Free Sanibel Alpha Vampire Werewolf Menage (Fanged Romance Series Book 5.5) by Talyn Scott

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    Squaring her shoulders, Tatum turned another left and walked straight into the media room. Immediately, she faced Mike ’ s muscular ass encased in soft-fitting jeans.  His body tensed and he turned away from the side table in werewolf speed, though resettling a framed picture of Ardan with agile hands.
    “ He looks just like you, ” he said in a deeper voice than she remembered. But his voice wasn ’ t what caught her attention. Mike was covered with face metal, just like Ciaran, both eyebrows, two lips rings. There had to be more than a dozen piercings in his face, and she was aghast to notice they were silver.  And he was bigger, if that were even possible, than before he left for Scotland.  A static power, similar to what she encountered when near Jayce, swirled around his body and they stood at least fifteen feet apart.  
    She smiled. "Hello, Mike."
    "Hello, Tatum." Mike stared past her shoulder, his expression hopeful.   “ I want to bond with Ardan. Where is our son? ”
    Our son?  Tatum ’ s heart gave another stutter, causing Mike to cock his head in a wolflike way, his concern over her evident. Maybe he was here only to see Ardan, not hoping to rekindle something they never really had.   “ Bren, ” she had to stop and clear her throat, “ has him. ” She braved another step inside. “ He ’ s, um, napping. ”   They looked into each other's eyes for a long minute.  His werewolf-blue irises were dotted with silver flecks.  She could tell there wasn ’ t a lick of human blood inside the facade of a man.  
    He took a tentative step closer. “ You look incredible. ”
    Tatum hadn ’ t showered today. Her greasy hair was falling out of its clip, no concealer covered the newest circles under her eyes, and her T-shirt bore Ardan ’ s latest spit up on her right shoulder. “ Thanks. ”
    “Shall we. ” He gestured toward the white long couch Jayce insisted on for this room, where the three dog-piled while watching movies … and doing other things.  She felt strange sitting there with Mike, but she found herself sinking into the luxurious leather from sheer exhaustion.  Her males helped her with Ardan, but he fed so much that breastfeeding was kicking her ass more than she expected. To her surprise, Mike settled into a chair opposite of her, giving her space. Of course, she probably smelled, especially to his sensitive nose.   “ I ’ ve wanted to call you every hour of the day, every damned day. ”
    Had she even thought of him while he was away?  If she had, it wasn ’ t in a good way. “ I could have answered one of those calls. ”
    He raised a dark brow but kept his tone even. “ Without me having to talk to Gage MacGelton? ”
    She deserved that, but was caught off guard by those silver balls embedded in his tongue. “ I-I was pregnant and hormonal. ”
    “I gave you space, ” his calm tone remained, though she could see a muscle start ticking in his jaw. “ You must know that I needed the sound of your voice for assurance.  Anyone can tell me you ’ re doing okay, but I want to hear you for myself, even if I can ’ t see you for myself. ”
    “I ’ ll answer your calls again, ” she said hastily, tugging at her neckline, her upper lip beading with sweat. Did he ever smell like this, so …  male?    “ In fact, I ’ ll call you myself next time. ”
    Meeting her eyes directly, he leaned his elbows on his knees and gently cupped her sweaty hands. “ Tatum, you ’ re under the misassumption that I ’ m leaving. ”
    “You ’ re not visiting the baby. ”
    “Not visiting anyone, ” he stressed, his eyes growing bluer by the second.
    She had to break eye contact, searching out the window at the surf.  Tatum hadn ’ t seen a more determined male since she ’ d first came back to Fort Myers when Jayce and Bren had claimed her.  
    When she stayed quiet, he gave her hands a gentle squeeze. “ We had an agreement.  You were going to give me a