Tristan Ward.”
ONE WEEK LATER
Olivia still had a lot of things to deal with. Miranda and Logan weren’t convinced Liam had gone with one of Liv’s friends that day, not even when they both saw him and made sure he was happy and well. Her aunt couldn’t believe she was giving up her job in London and moving back to New York. In fact, there were days she couldn’t believe it, either. So many changes in such a short time… Overwhelming was about the right word to describe what Liv was going through. But it was all worth it.
She and Liam had moved in with Tristan. The effect the lion-shifters had on her son was astounding. In just a couple of days, Liam started talking, running around, playing with everyone, and making friends all over Andes. He loved the mountains and the woods, and Olivia realized how harmful it had been for him to live in a big city. He belonged here, with these people. Seeing him so cheerful, friendly, and sociable, Olivia almost didn’t recognize him. He was nothing like the boy who had scared her to death so many times. He was normal. She couldn’t believe how happy and normal he was! Kassandra had been right: he needed his father, the only person who could teach him to embrace his lion, the small beast that was waiting for the right time to rise to the surface.
After things settled down, a bonfire party was in order, of course. All the members of the Order of the Severins were invited: Rebecca and Emil, Amber and Tyler, Kassandra, and even Nathan. Camille had recovered enough to attend, but she spent all the evening in a chair, with a bottle of plain water by her side. At some point, Nathan came to keep her company, and he didn’t leave her side until late after midnight, when she asked him to help her get home. They were sort of outcasts, even though no one had said it out loud. Both Tristan and Olivia needed time to forgive them completely, and trust them, especially.
As they all sat around the fire, laughing and chatting, Liam appeared out of nowhere. He had been playing with some of the shifter kids. Olivia gasped when she saw he was naked.
“Oh my God, Liam! What do you think you’re doing?”
Everyone started laughing, but she was so embarrassed that she dropped her glass of wine and started running after her son. She heard Tristan laugh even harder than the others and threw him an angry glance.
“Come here!”
It was easy for Liam to avoid her. He was moving way faster than she ever could, having mastered his shifter speed.
“I want to show you something! I want to show you something!” he screamed.
“No! Come here! Where are your clothes?”
Liam ignored her and ran to his father.
“Wanna see?” he asked.
Tristan had a vague impression he knew what was about to happen. He nodded and motioned for Olivia to stop. She didn’t protest, as she did need a break to catch her breath. Apparently, this wasn’t her day, though, because her breath hitched again, and her heart jumped in her chest when she heard Liam’s bones snap one after the other. And this time, they didn’t heal immediately. His muscles started moving under his skin, and his small body started changing in front of her very eyes. No matter how used she was now to see Tristan and the other lion-shifters turn into their animal form, she wasn’t yet ready to witness her son’s first shift. Every sound of broken bone punched her right in the stomach.
Tristan came to hold her from behind.
“It’s okay,” he whispered in her ear. “I know it’s hard to believe, but it doesn’t actually hurt.”
Olivia leaned into his embrace and tried to calm down. It didn’t help much. As it was Liam’s first time, the transformation took him a bit longer than it took his father. In a couple of minutes, however, where there had been a boy, there was a cute, fluffy lion cub. Olivia started laughing, tears streaming down her face.
“Oh, look at you,” she whispered. “Just look at you…”
The cub jumped a couple of times, ran in a circle trying to catch his tail, then saw his new friends, who had also shifted into their baby lion forms. He ran to them, completely disinterested in the adults’ cheers and “aww”s.
Tristan found Olivia’s ear and kissed it tenderly. His lips followed the length of her neck, then the curve of her shoulder.
“Thank you for giving me such a perfect son.”
Liv tilted her head to the left to give him better access.
“So, am I forgiven for having kept him a secret?”
He smiled against her skin. “How could I ever stay mad at you?”
THE END
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Shift Your Fate – Reading Order
Carpathian Wolf (SYF #0.5) – BBW Wolf-Shifter Romance
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Rebecca Gilbert is a sexy, curvy, and confident woman who knows what she wants. She’s a successful and respected chartered accountant in New York and seems to have her life figured out. The only problem is she can’t find the right guy to share it with.
Sick and tired of the dating scene, stressed because of her demanding job, Rebecca needs a new perspective. That’s why she takes her friend’s advice and goes to see Kassandra, who is well-known for her abilities as an…empath. The old woman doesn’t only feel what Rebecca feels, but also knows exactly how to help her. However, when she tells her to pack her bags and board a plane to Europe first thing in the morning, Becca thinks she’s insane. On the other hand, she does need a vacation.
