Total pages in book: 147
Estimated words: 137524 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 688(@200wpm)___ 550(@250wpm)___ 458(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 137524 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 688(@200wpm)___ 550(@250wpm)___ 458(@300wpm)
All those emotions from before come flooding back as I run through the woods.
But as my little paws dig into the fresh powder snow, the loudest howl I’ve ever heard in my life breaks through the woods, causing my ears to shrink. If the ground wasn’t already covered, it would have shaken from the sound.
I stop hopping and stand still. The need to run back pulls strong on my heart as my mate calls for me. I have to go to him. I take a step in the direction I came from. I’d either gotten pretty far away before they’d noticed I was gone, or I’d run like hell. But as I move toward the sound, more howls break out and those call to me, too. I know immediately that the howls are from three different wolves. I don’t know how I can tell each one apart as they ring out together, but I feel it.
I stand there frozen as the confusion grows deeper. What if something is wrong with me? Wrong with this mating? My eyes begin to water. I make the decision to keep on running away from them and dig deep as I draw closer and closer to my little cabin.
Their howls grow louder as they close in on me. My nose might not be as good as theirs, but my hearing is twice what an average wolf has. I round a small bend and go through the trees that are tightly locked together, knowing they will have to go around. Their giant shifter forms will never fit.
I see my cabin in the distance, and I have to push harder with the fresh snow still falling. I’m small even for a bunny and my legs burn as I hop over mountains of snowdrifts.
I can hear their paws approaching, and they’re moving fast. I make the mistake of looking back and almost trip over my own ear when I see how close they are. Luckily, I keep my footing and bounce as I hit my small front porch. I thank the heavens I installed my tiny little rabbit hole in my door.
I’m almost there.
The three of them hit the porch at the exact same time, and I screech out when teeth clamp down on the back of my neck. I’m picked up as I squeal again in fear, but I don’t feel the pain I thought was coming. The bite that’s holding me is soft yet possessive. Somehow, the fire that was running through my body explodes and every inch of me ignites. It’s heat and pleasure that rolls over my skin, and if I could somehow gasp I would.
The wolf holding me places me down on the porch and I watch one of the other ones lunge for the one that picked me up. The other comes and stands over me, as if guarding my body. I hear a loud crash but don’t look because my eyes are on my rabbit hole. Seeing it as my only chance to escape, I steal the moment to hop through.
The moment I enter, I roll over and shift back to human form. I’m lying naked on the floor and I’m trying to catch my breath. I don’t know if it’s because of how far I ran or if it’s because I just had my first orgasm.
My head falls to the side and I have a giant smile on my face. Holy shit.
Then I hear another loud crash outside and I’m brought back to reality. “You better not be breaking my house out there,” I yell. Then add, “Or my mate!” Whichever one he is, I think to myself.
Sadness pools in my belly as I think about only one of them being my mate. I know that’s a terrible thought, because we’re supposed to love only one forever. The knowledge does nothing to help the ache in my heart.
I sit up, noticing everything has gone quiet. I can’t believe how I’m snapping at them. It’s not like they can’t get in this cabin in two seconds if they wanted.
“We’ll fix it,” I hear someone say.
“I guess. Not like she’s staying here,” another one chimes in.
“You shut your fucking mouth, Flint. You hurt her. We’ll put you in this cabin and take her home with us.”
I recognize the last voice. It holds command and authority. He was the one with the jet-black hair and dark blue eyes who pulled me behind him when they all started to argue.
“Don’t talk to him like that,” the words pop out of my mouth before I know what I’m saying. Somehow, I want to defend him. “Who said that? I want a name.” Because he was the only one I could put a voice to a face.
“Finn,” one of them says fast, like he’s tattling.
“And yours?” I ask, needing to put names with voices.