Free Sold To The Alphas: A BBW Paranormal Romance by Amira Rain, Simply Shifters

kind of miserable, and I wonder if it's possible that you could already be-"
     
    "No. No, I'm not pregnant. I know that's not it. I think I just have a case of...."
     
    A case of guilty conscience , I thought. A case of dread about telling the truth to two men whose bodies I've become addicted to.
     
    "I guess I just have a case of general tiredness. No big deal. Guess I just want to rest up today."
     
    I really just wanted to be alone. Flora had become a very good friend, and I'd begun to feel terrible around her, knowing that I was deceiving her, too. She thought I was a fertile woman like her, and that I'd likely be pregnant soon. She thought I'd be staying in Shadowfen indefinitely, with one of the alphas as my life mate.
     
    I knew that revealing my deception to Chase and Grayson wouldn't just be a disappointment to them, Flora would be disappointed, too. She'd be disappointed to lose a person I knew she hoped and thought would be a long-term friend. I knew she'd probably also feel betrayed as well, as I expected Chase and Grayson to feel, too, of course.
     
    I'd considered telling Flora about my deception and my predicament, but the time had just never felt right. Also, it didn't seem right that I would tell her about my infertility first, before Chase and Grayson.
     
    I figured that at best, they'd allow me to stay in Shadowfen, pawning me off on one of the men who cared more about simply having a mate than having a child. I figured at worst, and probably more likely, Chase and Grayson would return me to Greenleaf, disgusted.
     
    I didn't want to go back to Greenleaf. I didn't want to be pawned off on one of the pack members in Shadowfen, either. I just wanted to continue enjoying nights of endless pleasure with Chase and Grayson, like I'd been doing. I felt like we hadn't even scratched the surface of different pleasures the three of us could enjoy together. We'd been having so much fun with Ticklers that they hadn't even yet introduced me to any of the other little toys they'd brought home from their last trip to Ashcrest.
     
    I knew things couldn't go on the way they'd been forever. And it wasn't lost on me at all that the longer I waited to tell Chase and Grayson the truth, the more angry with me they were likely going to be. The more betrayed they were likely going to feel. I knew they'd probably be upset that I'd wasted their time when they could have been trying to get an actually fertile woman pregnant.
     
    After Flora and Lily left, I spent most of the rainy afternoon just pacing around the cabin, thinking, unable to make up my mind and decide on a course of action. On one hand, I felt like I'd taken my lie this far, another few days of enjoying sharing a bed with Chase and Grayson couldn't hurt.
     
    On the other hand, I knew in my gut that another few days with them would just make me that much more addicted to the passion we shared together. It would just make it that much harder for me to finally tell them the truth. And two or three more days would just make them that much angrier and disgusted with me when I finally did tell them my secret.
     
    When fate finally stepped in that evening to help me decide on a course of action, I was relieved and glad. Fate came in the form of a text message from Chase, who, with Grayson, was dealing with some sort of a wolf problem a few miles from Greenleaf. They both periodically sent me text messages, some sexy, some just to say hello. Most of them made me smile, though after scanning the first lines of this new text message from Chase, I knew this one wasn't going to have the same effect. The text read:
     
    Having first moment of peace all day while waiting for enemy wolf pack to approach and just wanted to tell you something. I care about you. And not just in the bedroom, although needless to say, I enjoy our activities in that department tremendously. But I've grown to care about you on a different level. I care if you're happy or sad, and I care that