A new country, a strange language, a small medieval fortified city in the heart of the mountains… It’s safe to say Rebecca is forced to step out of her comfort zone. The empath told her she’d find her destiny here. She doesn’t know much about destiny, but she knows the tourist guide, Emil Severin, is one of the hottest men she’s ever seen. Green eyes, dirty blond hair, a wicked smile, and an adorable, panty-melting accent–yes, he’s exactly what she needs. Emil seems to want her too. In fact, he can’t keep his hands off her. Then why is he holding back? There’s something he doesn’t want to tell her
, something that prevents him from taking her hard and fast. Well, tough luck, because Becca is determined to find out what it is. If Emil is, indeed, her destiny, then she’s not letting him go without a fight.
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Bear Unbound (SYF #1) – BBW Bear-Shifter Romance
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Beautiful, curvy Amber is ready to reclaim her freedom. She's had enough of her husband's lies and she's done with his family's weird rules. She's getting a divorce, and she's taking her 8-year-old daughter with her. Oh, and she's determined to stay away from men. For now at least. But her best friend, Rebecca, has other things in mind. She takes her to the one place where Amber can find what she's truly looking for: Shift Your Fate. Instead of advising her to leave her past behind, the empath Kassandra reminds her there was someone else before her ex-husband, someone who could have made her happy, if only she had given him a chance.
Tyler Atwood lost contact with Amber ten years ago, when she married Stephan Castell. He had a choice to make then: tell her the truth about her husband, or step aside and leave them be. He chose the latter. Amber wouldn't have believed him anyway. Bear-shifters? An Assassins' Guild hunting supernatural people? On second thought, it was better if she never knew. Now, Amber is back into his life. Being with her puts both of them in danger, but how could he resist? She's always been the only woman who could tame his bear.
Secret Baby Lion (SYF #2) – BBW Lion-Shifter Romance
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Olivia Jensen has been running away from her past for too long. An incident she’s trying to forget made her leave New York two years ago. She had no intention of coming back, but when her son’s life seems to depend on her courage to return home, Liv will step on her pride, face her fears, and do everything to save him. Confused as to why her baby is acting strange, she ends up seeing Kassandra, an empath. After all, when all doctors fail, a mother will try anything. She doesn’t like what Kassandra advises her, though: to find the father and tell him that he has a son.
Tristan Ward doesn’t know what to think when Olivia, the woman he has been dreaming of all this time, knocks on his door. They only spent one night together, and then she was gone. Why is she back? What does she want from him? On second thought, none of it matters as long as she stays. He has a secret of his own, but telling her the truth would probably mean scaring her away for good. First, he needs to show her that she is his mate, and then he will tell her he is a lion-shifter.
Unfortunately, Olivia and Tristan don’t get much time to know each other and build up the courage to reveal their secrets. When a jealous witch tries to poison Liv, and the Assassins’ Guild kidnaps her son, they are forced to leave the past behind, forgive each other, and fight to bring their lion cub back home.
More Books by Cara Wylde
Sold to the Alpha
A BBW Wolf-Shifter Romance
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This Complete Edition contains all 6 books and NO cliffhangers. Get it now at half the price of the individual installments. If you have Kindle Unlimited, then read it for free.
This complete edition contains all 6 books of Sold to the Alpha. It’s the full story of sexy, curvaceous Avelyn and her hot Alpha, Max Blackmane. No cliffhangers!
Avelyn is a shifter bride, which means she has been raised and educated to become the wife of a shape-shifter and bear his children. The problem is that she doesn’t want to accept this fate. She will do everything in her power to gain her freedom and build a new life far away from shape-shifters and what society expects of her.
Alpha werewolf Max Blackmane is in search of a bride. When he comes to Alma Venus Boarding School, one of the best schools for shifter brides in the world, he is determined to buy a young woman who would bring him political advantages. However, when he sees Avelyn, his plans are turned upside down. He can’t imagine his life without her.
Avelyn uses every trick to convince Max to buy another bride. It doesn’t matter that his perfect body and smooth voice make her weak in the knees. She has a dream, and her dream does not include a wolf-shifter who thinks he can simply own her because the peace treaty between humans and shape-shifters says so.
