Free ShiftinDirty-ElizaGayle by Eliza Gayle

is that you?”
    Sienna whirled at the feminine voice. Standing behind her was a tall, gorgeous blonde with a very pregnant belly. Dressed in a simple white tank top and white yoga pants, her hand rested on her stomach.
    “Sorry, Nikki. We didn’t mean to wake you.” Gage walked over to the woman and gave her a hug. “How are you and the babe?”
    Sienna’s eyes widened.  
    “You didn’t wake me. I couldn’t sleep.” She rubbed her tummy to emphasize what kept her awake. “And we’re both fine, thank you for asking. Who’s this?”
    Gage grabbed Sienna’s hand and pulled her close. “This is Sienna. My mate.”
    Nikki’s eyes widened. “What?”  
    “Exactly. What?” She yanked her hand from his and took a few steps back.
    “Let me rephrase. This is Sienna. My future mate.”
    “That’s not better,” Sienna said.
    Nikki snickered, quickly covering her mouth with her hand. “So far I like her. But, honey, isn’t she a—”
    “Human.” Another voice spoke from the darkness, this one male and sounding angry.
    Actually two men emerged from the shadows. Tall, dark haired and hot as hell.  
    “What the hell is going on here?” The man with the question enveloped Nikki in his arms and nuzzled her neck. “If you can’t sleep I can help you with that.”
    “Really?” She turned sideways in his arms. “Anymore and neither of us will be able to walk.”
    Whoever this man was, Sienna would bet he was the father of her baby and they were very happily together. Nikki practically glowed when he put his arms around her.  
    “Seriously. What is going on?” The other man stepped past the couple and he did not look happy to see them at all.  
    “Gage brought home a girl.” Nikki answered before Gage got a chance to.
    “Nikki, babe. I don’t think it’s funny.”  
    “C’mon, Dean. Babe. When was the last time Gage brought someone home?”
    “Never.” The unnamed man interrupted again. “And it should have stayed that way.”
    Sienna had to fight to not take several steps back as the waves of anger coming off the other man washed over her. She looked at Gage for answers.  
    “Bhric, the damned wolves tracked us to the cabin on Crescent Lake, we had to leave quickly. All things said and done this felt like the safest place for us.”
    “As it should,” Nikki said.
    “You should have called in.”
    She had no idea who this Bhric guy was, but right now he scared the crap out of her. And he apparently did not want her here.
    “Sienna, would you mind helping me in the kitchen? It appears that since I’m up this baby thinks it’s morning and is demanding to be fed. And, if we go in the other room we won’t have to watch the guys puff up their chests and thump them like cavemen while they work this stupid shit out.”
    Sienna gladly grabbed the lifeline held out by the other women. “Yes, please.” She pulled her hand free from Gage and followed Nikki out of the room.  
    “Thank you so much for that. Can you sneak me out the back door and point me in the direction of the nearest bus station too?”
    She shook her head. “Nope. I’m not going to send you out to face the wolves. Pun intended.”  
    “A phone call? My roommate is probably worried about me.”
    Nikki shrugged. “We might be able to work that out.”
    They pushed through a wooden swinging door into a massive industrial kitchen.  
    “Whoa. This place is amazing.” She started thinking about all the donuts she could make in this kitchen.  
    “Fully stocked too. Shifters have high metabolisms and require a lot more food than humans.”
    Sienna reached out and ran her hand over the top of the line industrial stove with six dual flow natural gas burners and oversized double ovens. She was already calculating how many donuts she could make at one time.
    “Is that why all shifters have amazingly perfect bodies?”
    “What?”  
    Sienna jerked, looking up from the oven fantasies. “What?”
    “You think shifters are