The Alion King: BBW Paranormal Shape Shifter Romance (Paranormal Dating Agency Book 6) Read Free

humans.”
    “But if they came before humans, how did humans come about?” she asked, completely confused.
    “Humans are, in a rare form, descendants from Aurora. Not fully. Aurorans came here and bred with humans. They created shifters. The shifters we know today. Not all breeding ended up in shifters. Some just advanced the human species. Smarter humans.”
    She gaped at Gerri. “Holy crap!”
    “I’m sure it seems unreal to someone who isn’t used to it, but my question is, do you want to go on a short trip?” Gerri grinned.
    “Hell yes!” She’d never really gone anywhere, because she was always so busy working. Her goal in life was to travel the world. Screw that. Now she could change it to the galaxy.

 
    THREE
     
    Alyx Treyvaal slammed his fist on his thick, wooden desk, which had been passed down his family for a few thousand years. The sound reverberated around his chambers, but he didn’t give a shit. He was losing time, time to have been with a mate, all because of his stupid, picky lion. He should have been mated with at least five kids by now. Instead, he was hosting mindless dinners and parties, like this was some kind of fucking storybook romance.
    “What do you mean she said she’d think about it?” he growled at Karel. The lack of humanity in his voice didn’t faze his security chief. Karel raised a brow and shrugged.
    “You already knew that was a possibility. You’ve been rejecting her help for years, and you expect her to just ignore that and come to your aid?”
    “Yes!” He gripped the wood on his desk, grateful tevali trees were stronger than even him. “I am the king!”
    Karel shook his head and glanced toward the ceiling. “Will you never learn? Gerri Wilder is not your average matchmaker. She has a gift. She knows things, much like your mother knows things. And because she knows who belongs with whom, she can decide if she wants to help or not. You should not have insulted her the last time she offered to help.”
    Alyx glowered at his friend. “She said I was being a spoiled brat.”
    “She was right!” Karel sighed, sliding his fingers through his short, white hair. “You’ve completely ignored all common sense and allowed your pride to dictate your actions.”
    “I could have found my own mate!” he snapped.
    “Oh, yeah?” Karel said sarcastically, raising his brows at the same time. “Doesn’t look like it to me.”
    “Get her here. I need her to help me with this. You don’t understand. I’m going to kill the Elder Council if they keep reminding me of my duty to the shifter nation.”
    Karel grinned unapologetically. “You knew the rules.”
    “Yes. I knew I had to be mated by my hundredth birthday, but this is ridiculous. None of our women have attracted me. Hell, not even the ones from the other clans. They’ve all hosted me to see if they might succeed in placing one of their own in the queen’s seat.”
    “Yeah, it's easy to get somebody from another clan. But you know if any of them become your mate, they will feel like they are above the others. We also have our own women who want to be your mate, and you rejecting them and choosing someone else from the other clans would create a big issue here.” Karel sighed and sat. “Not something we need.”
    Alyx turned to the bar by his desk. He poured himself and Karel some of their favorite Sidaii wine. “At this point I don't really care if one of our women is my mate or if it’s someone else. I just want to find somebody who is. I am hoping Gerri can help with this. I'm really tired of having to keep meeting people, doing dinners, and not knowing if I'm going to find the one.”
    Karel gave him the ‘Really?’ look. “Well, that's your fault for having such a picky lion. You already knew that would be the case when it came to your heritage.”
    His parents told him how difficult it was to find the right mate. They suggested Gerri, because she was so good at what she did. His mother told him it