Free Cook, Kris - Primal Desire [Texas Wolf Pack 2] (Siren Publishing Classic) by Kris Cook Page A

Tears welled up in her eyes for Luke. He’d overwhelmed her very soul with his declaration of “you are mine.” How many times had he told her? Several as he’d claimed her body with his cock. Even more as she’d begun drifting off to sleep in his arms.
    The early-morning sun peeked in through his front window, illuminating the cabin in a warm glow. Megan wondered what she could do to ease his suffering. Whatever it took, she was willing to do it for him.
    “Quiet.” Luke’s single word startled her. He sat up and pulled her in tight to his body, clearly the act of a protector. His body felt taut and ready to spring into action at the first sign of trouble.
    She listened for any sound but heard only her own breathing.
    “What’s wrong?” she asked in a whisper, knowing his wolf shifter senses were much more powerful than her own mere human ones.
    Luke sniffed at the air. “Rance and Troy are back.”
    “Oh.” She expected him to relax, knowing that last night they’d promised to return around this time.
    “Your sister and grandmother are with them.”
    “You get that all from smell?”
    “Yep.” He leapt from the bed and pointed to the top drawer of his dresser. “Your clothes are in there. Get dressed. They will be here in ten minutes.”
    “Okay. I can’t wait for you to meet my sister and Gran.”
    “I’ve seen them both before.”
    “But I want them to get to know you.”
    “Not happening.” He walked to the back door.
    “I don’t understand this at all.”
    “You don’t have to. What you do have to do is tell your family that you are okay and that you are staying here.”
    “For how long, Luke? I have things I need to take care of. Besides, I’d like to spend some time with my sister and Gran.”
    His face darkened like a sudden thunderstorm. “You are not leaving me.”
    Megan winced, believing she’d opened up his wound. He wanted her—that much was obvious to her. His uberpossessiveness with her had been a mystery to her. Now, she was becoming painfully aware that it came from a place of fear inside him, the same place his pain resided.
    She nodded. “No. I won’t leave you. I will come back. I just would like to spend one night with Kate. There’s so much I want to tell her about you, about us. Can’t you understand that?”
    Luke walked right in front of her, each step sounding like thunder in her ears. He leaned down and glared at her.
    “Please, Luke. I don’t know why you are so angry with me.” She couldn’t bear making him suffer more.
    He cupped her chin with his rough hand. His stare locked on her eyes, and she gazed back at him.
    A minute passed and another. Suddenly, Luke sniffed the air, breaking the silence between them.
    He looked out the window and then back at her. “You promised, little trespasser, not to leave me again. Did you lie?”
    “No. I won’t leave you. I meant it when I said it. So, you don’t want me to spend the night away. Okay. Let me go have some lunch in town with Kate and Gran. I’ll come right back after.”
    He shook his head. “You can eat with them here. No more arguments. They are almost here. Now, get dressed.” He turned and walked to the back door. “Your sister and grandmother may stay as long as you like today, but Rance and Troy need to get the fuck off my property. Tell them that for me, understand?”
    “Why are you being this way? What do you have against them?” She slipped on her jeans, wondering why he refused to meet Kate and Gran. “Does your crazy testosterone explosion have something to do with being a shifter?” She’d seen jealousy before but nothing like the way Luke was acting.
    “Just do what I say, Megan.” He opened the door and turned back with one last glance. “I’ll stay close.”
    Then he jumped into the air, shifting fully into his wolf form in time for his four paws to hit the ground. In a flash, he was gone from her sight.
    Just as Luke had predicted, she heard a truck headed toward the