Free Romance: Military Romance: Protected by the SEAL (Contemporary Hero Bad Boy Navy SEAL Romance) (New Adult BBW Alpha Male Virgin Protector Short Stories) by Carla Parker Page A

going out was that she wanted to make it her mission to get me a man. She was worried that I spent too much time at work and never got laid.
    “Are you a nurse?” Tarik asked me. I nodded once. I loved my job as an RN and I never got tired of it, though the fact that the hospital is my home most nights is pretty much why I needed to hang out with Jess and have a couple of drinks tonight.
    “We could use a nurse in our family,” Tarik said in a low voice. I looked at him, puzzled, and he grinned at me innocently. I decided I must have heard him wrong, I was pretty tipsy anyway.
    “So what do you do?” I asked Tarik politely. He leveled a searching gaze on me before answering slowly.
    “I am responsible for leading my brothers,” was his simple, yet strange reply. I was about to ask him what exactly he did in the army when he pushed off from his casual stance against the tree and pulled me up from my seat on the stump. 
    “Whoa, don’t move me around too fast now.” I warned, a giggle making its way past my lips again as the trees around me stopped spinning and I realized Tarik was directly in front of me. His hand was on my waist and the contact spread unexpected warmth through my belly. I looked up at his face and realized that he was going to kiss me.
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    His silver eyes were focused on mine as he pulled me closer to him. Heat was coming off of his body in waves. I wondered if he was naturally so warm or if he had actually had a bit to drink too. Well, taking in his size it would make sense that he is warmer-blooded than your average Joe. I licked my lips in anticipation and his eyes drifted down to my mouth; his silver gaze seemed to glow, reminding me of the moon.
    Tarik pulled me against his chest and I pressed against his hard body willingly as his lips finally met mine in a light teasing touch. Butterflies took flight in my stomach and the warmth that spread across my chest turned to fire in my veins when his hand slid below my waist. His lips pressed harder when I kissed him back and moved against mine tenderly, starting a slow burn low in my belly.
    A shout from not too far to our right penetrates through the fog of lust I was getting caught up in. Tarik quickly let me go, almost as if a switch had been flipped inside him. I blinked in confusion as everything happened in fast forward.
    Tarik kissed me on the cheek and smiled at me in eager excitement. “I will find you again sweet Christina. Close your eyes.” I followed his command, and closed my eyes. Then I heard the strangest sound; it was almost as if a large dog were shaking out its fur next to me. I even felt the wind sweep up as if that was the case. I opened my eyes just in time to see Tarik’s face elongating into the face of a wolf. His body was morphing, changing into the body of a large white wolf. I watched as his hands turned to paws and his spine changed, forcing him to fall on all fours. He shook out his coat again and the transformation was complete.
    I simply stared, wide-eyed and speechless. He’d just morphed into a wolf right in front of me! His intelligent silver eyes looked steadily into mine and he huffed before turning on his heel and tearing off deep into the woods.
    Bile rose into my throat and I stumbled to the nearest tree, holding on for support as I bent over letting up all the contents of my stomach. Once the heaving subsided I looked up and found myself truly alone in the forest. Did Tarik really just turn into a wolf and leave me alone in the woods?
    No, it was impossible! My mind refused to believe it. Maybe there was a huge wolf that popped out of the trees and Tarik simply ran it off…my eyebrows furrow as I try to make sense of what I just thought I saw.
    “Chris! Christina!” I heard Jess’s voice and stumbled in the direction she called me from. I bumped into her and she held onto my shoulders, holding me steady. “Girl you are wasted. My sexy group of men just up and left me. So much for that I