by Lissa Trevor
Daniel lunged to attack, and the cell doors dented in slightly when the weight of the two bears hit it. Crystal roared into his face and blocked his claws with her own. She slammed against him, but he outweighed her by at least two hundred pounds. She never stopped roaring, but Daniel stopped attacking. He got off her slowly and sat back on his haunches and looked around. He pinned Bethany with his gaze, and she saw a semblance of sanity and recognition in them. Lucas climbed up on her shoulder and stared back at the bear that chuffed at him before lumbering away, Crystal at his heels.
“I’m going to free everyone else,” she called after Daniel. “Don’t you dare go anywhere without me.” Although, they were on an island and there weren’t many places they could go. She couldn’t stop Lucas from sweeping her up in his arms after he shifted back. As it was, she was nearly blind with pain. All of the other prisoners shifted immediately once they were freed. Some were beyond help and already dead.
Bethany was glad to finally emerge from the gloomy prison into the cold night.
“I feel like Noah,” Bethany said as she watched the animals go up the gangplank to the tugboat they had anchored at the makeshift dock. The party had already started on Lewis and Clark’s boat, but Lucas’s pack stuck together.
He introduced her as his mate, and no one blinked twice. She had been worried about nothing. Of course, the fact she just rescued them probably gave her some slack as well.
Daniel didn’t shift back when they were on the boat. He did allow her to lay her hand in his paw.
“I know you heal faster in this form,” she said. “It’s going to take most of the day to get back to the mainland, barring an attack. Although I’d really like to see the faces of the pirates that attack this ship.”
Daniel gave a barking laugh.
“We can talk about what happened in Florida when you’re ready. But no one on this side of the world is hunting you. You’re safe now.”
He chuffed and sighed.
“This is my mate and his sister, Lisa.”
Daniel sniffed at them and grunted.
Bethany swatted him. “Be nice. They’re going to be your pack. That and the loot that’s in the cargo area of this ship should be enough to equip all of us up to be a good commodity for a tribe to take in.”
“Why don’t we start our own tribe?” Lisa said.
“A tribe of Shifters and one Tech?” Bethany said.
“Just because I’m a Shifter doesn’t mean I don’t know anything else. You of all people should know that. We’re all hunters, but we can also gather or farm or craft.”
“You’re right,” Bethany said. “I’ve never thought about it. I mean being a chief is a big responsibility.”
“Who said you would get to be chief? I was going to be chief!”
“Or,” Lucas said, breaking in. “We could vote on it. Or have a trial by combat.” He eyeballed Daniel who huffed again.
“How about we concentrate on making it to Reno so we can trade for some food and clothes for everyone first?” Bethany said, collapsing on the deck.
That seemed to satisfy the rest of them. She rested against Lucas as the boat sailed off on its own power into the moonlight.
Loose Id Titles by Lissa Trevor
Shifting Currents
Lissa Trevor
Lissa Trevor’s debut novel, Spank Me, Mr. Darcy, is a tongue-in-cheek (among other places) version of Pride & Prejudice injected with erotica. From LifeStyle Mirror: “Fans of classics and historical romances will appreciate this Jane Austen-meets-kink mashup, using Pride and Prejudice as the jumping-off point. Do you like bodice-ripping? Oh, there’s bodice-ripping, all right, and then some.”
She is a featured author in Coliloquy’s interactive erotica series. In Volume 1, Lissa’s novella Wild Oats is about a woman experiencing the paths and lovers not taken from her past. In Volume 2, her novella Timelash features a three-way space romp with a time traveler and a blue alien. Volume 3, Down the Rabbit Hole, has her protagonist finding out that her fiancé has been hiding the fact he’s a bisexual Dom.
Lissa is a frequent reader at Riverdale Avenue Book’s Between the Covers events. You can find her at http://lissatrevor.wordpress.com/
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Title Page
Copyright
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Sixteen
Loose Id Titles by Lissa Trevor
Lissa Trevor
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Title Page
Copyright
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Sixteen
Loose Id Titles by Lissa Trevor
Lissa Trevor