Colton's Dilemma (Shadow Breeds) Read Free Page B

her face as she glanced around, and she obviously had not yet realized that she was naked.  Her covers fell to her waist, revealing her beautiful breasts – her nipples hard, as she looked frantically around the room, “Where? Where am I?” she gasped, her panic obviously growing.  He calmly stood and walked over to her, “Relax, Miss.  You’re safe now,” he said as he gently reached down and pulled the covers up to her chest.  It was then that she glanced down and realized what he was doing.  “Oh my God.  What?  Why am I naked?  What have you done?  Who are you?”
    He chuckled slightly as he returned to his chair in the corner, “For a woman who only a few hours ago begged for my help, you sure are full of a lot of questions,”  he whispered.
    “I, I, I begged for your help?  What do you mean?  Do I know you?” she whispered, calming slightly.  He could still hear her heart racing though, and it made him hungry.  He suppressed his hunger by swallowing hard.
    “Don’t you remember anything?  You stumbled to my door and begged for my help.   Said you were being chased or something.   You don’t remember any of that?” he said.
    Her hand moved up to her matted hair and she whimpered. “No, I don’t.  Have I been here before?  Do I know you?  What is your name?” she said as her panic began to grow again as she tried to work her fingers through her dirt-encrusted hair. 
    He stood again and walked over to her, “Miss. Please calm down.   Careful with your head, I don’t want you to pull your stitches out.  My name is Colton, Doctor Colton Renner.  Why don’t you start by telling me your name?”
    She had a pained look on her face as her eyes met with his, “Before I do that, can I ask you one more question?”
    He nodded to her, “Of course.”
    “Who am I?” she said as she began to sob, “Do you know who I am?  I can’t remember my name.  Oh god, what’s my name?” she sobbed as she grabbed his hand and held on for dear life.  He sat on the bed next to her and she collapsed, sobbing, onto his lap.  She held a death grip on his left hand as her tears flowed onto his legs, soaking his pajamas. She was so frightened and vulnerable.  He found himself wanting to comfort her, protect her – something he hadn’t felt for a very long time, not since…..no, don’t think of her, don’t even think her name, he said to himself.  He was surprised when he found his right hand coming up to her head.  He caressed her head and down her arm, trying to soothe her.  “Shhhh, it’ll be alright. You’ll be okay.  You’ve had a traumatic experience.  Memory loss often happens in cases like this, but it usually comes back in time,” he said.
    “Usually?” she gasped between sobs, “What if it doesn’t?  What if mine never comes back?” she said and then it happened.  She shifted her head slightly and her hair fell away from the back of her neck.  His eyes went wide as he studied the symbol.  She had been branded.  There on the back of her neck was the new burn, bright red and swollen, clearly the shape of a wolf’s paw.  She had been marked to be the mate of a pack leader.  Did she know?  Did she know this wolf-slash-man?  Was she his girlfriend? Had it been her choice and then she changed her mind at the last minute?  Or had she been chosen randomly?  Unknowingly picked by the pack leader to be his bitch?  Either way, Colton knew it was going to be trouble, big trouble.  He leaned his head back on the headboard as her sobs finally quieted and she began to fall back to sleep. He softly mumbled, “Oh fuck, what the hell have you gotten yourself into, Colton?”  Then he too closed his eyes and drifted off to sleep.

Chapter 2
     
                  When he awoke, he could see daylight through the shades.  He guessed, correctly, that it was around eleven in the morning.  He looked down and was surprised to find her awake and staring at him with