Free To Catch A Wolf: BBW Paranormal Shape Shifter Romance (Wolf Valley Raiders Book 2) by Harmony Raines

their wolves, and ran fast through the trees and up towards the place where her brothers were. She only hoped in the time they had been away, that Sol had not moved far. If he had, then this was going to be a long and dangerous day: a wolf on the loose was never good.
    If it wasn’t for the danger Sol was in, she would have been in heaven. The day was warming up; the sun on her fur and a gentle breeze on her face made her want to find a stream somewhere and roll in it. With Hugo at her side, they could frolic in the meadow and then change back to their human forms and make love in the grass. That was a good daydream to have, But reality kicked in when they arrived to find Cole and Riley, lying on their stomachs, trying to call Sol.
    Quickly changing back, Bliss went to them. “Is he still there?” she asked.
    “Yes, but he keeps running away and then coming back. Each time he gets further away, one of these times we think he’ll just keep running.” Cole’s expression told Bliss just how worried he was.
    “I’ll take over. You two need to go with Hugo,” Bliss said, and then added, “Don’t look like that. If you want Sol out of here, you are going to have to do this. You need to go with Hugo and bring him out, without him tearing anyone to shreds. Only you two have that kind of control over him.”
    “Are you sure this is going to work?” Cole asked.
    Bliss looked down the narrow gap. In the dim light, she could just about see two eyes looking up at her. “Unless you want me to go down there, then it has to. There is no way Sol is going to climb out of here as a wolf. I’m going to try to talk to him, see if he’ll change. Although I’m scared that if he does, he might try to climb out and fall.”
    “Bliss,” Riley said, his voice comforting. “We’ll get him out.”
    She nodded, not trusting herself to speak. Sol was in so much danger, and despite him being the biggest pain in the world to look after, she wouldn’t have it any other way. He was her brother, and now she knew about her mom, her family seemed even more important. Sol had been deprived oxygen and his mom’s love, all because of her father. That was a hard thing to understand.
    Swallowing her tears, she simply said, “Hurry.”
    Behind her, the air was charged with static electricity, more than usually occurred when they became wolves, the animosity between her brothers and Hugo manifesting itself as they changed. Before they left, Hugo’s wolf came to her, nuzzling her and licking her cheek. She kissed his head and said, “Thank you, Hugo. I love you.”
    He whined and pushed against her, and she knew he was saying he loved her too.
    Why had it been easier to say those words to his wolf, when it was almost impossible for her to say them to his human face? Watching them all disappear, she realised that Sol wasn’t the only who was messed up because of their father’s past. All the Merric kids had been affected; only Sol’s was displayed openly.
     

Chapter Sixteen – Hugo
    They wanted to tear each other’s throats out. He knew that, or at least they wanted to tear his throat out, and his wolf wanted to defend itself. It was only because of their love for Bliss, and their need for him to help them find Sol, that stopped them carrying out an attack. He wondered why they were so against him, and then he remembered what Bliss had said about the blood oath they swore to their father. He had made his children hate everyone in Wolf Valley, and that included him.
    Hugo decided the best way to proceed was to keep his head down and get them to the mine shaft, there they would have to go human. If a fight then broke out, at least no teeth and claws would be involved.
    They covered the ground quickly and soon came to the entrance of the mine. There was Colin, flashlights ready, maps folded, and his expression serious. Whether that was to do with the peril of the mine, or the two Merric wolves that were with him, Hugo didn’t