Greyson - Part 1: An Alpha Billionaire Shifter Romance (The Silver Moon Pack) Read Free Page B

safe. “These bears…they won’t blame me for his death, will they?”
    “Sweetheart…your scent was all over the place, and then there’s the little fact that shifters rarely suffer from heart attacks.” He let out a ragged breath, his brow furrowed as he gave her a scrutinizing look as if not quite believing she was telling him the whole truth. “Did something else happen? Did you have a weapon of some sort on you?”
    “No…nothing. He was just attacking me, and then he was dead. I don’t see how they can blame me for that. And no offense, but if that bastard hadn’t attacked me in the first place, then maybe he’d still be alive. Maybe he was getting such a kick out of terrorizing me that his heart gave out from the sheer sadism of it all.” She didn’t know if Greyson believed her, but telling him the truth didn’t seem like a viable option.
    What could she say? That she’d zapped the big bad bear with her superpowers? That she’d warned him to leave her alone…that she couldn’t control the building energy that seemed to feed off her fear and adrenaline? That he didn’t listen to her when she’d begged and pleaded with him, and when he continued to attack her, he’d ended up dead? And then what would Greyson do? Tear her throat out before she could defend herself? Hand her over to the bears? Or would he simply call the cops?
    She’d been holding onto this secret for so long, and though she wanted nothing more than to finally tell someone about it, it was far too big a risk, even if she liked Greyson, despite their rocky start. There was something about him that had her lowering her defenses around him. And it left her wondering just how much of a big bad wolf he truly was.
    “Juno…what aren’t you telling me?” With his gold eyes locked on hers, she had to look away, her heart racing inside her chest. Could he sense her fear, sense her lying, sense that he was the reason for her racing heart? “You can trust me, you know. I won’t hurt you.”
    Yeah…just like those other guys didn’t want to hurt her. They just wanted to make her feel real good .
    The mere thought of those men, their hands on her, their menacing words, the way they hurt her... And then tonight…she swore she’d never been so scared in all her life, especially when that bear— that man —seemed to be toying with her, his assault feeling far more sinister than just an animal attack.
    “What I’m trying to tell you is that I have no doubt that fucking bear would have mauled me—and probably done a lot worse if he hadn’t dropped dead.” The way he’d pinned her to the ground beneath him, the way he looked at her with those intelligent and cruel eyes… She had no doubt of what he’d have attempted to do to her had he been in human form—and she had no doubt that he’d have eventually shifted back to a man so he could fully terrorize her. Her entire body started to shake, unable to stop thinking of what he’d have done to her had he not been stopped. “I’m sorry…”
    “Hey…” Greyson ran his hand down her cheek, his touch gentle and just a little rough, though she found it surprisingly comforting. “You have nothing to be sorry about, especially when you were the one being attacked.”
    Her tears spilled over as she swiped at them while silently cursing herself for letting her emotions get the better of her. “I was just so scared.”
    “I know you were, Juno.” Cupping her face in his large hands, he brushed her tears away, his touch hot, as if his body ran several degrees warmer than most. “Come on…it’s getting late. I need to make some phone calls, but you should have a lie-down. The bed is through those doors over there. You have my word that I won’t bother you.”
    He stepped back as she hopped off the counter, landing so she was just inches away from him, making it impossible to ignore his muscular body, despite all she’d been through. There was just something about him that called