Change For Me (Werewolf Romance) (The Alpha's Kiss) by Lynn Red Page A

I’m—”
    “Why? Tell me. It’s important.” His voice was earnest. That wasn’t a request.
    It sent a little chill down me when he talked like that. So forceful and powerful and... memories tugged at the edges of my consciousness, but nothing specific, just weird sensations. “I, uh, I got a call from the New York Times and they want me to write a story about grandpa’s werewolf stories.”
    “Oh, great!” He smiled huge. “You’re a great writer, you know.” He was already starting to speak more clearly, and I swear that a cut I saw before was gone. “Anything else?”
    “Yeah,” I said. “But, hey wait a minute, what’s going on with that scrape?” I pointed to a place on his elbow that had been bright red and horribly painful looking when I happened upon him, but when I asked, it was shimmering, and by the time I finished, it was gone.
    “What else happened, Lily? I have to know. Did you pass out? Or, like faint?”
    I scrunched my eyes and put my hands on my hips. “How did you know? Yeah, after I talked to the lady from the Times , I was sitting on the couch and it felt like a—”
    “Felt like something hit you in the stomach?” Damon interrupted and finished my sentence for me, but it was a sort of a question. “Is that it?”
    “I mean, yeah, I guess. I’ve never fainted before so I figured it was normal.”
    “No, that’s not normal.” Damon pushed himself to his feet and groaned in pain as he stretched his shoulder. “Not normal at all. I’ve gotta go, there’s someone I have to see.” He brushed past me, like he was going to leave me standing right there in the middle of the damn woods.
    “Damon? I think you owe me some kind of explanation. You made me come out here. Sent me the most dramatic text I’ve gotten in, well at least a week or two, and now you’re just leaving me standing here? What is this bullshit?”
    “I,” he paused and swallowed. Another of his cuts started shimmering, and then closed right as I was looking at it. “I’m really sorry about all this, but I’m as confused as you are. I keep blacking out, like, since the last time I saw you, I remember two or three hours out of the week. I’ll wake up, I’ll be like... like this, you know? Torn up and hurt.”
    His shoulders began to shake with what I could only guess was fear. I closed the distance between him and wrapped my fingers around his wrists. “Let’s get you to town and to a doctor. You shouldn’t be blacking out for no reason, Damon. And how did you know what happened to me with the fainting spell? None of this makes any sense, but I’m pretty sure you aren’t well.”
    Damon pushed me back slightly, holding me at arms’ length and staring into my eyes. “There’s something I need to tell you. I know, or, I knew about this, but I guess that I wanted to think it was all... well, that it wasn’t going to happen so soon.”
    “What, Damon?” I was getting insistent. “What is it?”
    He put a finger to my lips. “If I make you a promise, will you believe me?”
    I took a deep breath and let it out through my nose. “Do I have a choice?” That’s the first time I realized my voice was wobbling a little, like I was scared of something. “I just want you to be safe and I want some answers.”
    “You already have them,” he said. “You just have to believe what you’ve been thinking about.”
    “What’s that supposed to mean?”
    His hands went up my arms, those big hands wrapped around my biceps. God he’s so strong, so huge, how can anyone be this big? He squeezed so hard it hurt, just a little. “I don’t know. I’m sorry, but I don’t know how to explain it. Have you seen Devin?”
    “ Jesus! ” I struggled in his grip, but he held me tight. “What is it with you and Devin? I got a text from Goddamn Caitlyn about him too. Are you two sneaking off in the woods together? I thought you couldn’t stand him.”
    He shook his head. “No, no, it’s just that the first