Free Officer Wolf (Sizzling Shifter BBW Romance) (With Bonus Book) by Sierra Burton Page B

his belongings in and try his hardest to feel right at home; but Brad never felt very much at home. He needed a mate badly.
    He was twenty eight years old and he had never settled down with anyone. Two of the times he’d let his tiger out he found that the girls who he’d been seeing became so transfixed by it that they went slightly crazy for him. He was over the idea that he was somehow special because he was a shifter, and he hated how women seemed to just want him for his shifting abilities as those two girls seemed to. He sat on the couch in the dark and thought back to both of the women, to the times when he realized that they were only interested in his shifting.
    “Oh my god, it’s so amazing,” One of them rasped as they stared at his orange black striped fur, “I… I can’t believe it.” Her eyes were transfixed by him.
    “Do you like me for who I am?” Brad asked solemnly.
    They’d only known one another for two days, and Brad thought it best if he had told them the truth up front. He couldn’t keep such a big secret from them only to tell them further along in their relationship. The woman’s eyes lit up like a flame.
    “I’ve always wanted to be with a shifter…” Her voice trailed off and Brad knew right then and there that it wasn’t going to work. He couldn’t handle a girl who had a shifter fixation, and she hadn’t seemed particularly into him until he shifted. He called it quits right then and there.
    Brad still sat on the couch and he let out a big chuckle at the memory of that night. He wondered what that girl was doing now, and if she’d ever told anyone. He didn’t want to risk it at the time, so he moved the following morning, never to speak to the woman again.
    The second one was even more extreme. Brad had let her know on the first date that he was a shifter. They were sitting in his beach housel looking up at the waves after having dinner in town. Night had fallen and the tide was coming in fast, and Brad brought it up in casual conversation, albeit with a serious tone.
    “Have you ever been with a shifter?”
    A sparkle formed in her eyes and she gasped, “Tell me you are one. Holy shit, is that what you’re telling me?”
    “I’m… Er, yes.” He stammered.
    “Shift for me. I want to see it.” The woman’s lips tightened and Brad sighed, trying to pinpoint whether she was excited or just shocked. He hoped shocked, because he didn’t want to have to deal with another shifter seeker again. He stood and quickly shifted into his tiger. Sprouts of fur broke through his skin and his gorgeous human face twisted and contorted into that of a ferocious Bengal tiger. The woman’s jaw dropped and she clapped her hands, “I used to date a bear! In fact, that’s all I actively seek out. I didn’t think we’d work tonight, not that you were rude or anything… Just not really my type. Until now, of course.” She giggled.
    Brad had taken her home shortly thereafter, ignoring her numerous texts over the next few days. She’d threatened to expose him to the world one the second day of him ignoring her, and so he simply packed his bags and moved up north a bit. The air was a little cooler there and he didn’t like it, so he didn’t stay long.
    So after it all and a couple of years later, Brad found it safe again to move back down south. Southern California was his home after all, and he never planned on leaving it. He could’ve moved to Florida but he didn’t like it down there; he was a west coast kind of guy. He just wished he could’ve met some fellow cat shifter to be friends with, or at least associate with so that he wouldn’t feel so quite alone.
    Just as Brad had about given up on women, he decided to open up his laptop as the waves rushed in from below. It booted up quickly and Brad opened up his browser. He bit his lip gently as he thought to himself this is so stupid , and then he promptly searched for “Dating website”. He took a deep breath, clicked