Resisting The Alpha (Werebear Shifter Romance) (The Crane Curse) by Liliana Rhodes
Authors: Liliana Rhodes
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gas and began picking up speed until a bear appeared in the middle of the road. Slamming on the brakes, the car skidded off the road to a stop just missing the bear.
With her heart pounding in her chest, she gasped for air as she calmed herself down. Slowly it dawned on her that bears didn't usually come out during the middle of the day, especially not such large ones in that part of South Jersey.
"What the fuck, Erich?" she yelled as she got out of the car. "You could've killed me!"
Erich quickly shifted into his human form and she looked away wondering if she would ever get used to seeing this gorgeous man naked. Secretly she hoped she wouldn't.
"Kill you? You're the one behind the wheel," he said with a grin. "You're a hazard to animals, Faith. No wonder there's so much roadkill around. I'm only here because Abel asked you to take me along with you."
Exasperated, Faith got back into the car as Erich climbed into the passenger side. "You're kidding right?" she said. "There's no way I'm taking you with me when you're naked."
She looked at him like he was crazy, then quickly looked away knowing her eyes wanted to wander over his body like a lion checking its prey. Or in this case, a cougar.
As she laughed to herself, Erich repositioned himself on the old vinyl seat which gave off a loud squeak. Faith suddenly burst into laughter. Erich looked at her amused.
"You really have a problem with nudity, don't you?" he asked with a smirk.
She tried to answer but couldn't. All the stress from the past few weeks melted away as she let the laughter finally trump her sadness. Putting the car into gear she continued driving, with her naked protector seated beside her.
"Where are we going?" he asked. "I need to get some clothes. Take me to Night Shift."
Faith drove to the deserted industrial side of town. On the weekends the entire area shut down except for the bar. As she pulled around to the back, Erich vanished into the building and reappeared a few minutes later wearing a pair of jeans with a white button shirt.
As he exited the building, he rolled up the sleeves and Faith thought about how even the most mundane thing seemed more exciting when he did it. She shouldn't think like that about another man. Her stomach dropped and turned as guilt dripped like acid inside her. She had to remember, she was with Abel.
"Slide over," Erich said as he opened the driver's side door. "I'm driving."
Faith obediently moved to the passenger side of the bench seat. His voice was so commanding and authoritative she couldn't say no. She didn't want to anyway, despite her guilt.
"Where are you headed anyway?" he asked.
Faith's brain spun. She couldn't tell him the truth. She needed to do that alone anyway. There was no way she was going to finally meet her family with a man who was...what? Protecting her? Confusing her? Things were too complicated to bring Erich along.
"To the grocery store?" she said.
"Are you asking or telling me?"
Nervously playing with the hem on her shirt, she realized there was no way to not tell Erich what was going on, but she didn't have to tell him right away.
Several months ago Faith learned the group home she lived in the longest was going to be torn down. She needed to see the place one last time, but didn't want to go alone. In the past this was something she relied on Abel to do with her, but now she wondered what it would be like to have Erich along with her instead.
"Do you know where St. Elizabeth's Home is?" she asked.
"Yeah, the old orphanage?"
"That's it. I need to go there. Please don't ask any questions. I'll explain everything once we're there."
He nodded and put the sedan into gear. They drove past the old mills and deserted factories before going over an old metal bridge that hummed as the car's wheels spun over the grooves. Once they were on the other side of the narrow river, the scenery changed.
Trees lined the streets and old traffic lights swung from electrical wire stretched between
With her heart pounding in her chest, she gasped for air as she calmed herself down. Slowly it dawned on her that bears didn't usually come out during the middle of the day, especially not such large ones in that part of South Jersey.
"What the fuck, Erich?" she yelled as she got out of the car. "You could've killed me!"
Erich quickly shifted into his human form and she looked away wondering if she would ever get used to seeing this gorgeous man naked. Secretly she hoped she wouldn't.
"Kill you? You're the one behind the wheel," he said with a grin. "You're a hazard to animals, Faith. No wonder there's so much roadkill around. I'm only here because Abel asked you to take me along with you."
Exasperated, Faith got back into the car as Erich climbed into the passenger side. "You're kidding right?" she said. "There's no way I'm taking you with me when you're naked."
She looked at him like he was crazy, then quickly looked away knowing her eyes wanted to wander over his body like a lion checking its prey. Or in this case, a cougar.
As she laughed to herself, Erich repositioned himself on the old vinyl seat which gave off a loud squeak. Faith suddenly burst into laughter. Erich looked at her amused.
"You really have a problem with nudity, don't you?" he asked with a smirk.
She tried to answer but couldn't. All the stress from the past few weeks melted away as she let the laughter finally trump her sadness. Putting the car into gear she continued driving, with her naked protector seated beside her.
"Where are we going?" he asked. "I need to get some clothes. Take me to Night Shift."
Faith drove to the deserted industrial side of town. On the weekends the entire area shut down except for the bar. As she pulled around to the back, Erich vanished into the building and reappeared a few minutes later wearing a pair of jeans with a white button shirt.
As he exited the building, he rolled up the sleeves and Faith thought about how even the most mundane thing seemed more exciting when he did it. She shouldn't think like that about another man. Her stomach dropped and turned as guilt dripped like acid inside her. She had to remember, she was with Abel.
"Slide over," Erich said as he opened the driver's side door. "I'm driving."
Faith obediently moved to the passenger side of the bench seat. His voice was so commanding and authoritative she couldn't say no. She didn't want to anyway, despite her guilt.
"Where are you headed anyway?" he asked.
Faith's brain spun. She couldn't tell him the truth. She needed to do that alone anyway. There was no way she was going to finally meet her family with a man who was...what? Protecting her? Confusing her? Things were too complicated to bring Erich along.
"To the grocery store?" she said.
"Are you asking or telling me?"
Nervously playing with the hem on her shirt, she realized there was no way to not tell Erich what was going on, but she didn't have to tell him right away.
Several months ago Faith learned the group home she lived in the longest was going to be torn down. She needed to see the place one last time, but didn't want to go alone. In the past this was something she relied on Abel to do with her, but now she wondered what it would be like to have Erich along with her instead.
"Do you know where St. Elizabeth's Home is?" she asked.
"Yeah, the old orphanage?"
"That's it. I need to go there. Please don't ask any questions. I'll explain everything once we're there."
He nodded and put the sedan into gear. They drove past the old mills and deserted factories before going over an old metal bridge that hummed as the car's wheels spun over the grooves. Once they were on the other side of the narrow river, the scenery changed.
Trees lined the streets and old traffic lights swung from electrical wire stretched between
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