ROMANCE: Lion Protector (Paranormal Shifter BBW Military Romance) (Shapeshifter Alpha Male Short Stories Book 2) by Alexa Blair
Authors: Alexa Blair
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growled at him. “I’m not a prize, or a possession, or a piece of property. I’m a human being who lives in an era where women get to pick and choose who they want for mates. There was something about you from the moment I met you that had me wanting to run screaming in the other direction. Now I know why. You’re totally screwed up in the head and I definitely do not want you. Even if you hadn’t shot Hoss, I picked Hoss. I want Hoss. You are pathetic. Worse than pathetic.”
“He can’t give you what I can.” The man said lamely, and then turned to glare up at Hoss. “You ruined everything. I swear to god I will kill you.”
“You can certainly try, but here’s a little secret,” Hoss leaned down and let his eyes and face shift just enough to his bear form to traumatize the man in front of him. “If you ever come near Candy, or me again, I will kill you myself.”
“What the fuck man!” Danny backed up and hit the wall hard with his head as he gasped when he saw Hoss turned in-human looking. Candy crossed her arms and didn’t bat an eye at Hoss shifting slightly to scare him.
About fifteen minutes later, police sirens lit up Hoss’s driveway and the police came inside after Candy let them in. They took the reports, the bullet from the coffee table, the gun that Hoss had taken from Danny and showed them the bullet wound that Daniel had already inflicted on him earlier.
Daniel was raving about Hoss being some kind of supernatural monster that had the police exchanging glances as they cuffed him and took him away. They finished taking statements and then Candy wrapped her arms around Hoss’s waist.
“I cannot believe he had such a screw loose. He was rich, good looking, could have had almost any woman he wanted. What the hell went wrong with him?” She wondered out loud.
“Wanting something he can’t have? The challenge of it can be mighty appealing sometimes, and some people are very poor losers.” Hoss shrugged. He didn’t understand it, but he was grateful Candy was safe.
A few minutes later, Candy’s cell phone was blowing up from texts from her father. Picking it up and calling him she tried to explain what happened. He was almost yelling into the phone about Daniel’s father calling him raging that Candy had him thrown in jail. Her father was angry, and wasn’t sure what was going on. After hearing Candy’s side of things, and her offering to make sure he got a copy of the police report, he calmed down and listened to her rationally.
She spoke to him for a little while longer, explaining things, and by the end of the conversation, her father was seething again, but this time at Daniel and his father, instead of Candy and Hoss.
“Your father always so quick to assume the worst?” Hoss asked her curiously.
“Sometimes, especially if he doesn’t have all the facts, the one nice thing about him is he’s mostly bark and not much bite.” Candy joked and walked over to Hoss and wrapped her arms around him. “So… Do you believe in soul mates?”
“I don’t believe in soul mates exactly, but I believe in mates. Our kind mates for life. We actually have a ritual that binds us together, sort of like a pagan hand fasting. It has perks.” Hoss told her suggestively and kissed her on the nose.
“What kind of perks?” She asked him curiously and leaned back to look at him.
“Oh, the kind that makes you heal faster, live longer, our kids would be shifters, that kind of stuff. There is a downside though.” Hoss hesitated, wondering if giving up trade secrets this soon into a budding relationship with a new woman was a good idea.
“What kind of downside?” She blinked up at him.
“The kind where it bonds us together. For life. The kind where one of us dies, the other one will follow.” Hoss told her and waited for the freak out that he assumed would follow. Her reaction however was not at all what he was expecting.
“Okay. That makes sense. Balances out the rest of it I
“He can’t give you what I can.” The man said lamely, and then turned to glare up at Hoss. “You ruined everything. I swear to god I will kill you.”
“You can certainly try, but here’s a little secret,” Hoss leaned down and let his eyes and face shift just enough to his bear form to traumatize the man in front of him. “If you ever come near Candy, or me again, I will kill you myself.”
“What the fuck man!” Danny backed up and hit the wall hard with his head as he gasped when he saw Hoss turned in-human looking. Candy crossed her arms and didn’t bat an eye at Hoss shifting slightly to scare him.
About fifteen minutes later, police sirens lit up Hoss’s driveway and the police came inside after Candy let them in. They took the reports, the bullet from the coffee table, the gun that Hoss had taken from Danny and showed them the bullet wound that Daniel had already inflicted on him earlier.
Daniel was raving about Hoss being some kind of supernatural monster that had the police exchanging glances as they cuffed him and took him away. They finished taking statements and then Candy wrapped her arms around Hoss’s waist.
“I cannot believe he had such a screw loose. He was rich, good looking, could have had almost any woman he wanted. What the hell went wrong with him?” She wondered out loud.
“Wanting something he can’t have? The challenge of it can be mighty appealing sometimes, and some people are very poor losers.” Hoss shrugged. He didn’t understand it, but he was grateful Candy was safe.
A few minutes later, Candy’s cell phone was blowing up from texts from her father. Picking it up and calling him she tried to explain what happened. He was almost yelling into the phone about Daniel’s father calling him raging that Candy had him thrown in jail. Her father was angry, and wasn’t sure what was going on. After hearing Candy’s side of things, and her offering to make sure he got a copy of the police report, he calmed down and listened to her rationally.
She spoke to him for a little while longer, explaining things, and by the end of the conversation, her father was seething again, but this time at Daniel and his father, instead of Candy and Hoss.
“Your father always so quick to assume the worst?” Hoss asked her curiously.
“Sometimes, especially if he doesn’t have all the facts, the one nice thing about him is he’s mostly bark and not much bite.” Candy joked and walked over to Hoss and wrapped her arms around him. “So… Do you believe in soul mates?”
“I don’t believe in soul mates exactly, but I believe in mates. Our kind mates for life. We actually have a ritual that binds us together, sort of like a pagan hand fasting. It has perks.” Hoss told her suggestively and kissed her on the nose.
“What kind of perks?” She asked him curiously and leaned back to look at him.
“Oh, the kind that makes you heal faster, live longer, our kids would be shifters, that kind of stuff. There is a downside though.” Hoss hesitated, wondering if giving up trade secrets this soon into a budding relationship with a new woman was a good idea.
“What kind of downside?” She blinked up at him.
“The kind where it bonds us together. For life. The kind where one of us dies, the other one will follow.” Hoss told her and waited for the freak out that he assumed would follow. Her reaction however was not at all what he was expecting.
“Okay. That makes sense. Balances out the rest of it I
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