Free Lost Alpha: Collection (bbw werewolf/shifter romance) by Jessic Ryan

themselves in a world of hurt, but he was going to compromise with this little flower.
    “Paige, open up!” Travis called. “I need to talk to you!”
    He banged on the door hard, rattling the entire wall as he went. No answer came from within. He put his ear to the door, listening intently. There was no movement from within, no sound and no fresh scent. She must have left for the day.
    Where the hell is she? he wondered. He stepped down off the porch, his eyes searching for any sign of her. Her red car was still sitting in the driveway, so she couldn’t have gone far. He looked down at the store, a light bulb going on inside his head.
    “I bet she went down to her work,” he said aloud. He began walking confidently down the road that led to her store, hoping she wouldn’t cause a scene in public.
    As he drew closer, the front of the store became visible. His eyes fell on a scene in the parking lot that made his blood boil. His lips curled into a snarl and he fought hard to keep himself from shifting out of pure instinct.
    There was Paige in the parking lot; a large man had her by the air yanking her around while a skinny little woman stood beside him hurling insults. The man had a bandage on his nose, indicating he had been in a fight recently.
    Travis exploded, running full speed down the trail for the store. If he wanted to fight someone then Travis was going to give him a fight.
     

Chapter 2
     
    Paige pulled herself off the couch, sniffling and trying to stifle any tears. Travis had left her life as quickly as he joined it; there was no need to be so upset.
    “I don’t need him,” she said to herself. She looked around her trailer, feeling the sting of disappointment as she looked at the mismatched furniture around her. “I need to make a change. I have to do something about my life.”
    This was it; she was going to do something. She was barely scraping by working at the store and paying for her little trailer. Why couldn’t she just do the same thing in a bigger city?
    I can move to Lawton or Oklahoma City, she thought. I’ll sell the trailer and use the money to rent an apartment, and then I can get a job somewhere else.
    It wasn’t optimal: she still wouldn’t have spare money and would probably still be filling the place with her old furniture, but at least she wouldn’t be stuck in the middle of nowhere anymore.
    Paige stood up, clenching her fists, determined that she would start making changes in her life immediately. No more sitting around and feeling sorry for herself, she was 23 and it was time to make something happen. As she stood there, proud of herself, her stomach rumbled and she began to feel lightheaded.
    She reached over and grabbed the arm of the couch for support, trying to steady herself. She hadn’t eaten a thing yet today and she had taken a nasty bump on the head. After she composed herself she headed down the hallway to hop in the shower and prepare herself for the day.
    “I have the whole weekend off,” she said to herself as she soaped her body up in the shower. “What will I do?”
    She had no idea; maybe she should head back into Lawton or somewhere and just enjoy her Sunday with no responsibility.
    A tight pair of jeans and a low-cut blue Oklahoma City Thunder top was enough to complete a sexy outfit. For the second time in two days Paige thought she looked damn good.
    “That dumbass Randy doesn’t know what he’s missing,” she said, pushing her breasts up in front of the mirror and checking herself out. “I’m looking fucking hot and he threw it all away for that skinny bitch.”
    Randy had always been a boob man. He loved to motorboat Paige any chance he got, sometimes in front of her brother which drew the most hateful looks Paige had ever seen. When they had sex he couldn’t get enough of her tits, he even got off a few times putting his cock between them and fucking them.
    I wonder what it would be like if Travis did that? she thought, her mind drifting