The Hidden Alpha
A Fox-Shifter Romance
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A sequel to Sold to the Alpha. This Complete Edition contains all 3 books and NO cliffhangers. Get it now at half the price of the individual installments. If you have Kindle Unlimited, then read it for free.
Sexy, sassy and intelligent, Amelia is one of the few shifter-brides who have nothing against the peace treaty that was signed a century ago between humans and shape-shifters. She was in an orphanage when the headmistress of the Alma Venus Boarding School decided to take her in and prepare her to become the bride of a fox-shifter. The year she turned 18, Amelia became eligible to be sold to the highest bidder, and there was nothing she wanted more.
Seth of Clan Sylfur is in search of a bride for his future Alpha. Roman Sylfur, the Alpha of the most powerful fox clan in the world, is dying and his son, Blake, will soon take his place. The second he sees Amelia, Seth knows she is the perfect woman… for him, not for Blake.
Amelia is torn between her feelings for the hot, hunky Seth and her responsibility as a shifter-bride. But how could she stay away from the Beta fox when her mysterious husband won’t even bother to see her and welcome her to her new home? How could she possibly be faithful to a stranger? Her husband is hiding something from her, and that makes Amelia run to Seth. What they’re doing is dangerous, but she feels safe in his arms.
Claimed by the Dragons
A Dragon-Shifter Romance
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A sequel to Sold to the Alpha and The Hidden Alpha. Complete, standalone novel, with NO cliffhangers. Free in Kindle Unlimited.
Beautiful, innocent Delyse has been waiting for three years to be claimed by her dragon-shifter husband, Eric Drekinn. Eric’s Beta, Viggo, bought her for his Alpha, but now they are both waiting for the next solar eclipse, when the ancient dragon will rise from his long hibernation. Unfortunately, Delyse finds it hard to wait patiently when the charming, handsome Viggo is just within arm’s reach. Before she knows it, she falls madly in love with him. It’s wrong, it’s forbidden. She belongs to Eric, and she doesn’t even know if Viggo feels the same.
When Eric Drekinn rises from his deep sleep, his young bride is there to offer herself to him. He’s afraid to love again, but Delyse is everything he could wish for. Then, he starts suspecting there might be something more than friendship between his bride and his Beta, and he isn’t sure how to react. On one hand, Delyse belongs to him. On the other hand, Viggo is his best friend.
Eric’s choice will surprise both Delyse and Viggo.
Taming the Alpha
A Dark Wolf-Shifter Romance
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A sequel to Sold to the Alpha, The Hidden Alpha, and Claimed by the Dragons. Complete, standalone novel, with NO cliffhangers. Free in Kindle Unlimited.
Shy, sexy Claudia is one of the last shifter-brides left at the Alma Venus Boarding School who have yet to be bought and claimed by a shape-shifter. Raised and educated to become the wife of a bear-shifter, she is painfully aware that the latest political changes are affecting the peace treaty between humans and shifters, and the way in which shifters choose their brides. She’s afraid no Alpha will ever want her, and if she isn’t married by the time she turns 25, she doesn’t know what she’ll do with her life.
Karl Blackmane has never wanted a mate. After what happened during the War of the Six Factions, he isn’t ready to love and protect a human. He might never be. But his sister-in-law, Avelyn, insists he should claim her best friend, Claudia, because she is perfect for him. As a favor to Avelyn, Karl makes Claudia his bride. What he doesn’t expec
t is to fall madly in love with her. But she is so innocent and fragile, and he has done so many terrible things… He can’t let her in, can’t let her see who he really is.
Karl keeps pushing Claudia away, Claudia only wants to heal her Alpha’s wounds… Will he find the courage to tell her the truth? Will she be strong enough to forgive him?
About the Author
Cara Wylde loves to write about strong, feisty women and their hot Alphas who will do anything to make them happy. Her books are filled with romance and just a dash of mystery, suspense, and that eerie atmosphere she fell in love with reading too many gothic novels. With a master's degree in Comparative Literature, she can't help but play with tropes and themes from various genres, trying to come up with fresh perspectives on the paranormal characters her readers love so much. Vampires, shape-shifters, demons, witches... Cara will always make sure they get their own twists.
When she's not writing, Cara is reading, planning her next story, or daydreaming. Her idea of pure heaven is a day filled with nothing but her laptop, a huge coffee pot, relaxing music, and a new, exciting project.
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