Free Taken (M/F/M red-hot menage shifter romance) Standalone (Shadow Creek Shifters Book 2) by Madison Johns

Katlyn. I’m sure your babies are quite hungry,” Paige said.
    Even though Paige said it nicely enough, Katlyn felt they were trying to change the subject. What did they all know that she didn’t? Katlyn lifted her fork and began eating, sighing as the meat was so tender that it practically melted in her mouth. By the time she had finished, she had cleared her plate and looked up, asking, “What’s for dessert?”
    Paige motioned the maid forward, who cleared their plates and came back with crème brulee in quite small dishes. “Is this it?” Katlyn grumbled as she lifted her spoon, digging in.
    “Well, I can see what else we have in the kitchen,” Paige said. “I’ll make sure next time that there’s enough to satisfy you.”
    Katlyn took a spoonful and allowed the dessert to melt on her tongue before she answered. “I didn’t mean to sound like I was complaining. This eating for three is getting the best of me. One minute, I wasn’t even hungry and the next, I couldn’t get enough.”
    “I can’t blame you. I’ve often wondered what it would be like to have a child of my own, but unfortunately, the chance was taken from me in one fell swoop.”
    “The night you were bitten, you mean?”
    “Yes, but it’s hardly a talk for the dinner table. Suffice it to say that it was many years ago. Don’t let my youthful appearance fool you. I’m a very old vampire.”
    “I’d love to hear the story, and it doesn’t bother me hearing the story over the dinner table.”
    Paige stood up and stretched. “Tessa and I are not so different.”
    Katlyn stiffened at the sound of heels striking the wood floor of the dining room. Tessa’s black hair was brushed back and her curls bounced along her back. “No, Paige. We’re nothing alike, you and I.”
    Paige tucked a few strands of her spiked hair behind her ears. “Oh, look who just showed up. I guess hell did freeze over.”
    Tessa took a menacing step toward Paige, but Katlyn scooted her chair back and stood up between the women. “Perhaps we should adjourn to the great room where we can talk about this like civilized adults,” Katlyn suggested.
    “Great idea, if that’s what Tessa wants to do,” Paige said.
    “Oh, why not. What else do I have to do but while away my hours in the darkness,” Tessa said as she strutted into the next room with her head held high.
    Brendan pulled Katlyn aside for a moment. “Perhaps you should go along home. There’s no sense in you getting in the middle of those two.”
    “Not a chance. If I don’t stay, they might just rip each other’s throats out.”
    Katlyn left the room, leaving Brendan and Chase to trail after her. When she hastened into the room, Paige was tossing logs on the fire. The stone fireplace was quite large, with no trophy animals hanging above it. This was shifter territory.
    Tessa stood, tapping her foot on the wood floor until Paige gave her a look, and only then did she sit in a chair, crossing one leg over the other.
    “Would anyone like some beverages?” Paige asked.
    “Yes, please. Do you have type O negative?” Tessa asked with a tilt of her chin.
    “I’m sure you have plenty of that already.”
    “Why do you insist I drink blood straight out of a bag when I so long to sink my fangs into a living, breathing human? I’ll be sure to just drink enough to turn them into a monster, too, just so I won’t be lonely.”
    Paige sat and just shook her head. “How many times do I have to say that I’m sorry about that?”
    “An eternity, which it looks like I have plenty of.”
    Katlyn’s fingers clenched into fists. “Please, does this conversation have a point?”
    “Oh, Katlyn, of course not, but you’re the ones forcing me to be here tonight.”
    “Don’t look at it like you’re being forced. It’s just that your actions last night were uncalled for. You simply can’t bite a human or animal since most are shifters in the area,” Brendan said.
    “Unless you want humans hunting you