Free Katlyn (M/F/M red-hot menage shifter romance) Standalone (Shadow Creek Shifters Book 1) by Madison Johns

What about Paige, though? Is she also a shifter?”
    “I’m not at liberty to discuss Paige with you.”
    “Tessa is with her. Please tell me.”
    “She’ll be fine. We’ll see you home first and if Tessa isn’t there, we’ll find her and bring her home safe. Paige has a right to her privacy and we can’t tell you anything about her. Give it time and she’ll tell you herself.”
    Katlyn was helped to her cabin, and sure enough, Tessa still wasn’t there. Katlyn was so woozy that she could barely stay awake, and even with her best effort to stay awake to wait for Tessa to be brought back, she stopped resisting.
     

Chapter Eight
    “I hope you haven’t messed things up for us, Paige,” Brendan said as Chase tried his best to clean blood off the sofa while he checked Tessa’s wound.
    “It’ll be fine. I didn’t bite her too hard. She won’t remember a thing when she wakes up tomorrow,” Paige reassured them.
    “And if she does?”
    “She won’t; they never do.”
    “That seems like a lot of blood lost,” Chase said. “What happened?”
    “I didn’t expect her to bleed that bad, but by the time I noticed, she was bleeding like a stuck pig.”
    “I don’t think it’s going to come off.”
    “I have something that will take that right off,” Paige said. She retrieved a bottle of cleaner, sprayed it on the sofa and Chase dabbed it off clean.
    “Seems like you’d have bitten her on the leather couch instead of the cloth sofa,” Chase said. “It makes more sense.”
    “I suppose, but the fabric of the sofa is more comfortable.”
    “I can’t believe you did this. She’s Katlyn’s friend and she’s pretty smart,” Brendan informed her. “She’ll figure it out.”
    “No, she won’t. You didn’t tell her what I am, did you?”
    “No, I didn’t, but in time you might have to. Just promise me you won’t bite Tessa again,” Brendan said.
    “That goes without saying. I never meant to hurt her so badly, I assure you. Please keep my little secret from Katlyn. Our new teacher doesn’t need more to worry about other than adjusting herself to the classroom.”
    Brendan ran a hand through his hair, shaking his head. “This is a big problem. What if you injured the girl too badly and she dies, or is infected with the virus?”
    “Don’t even think that. I only bit her once. She should be fine,” Paige said. She looked toward Tessa, her eyes clouded. “I hope you’re right, Paige, that’s all I can say,” Brendan said as he glared at Paige. “It looks like Tessa has at least quit bleeding. We’d better take her back to her cabin and I hope like hell that Katlyn is asleep. I’d hate to have to explain why her friend had to be carried back.”
    Brendan carried Tessa to the cabin, walking alongside Chase. He couldn’t help but wonder how long all of their secrets would be able to remain hidden with these kinds of mistakes.
    By the time he made it to bed, his cock had quit throbbing. He really wanted to reacquaint himself with Katlyn and her luscious curves, but Chase would be there, too. It’s what he signed up for long ago and he hoped he’d be able to handle his emotions when the time came. He didn’t mind sharing with Chase, but when it came to Nate and his pack, he vowed that he’d rip them limb from limb if they even thought about coming near their female.
    * * *
    Katlyn sprung up a few moments before the alarm went off. Truthfully, even though she had been quite inebriated, she’d been tossing and turning ever since she’d woken up at three. She was fully aware now just how turned on she was by Brendan and Chase and knew it wouldn’t be long before they’d get together. She still felt reluctant about it, but it was hard to control her emotions when her body responded by just being close to them.
    When Katlyn sat on the edge of her bed, the whole room spun. Memories of the night before rushed in, and it was then that she remembered Tessa, and her absence, wondering what had