Free Kodiak Moment: An Alpha Werebear Paranormal Shifter Romance (The Arcadia Knights Book 2) by Olivia Gayle Page B

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    “Hey, you two are shifters too.” Damon sounded excited by the prospect, eying both Warren and Amelia with excitement. “I’ve never met any others besides Logan.”
    “He’s a mowgli ,” Logan offered as way of explanation at his brother’s quizzical look.
    Understanding dawned on Warren’s face and he shook Damon’s hand, but Amelia’s nose immediately scrunched up. “Oh, ew,” she said, looking away in disgust. “You mean, your dad…your mom was a…ew.”
    Anger boiled through Abby as Damon’s face fell. “Are you freaking kidding me,” she said in a low voice, rage bubbling to the surface over the woman’s blatant snub.
    Confusion lit Amelia’s face. She blinked owlishly before looking to Warren, then at a crestfallen Damon. “I didn’t mean anything by it,” she said, not seeming to understand the sudden tension in the air. “It’s just that, for a mowgli to happen, a shifter male has to, you know, with an animal female.” She made a crude gesture with her hands, then her befuddled expression deepened as everyone’s glares deepened and Damon turned away from her.
    Warren sighed. “Amelia, that’s enough.”
    “But what did I even…?”
    “ Enough .”
    The tiny woman mumbled something under her breath that even Abby’s ears couldn’t make out, but she subsided. Warren studied Damon thoughtfully. “I’ve only met one other like you, and he never came out of the wilderness.”
    “Damon likes the human world.” Meredith’s arm went around Damon’s shoulders protectively, and she didn’t flinch as Warren’s gaze went to her. Her arm rested atop the gun at her side as if she were relaxed, but there was tension in her hand. Warren was only ten feet away from her and Abby knew the older woman had to know how fast these men were.
    The hotel door opened, and a blonde head poked out. “Hey Absters, there’s some lady here looking for you. Says she wants an…”
    Warren turned toward Andrew and Abby saw his eyes flash that bright blue again. Her brother stopped mid-sentence, his jaw sagging and a glazed look coming over his face. Indignation and fear rose up in Abby’s chest. “What did you do to him?” she hissed, rushing to her brother’s side.
    The brief flash of lines around Warren’s eyes was the only evidence of his chagrin. “I apologize,” he said, “I meant only to distract him but…” His gaze travelled to Meredith. “I had reason to doubt my powers weren’t working right.”
    The older woman crossed her arms, smirking. “Logan never could work his magic on my brain either, so try not to feel too bad, Buttercup.”
    “Powers?” Abby remembered Logan telling her something about how his brother could control people with his mind. “Never mind, I don’t care, just fix him. Now!”
    Beside her Andrew blinked several times, looking out of sorts. He looked around in puzzlement, trying and failing twice to speak before finally succeeding. “I, uh, didn’t realize you had company,” he said slowly, looking at everyone one by one.
    “Come on, let’s go inside.” She gave Warren another glare, then her gaze travelled to Logan. He could take care of himself, she knew it, but she didn’t want to leave his side.
    Great, I’m co-dependent already. Time to make space, no matter how little she wanted to leave the man. When he took a step to follow her, she gave her head a small shake and he stopped. It still hurt to leave him out there alone, but she did anyway, going inside the doors with her brother.
    “You made some really interesting friends.”
    Abby sighed. “You have no idea. Look, all I want to do is go back to the room and…”
    “Miss Stone?”
    A small woman in a maroon dress suit came up to them. Her wardrobe seemed so out of place from the rough-and-tumble hotel that Abby would have laughed if she hadn’t been so tired. The lady’s smile seemed genuine however as she stuck out a well-manicured hand. “I’m Meghan Reed, a reporter from