Free King's Proposal: Paranormal Shape Shifter Alpha Male Cage Fighter Werelion romance (Shifter Fight League Book 3) by Mina Carter Page B
Authors: Mina Carter
struck. Dodging under Niko’s wild swing, he hammered three quick strikes into the bear’s chest. Bones cracked beneath his knuckles and Niko staggered backward, shock showing on his features. Logan barked out a laugh. In what world had Niko ever thought he could best him, the King of the Ring, in a fair fight, never mind a back alley brawl?
Pressing his advantage, he chased the other guy, knocking him back with hard hit after hit until he was pinned up against the alley wall, Logan’s hand wrapped around his throat.
“Please…show mercy…” Niko whimpered, his hands scrabbling at Logan’s wrist.
“Why?” Logan snarled, his voice full of rage. “You took my woman, touched her, scared her…why should I show you anything other than a cold, hard death?”
“Pl-please, it was a mistake.” The bear started to cry, tears streaking down his cheeks. “Whatever you want, I’ll do it…”
Logan snarled, his grip tightening as his claws dug into the sides of Niko’s neck, a hairsbreadth from tearing his throat out.
A small hand on his arm stopped him. He turned his head to meet Zara’s human-dark eyes.
“He’s not worth it,” she said softly. “You’re better than this. Better than murder.”
He wasn’t, but in that moment, he wanted to be. He’d always seen himself as a necessary evil, a monster under the human mask…but when she looked at him like that, he wanted to be the best possible version of himself. For her. For the baby she carried.
He nodded curtly and turned back to Niko. The bear was a threat who needed to be dealt with, and if he couldn’t kill him…
With an evil grin, he reached down inside himself and drew on the power of his lion. The shift magic swelled within, held just beneath the skin, then, at the last moment, he released it. It raced outward, jumping from him to Niko and racing over the bear’s skin.
He screamed as Logan shoved the magic deeper and deeper, forcing Niko’s own change right back down until he’d reached the depths his bear dwelled in. With a snarl, he let the lion loose to rend and tear, ripping the bear from Niko’s soul.
For a moment, an unearthly light surrounded the bigger man, in the shape of the bear he shifted into. Then, with a shudder in the air, it was gone. Niko moaned, horror filling his eyes before they rolled back in his head and he collapsed, unconscious.
Logan dropped him to land in a crumpled heap on the floor, no mercy in his soul. Ripping a shifter’s animal free was the worst thing that could happen to any of them, and the ultimate punishment any alpha could inflict.
And Niko had earned every moment of his new life without his bear.
A shudder rolled down Logan’s spine and he turned, the bear already forgotten, to take Zara in his arms. She nestled against him, seeking the comfort and protection of his bigger frame.
“I love you, Zara… I even love that crazy cat you have buried in there… and a baby?” He smiled and reached down to kiss her lingeringly. “A baby is just the icing on the cake. Now you have no excuse not to marry me.”
She sighed, head resting against his shoulder as he lifted her easily into his arms. For once she didn’t argue, just let him care for her.
“So how about it?” he asked after a moment’s silence, watching her face carefully. “Zara Hunter, will you marry me? Not because of money, or because you’re carrying my child…but because I love you and you love me.”
“Logan Reese, you just try stopping me.” She smiled, wrapping her arms around his shoulders and his heart leaped. “Now, take me home… please.”
Turning toward the end of the alley, he did just that.
The End
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Pressing his advantage, he chased the other guy, knocking him back with hard hit after hit until he was pinned up against the alley wall, Logan’s hand wrapped around his throat.
“Please…show mercy…” Niko whimpered, his hands scrabbling at Logan’s wrist.
“Why?” Logan snarled, his voice full of rage. “You took my woman, touched her, scared her…why should I show you anything other than a cold, hard death?”
“Pl-please, it was a mistake.” The bear started to cry, tears streaking down his cheeks. “Whatever you want, I’ll do it…”
Logan snarled, his grip tightening as his claws dug into the sides of Niko’s neck, a hairsbreadth from tearing his throat out.
A small hand on his arm stopped him. He turned his head to meet Zara’s human-dark eyes.
“He’s not worth it,” she said softly. “You’re better than this. Better than murder.”
He wasn’t, but in that moment, he wanted to be. He’d always seen himself as a necessary evil, a monster under the human mask…but when she looked at him like that, he wanted to be the best possible version of himself. For her. For the baby she carried.
He nodded curtly and turned back to Niko. The bear was a threat who needed to be dealt with, and if he couldn’t kill him…
With an evil grin, he reached down inside himself and drew on the power of his lion. The shift magic swelled within, held just beneath the skin, then, at the last moment, he released it. It raced outward, jumping from him to Niko and racing over the bear’s skin.
He screamed as Logan shoved the magic deeper and deeper, forcing Niko’s own change right back down until he’d reached the depths his bear dwelled in. With a snarl, he let the lion loose to rend and tear, ripping the bear from Niko’s soul.
For a moment, an unearthly light surrounded the bigger man, in the shape of the bear he shifted into. Then, with a shudder in the air, it was gone. Niko moaned, horror filling his eyes before they rolled back in his head and he collapsed, unconscious.
Logan dropped him to land in a crumpled heap on the floor, no mercy in his soul. Ripping a shifter’s animal free was the worst thing that could happen to any of them, and the ultimate punishment any alpha could inflict.
And Niko had earned every moment of his new life without his bear.
A shudder rolled down Logan’s spine and he turned, the bear already forgotten, to take Zara in his arms. She nestled against him, seeking the comfort and protection of his bigger frame.
“I love you, Zara… I even love that crazy cat you have buried in there… and a baby?” He smiled and reached down to kiss her lingeringly. “A baby is just the icing on the cake. Now you have no excuse not to marry me.”
She sighed, head resting against his shoulder as he lifted her easily into his arms. For once she didn’t argue, just let him care for her.
“So how about it?” he asked after a moment’s silence, watching her face carefully. “Zara Hunter, will you marry me? Not because of money, or because you’re carrying my child…but because I love you and you love me.”
“Logan Reese, you just try stopping me.” She smiled, wrapping her arms around his shoulders and his heart leaped. “Now, take me home… please.”
Turning toward the end of the alley, he did just that.
The End
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