Free Kalen by Tianna Xander Page A

crossed her arms and relaxed against his chest. “I can walk, you know.”
    “I know, but it causes you pain. You aren’t wearing shoes and there are thorns and sharp rocks around here, among other things.” He moved deeper into the woods, knowing now that as he carried her, her rear was exposed on the side toward the road. While he might like looking at her nicely rounded ass, it didn’t mean he wanted the entire town looking at it.
    Kalen rolled his eyes at the thought. This was ridiculous. He was even acting jealous already. What was it about him that drew him to her so unerringly? Was there some mystical connection between mates as his mother once suggested, or was it coincidence that he met her now?
    Whatever it was, it stirred his wolf’s interest and caused it to insist on the claiming. He fell deeper and deeper under her spell the more he held her, scented her and merged his mind with hers. His wolf wanted its mate and demanded he take her here, now. Since he was in charge and not his wolf, he refused to be so base. Yet, there would come a time when he wouldn’t be able to control his other self if he didn’t either mate her soon, or leave her.
    One thing was certain. He wouldn’t leave her alone any time soon with the threat of Richard Thornton out there. Especially when the other man had the knowledge that she was now a were and capable of giving him the infants he so desperately craved.

Chapter Seven
    Ally let Kalen carry her without a fuss. Her feet hurt and she was just plain tired. Heck, she was fairly certain she had run thirty or so miles since she jumped out of the van. She wanted nothing more than to take a shower and go to bed, but she couldn’t.
    There was no doubt in her mind that Kalen wouldn’t allow her to stay even one night in her own home. She could understand his apprehension, but what if that crazy doctor never contacted her again? This would all have been for naught. Still, she supposed he knew best. He did seem to have all kinds of experience.
    Apparently, this kind of thing was what he did for a living. What exactly that was, was still a mystery, but she was sure he, or someone else, would tell her sooner or later. They were nothing if not willing to share the information about themselves with others of the same kind.
    It wasn’t hard to guess that there weren’t many of them. If there were, the crazy man who called himself doctor wouldn’t have had to come up with a serum to breed his super soldiers. He wouldn’t have had to go any further than kidnapping a few weres to make them breed.
    She looked up at Kalen’s unreadable face. She didn’t know what it was, but something had changed about him when he helped her shift shape. He suddenly became more attentive or something. It was as though he couldn’t get the image of her naked out of his mind.
    His entire attitude about her had changed. Before, it seemed as though he resented her presence. Now, though, he seemed almost nice. He paid special attention to her needs. She even noticed how he moved deeper into the woods when he lifted her into his arms. She had hoped he wouldn’t carry her so close to the edge of the woods with her butt hanging out from under his shirt the way it was and he’d moved.
    She wasn’t sure if it was a conscious effort on his part, or if he’d merely felt her desire for him to carry her deeper into the woods. Either way, he was being nice, or they were still connected. Whichever it was, he no longer treated her with the slight hint of rudeness he had displayed almost from the start. Whatever it was, she decided she liked the more charming side of him.
    Maybe his lack of manners had something to do with the fact that she’d bitten him so hard in the hotel room, but she doubted it. Heck, the wound had already healed over. How could he still be angry over something that had already healed to the point that it left no trace?
    No. Something else bothered him and it had something to do with seeing her