Free Not Bad for an Amateur (Siren Publishing Ménage Amour) by Lynn Ray Lewis Page A

and one mother. No fighting, no arguing about who should lead the pack. If we are blessed with twins, then we will be a perfect example to our children.”
    Joel leaned in and kissed Lily on the lips then pulled back. “It helps that I am so fur brained that I can hardly think anytime you are near. You are beautiful and courageous and everything I could ask for in the woman I love.”
    Jim cuddled up to her side. “Everything he said and more, I had the privilege to meet you before Joel did, so I can claim to be struck by love and lust at first sight. Not to mention I am as fur brained as Joel is, hell, Lily, I took the bedding off the bed you slept in, and Joel and I have been keeping them just to keep your scent in the rooms when we sleep at night. It helps to dream of you, knowing that you are out there somewhere. And if we were patient enough, you would come back. And here you are.”
    “That’s the reason? And here I thought I was nuts not to go with the other pack in Wisconsin. I didn’t go with them because they, well, they smelled good, but not like home. I though Jim smelled divine when I met him, even when I was out of range I could still smell him.”
    She put the sandwich down next to her, no longer hungry. “Early last month I was in northern Wisconsin, trying to make contact with weres again. I keep hoping I will find a female that didn’t want to kill me on sight. I was running through the woods and came up on a human male with a rifle shooting at a small pack of wolves.” Lily told them the rest of the story and received sharp, admiring looks from both men. “I recognized the forest ranger as one of the men you guys captured today.”
    Lily finished her story, and the twins added what they read from her report. “I think that Demetrious works for Fensile or someone as bad as they are. The last message on the ranger’s phone is very graphic, and I recognized his voice telling the men that I shouldn’t be very hard to tag.”
    Joel admired the feisty shewolf. She admitted to being afraid, but she never gave into that fear. The other were pack smelled okay, but not like home. She loved the scent of Jim when she first met him. She was home whether she realized it or not, and he was going to reinforce that in just a few minutes.
    “From everything you have told us, I have to say you have taken on the role of shifter quite well. Not bad for an amateur, and it makes me admire you that much more. Beauty and brains combined with that sexy little body of yours makes it hard to concentrate whenever I am around you,” Joel told her.
    Lily started talking again, and Joel exchanged looks with his twin. Jim had picked up on Lily’s confession, too. She was theirs, no question, and they would do what needed to be done to keep and protect her.
    “When I heard the voice mail, I sent a message to my parents. Jackson had a very important position before he retired and set up protocols years and years ago. He loves me and there is no way that he would send those men to hurt me. You have read the reports, the government knows about shifters, or at least they have reports of firsthand accounts from viable witnesses. Maybe they tracked down the people that received the blood and found out I was one of them. I did call Jackson in when I found the information. And I broke a few federal laws to get it. Even if they were thieving from other research facilities, including the federal government.”
    Lily stood up and stretched her back. “I am too tired to worry about it tonight, it is after midnight and all I want to do is take a shower and go to sleep. I feel itchy and like my skin is too tight. I hope a shower will relax me enough to sleep.
    “I should get a reply from my parents in the morning, so there is nothing else to do but wait for now. This has been one of those days that make you wonder why you got out of bed.”
    She hoped they would take the decision from her hands whether to continue exploring this mating