Preternatural: An Erotic Paranormal Romance Collection (3 Book Bundle) by Cara B. Connor Page A

hoped he could explain everything in a manner she would understand and he knew she would have a million questions when he got back. In just under two hours later he pulled into the driveway of the house they now shared. He hoped that they could work this out, what they had was just too good to throw away. He got out, not even unpacking the car, and headed straight for the front door. Lucas was so preoccupied with his own thoughts that he never even noticed that Jen’s car was missing.
    “Jen,” he yelled happily as he pushed open the front door. She always loved when he called her Jen!
    But the house was empty. Okay, he thought to himself, maybe she’s out with some of her friends. He made his way back through the house, still calling to her, looking for signs of her. When he made it back to the bedroom he noticed that her clothes were missing from the closet. Weird. He walked back through other rooms and then on to the kitchen. No sign of her anywhere – in fact, no sign of any of her personal possessions!
    At that second he looked out the kitchen window. It wasn’t until then that he really noticed that her car was gone. Shit, her car’s gone!
    Instantly, and without even thinking, he pulled out his cell and dialed her number with shaking hands.
The phone rang five or six times before she answered it. “I don’t want to talk to you.”
    “Jen, baby… please…”
    “No Lucas. Stay away from me, do you hear me… don’t contact me again. I don’t want to talk to you.”
    “But baby…“
    “Baby, hell!” She hung up.
    Lucas didn’t know what had happened. He felt like he was caught up in a tornado or something. Really, honestly, though, he was in shock. He just  stood there… alone in the bedroom. He was alone and unable to process what had just happened to him. Two days ago he was the happiest man alive – and now he was the exact opposite! Is this really happening?
    Then he screamed a scream… unlike any a mere human could make. The full extent of Jennifer’s words had dawned on him. “Stay away from me, do you hear me… don’t contact me again.”
    “I don’t want to talk to you,” she said.
    And then the wolf inside him took over. He pushed over the 500 pound desk like it was a piece of kids furniture, he tore the drapes down in one swipe, he threw a dresser across the room which shattered into kindling in an instant. Before he knew it, his temper tantrum ended in him, basically wrecking the entire house. It seemed like hours passed before he actually came back to his senses. Then he collapsed on the floor like a rag doll, and cried like a baby for what seemed like days.
    Days turned into weeks, and still no Jennifer. She had not answered any of his calls or texts. He was going crazy with the loss. Lucas went to work, mostly just going through the motions after he had missed a few days. His boss was not sympathetic to his plight at all. So he went, not really being very productive… but at least he was there. He kept up his old routine as best he could, hoping soon Jen would join him in it.
    Lucas was very miserable. Even at work, things that were once a breeze for him to accomplish were now filled with errors. He switched his mind off, hardly ate, hardly slept and looked more like a hollow shell of the man he once was. Days passed and eventually it was time for the full moon again. He was so out of it that he stayed home, not even trying to get out of town. That night the change was fast, and the terrible beast in him was fed over and over at the expense of several innocents.

Calming the Wolf: An Erotic Paranormal Romance, Chapter 5
    By the next full moon, he was ill. Visibly ill. He was exhausted and merely skin and bones. Lucas no longer ate, other than his hunts as a wolf. He was bearded, dirty, and now, unemployed too. He could no longer even consider life without Jen as a possibility. He waited for death. And starving himself and the wolf too eventually was the only way he could think