by Elle Thorne
Chapter Twenty-One
Jared’s wolf was ecstatic. He panted and ran and ran, chasing Darby’s beautiful grayish white wolf across the plains. They’d frolicked in the water at Seeker’s Spot. They’d gone to the top of the mesa and checked out the mustangs.
From a distance, they’d seen Luke and Judd, also in wolf form. Jared had paused to howl at them. They’d howled back.
Darby had given howling a shot, but she was so new it sounded like rusty gears grinding. She’d practice. He’d help her. They had time.
Finally, beat and out of breath, they’d returned to the cabin, and he’d shifted and helped guide her to a shift which was no less excruciating and left her bawling and sobbing in his arms.
“It’ll get better,” he murmured in her ear, carrying her over the threshold of the cabin which was now going to be their home.
Well, it would as soon as she said yes. But she would. He had no doubt about it.
He placed her in the shower to wash the flatlands dirt off her body and held her as he’d rocked her body to sleep. The scars her father had left on her were fading on the outside, and he’d do his damnedest to make sure they faded on the inside.
This was Jared’s mission in life. To make those scars go away.
“How do you feel about living here with me? Forever?” He whispered against her temple, practicing the words. Thinking how he’d say them to her when she woke up. How they’d sound.
“I’m in,” she murmured. “So very in.”
Afterword
What’s next?
Iron Flats Renegade - Coming May 2020
Another book in the Shifter Realms Saga!
Please refer to the website for newest releases as we spend time with our Shifters Forever and all the wonderful spin off series!
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Thank you for reading!
Shifter Realms
SHIFTERS FOREVER SERIES
Are you ready for it?
A new shifter series! Shifter Realms!
Iron Flats
Wolf shifters and their mates steam up the pages in these swoon-worthy paranormal romances. From trespassers with hidden agendas to curvy women ready to take a chance, the stories in this collection will capture your heart.
•Iron Flats Exile
•Iron Flats Justice
•Iron Flats Rebel
Iron Flats Renegade - Coming May 2020
I do hope you’ll be able to join me on this wonderful journey with our Shifter Realms shifters and their mates!
Hugs, Elle!
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The Shifters Forever Worlds
SHIFTERS FOREVER SERIES
Are you ready for it?
I have a whole world full of shifters to share with you. I’m listing them here, in the suggested reading order, though I’ve tried to make it so that you can pick up anywhere in the series as we all have probably done that at one point or another.
Many of these are organized in box sets for savings. Be sure to visit www.ellethorne.com to see which box sets are out!
Where’s the best place to start? Well, probably with Shifters Forever.
SHIFTERS FOREVER
Grizzly bear shifters and their mates steam up the pages in these swoon-worthy paranormal romances. From trespassers with hidden agendas to curvaceous women who are ready to take a chance, the stories in this collection will capture your heart.
•Protection
•Seduction
•Persuasion
•Invitation
•Temptation
•Attraction
ALWAYS AFTER DARK
A spinoff with the white tiger from Shifters Forever: Vax, born Vittorio Tiero. He’s the one that helped Kane out during a shifter battle. Follow the Tiero family, a group of white tiger shifters, as they head to America to find love... and heart-stopping danger. Full of romance, suspense, and gritty drama, this red-hot collection is sure to entertain!
•Controversy
•Territory
•Adversary
•Sanctuary
NEVER AFTER DARK
Another spinoff that takes place in Europe. Here we visit cities along the Mediterranean and meet the old school Tiero white tiger shifters who are resistant to change.
•Forbidden
•Forsaken
•Forgotten
•Foreplay
ONLY AFTER DARK
Taking place in New Orleans, the Arceneaux shifters, led by Lézare, Vax’s white tiger cousin—on his mother’s side—are sure to capture your hearts. The Arceneaux are the black sheep of the family. Lézare doesn’t cave to public opinion. He dictates policy in the area he rules and he shuns old school European rules and regimes.
•Desirable
•Insatiable
•Combustible
•Undeniable
MORE ONLY AFTER DARK
Another spinoff that takes place in New Orleans. The Arceneaux shifters and the Matthieu witches wreak havoc and find love within this city set on the steamy Louisiana coastline.
•Inevitable
•Inescapable
BITTER FALLS FOREVER
This romance features Mae Forester’s nephew Dane Forester, a freewheeling, sexy, successful, movie star who uses every role and every woman to escape and forget the heartbreak he left in Bitter Falls.
•Unbound
BARELY AFTER DARK
This series features more of Mae Forester’s nephews! Grizzly bear shifters steam up the pages in these swoon-worthy paranormal romances. From trespassers with hidden agendas to curvaceous women who are ready to take a chance, the stories in this collection will capture your heart.
•Cross
•Lance
•Judge
Ever After Dark
Get ready to be introduced to the white tigers you learned to love in Always After Dark, Never After Dark, and Only After Dark. See their heritage. Visit Giovanni Tiero and his brothers Federico and Tito. Get reacquainted with Isabel Tiero and meet her sister Capriana Valenti.
•Stonebound
•Formidable
Shifters Forever After
This series follows a group of polar bears in New York. Russian and rumored to be mobbed up, they are a powerhouse of shifters, determining the fate of many on the East Coast. Mikhail Romanoff, Layla’s father, runs this outfit with an iron fist. Layla’s sexy cousin Malachi features prominently in this series.
•Complication
•Fascination
•Motivation
•Captivation
•Flirtation
•Infatuation
Forever After Dark
A series which takes place in Denver, Colorado. Enter a world of secrets and forbidden love. Panther shifters who who share their worlds with elementals must decide who they can trust—and who they can’t live without.
•Notorious
•Scandalous
•Delicious
•Perilous
SHIFTERS FOREVER MORE Grizzly bear shifters, dragon shifters, sorceresses, elementals, and all types of other paranormal beings and their mates steam up the pages as the Bear Canyon Valley clan sorts through trespassers with hidden agenda, hidden military compounds, top secret experiments and curvaceous women who are ready to take a chance. The romances in this collection will capture your heart and leave your head spinning!
•Confusion
•Decision
•Possession
•Illusion
•Passion
&n
bsp; •Impression
FINALLY AFTER DARK
Follow a pack of dire wolves as they encounter Valkyrie and Berserkers and determine the origins of their kind throughout the ages, while discovering their fated mates.
•Origins
•Challenge
• more to follow!
I do hope you’ll be able to join me on this wonderful journey with our Shifters Forever Worlds Shifters and their mates!
Hugs, Elle!
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About Elle
Elle Thorne spent almost as much time denying that she wrote romance as she has writing it. It took her a few years to stop being a closet romantic.
Originally from Europe, she wouldn’t dream of living anywhere else but Texas. Unless it was another southern—translation: warm!—state. A southern European by birth, she wants to be near the water and the Mediterranean temperatures if possible.
Where does she like to hang out? Near a lake, a beach, preferably with a latte—extra shot of espresso, please! She’s inspired by the everyday men who make dreams come true. She loves a roughneck, especially one with a callous or two on his hands. A man who knows how to fix a car, please a woman, and protect what’s his. Nothing less will do.
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