The Billionaire Shifter's Curvy Match (Billionaire Shifters Club #1) Read Free Page A

movement, from rats behind a dumpster to a drunk in an alley, but all he could think was her her her her her .
    Caught in the split between animal and human, his primal mind scrambled to hold on to a tiny sliver of humanity. In the city, in wolf form, he had no choice. His mere presence guaranteed death if the wrong men knew he was here. Animals were prey in advanced civilizations. In the woods he could be the hunter. But not here.
    Except with her.
    His eyes ticked up as he turned, following her scent. Her apartment window was open and the need to mate pulled him closer.
    A black beast pulled up to the road next to him, a human he dimly remembered calling a name he should know. The human climbed out and beckoned with an outstretched hand. The scent was one of comfort, of knowing, and his human mind resurged.
    Get in.
    Pushing his powerful legs up, he climbed back into the black metal beast and left her building behind, words reforming in his feral mind.
    He looked down.
    He was naked, the human mating equipment on full display. Touching his nose, he felt human form. Touching his cock, he felt his lust for her.
    Pressing his palm over his heart, he felt it crack in two.
    Her.
    He needed her.
    “The Novo Club, sir?” the man in the long black car asked.
    Gavin grunted a yes.
    Gavin.
    That’s right.
    His name.
    Then what was hers?

Chapter 2
    L ilah let Jess pull her into their apartment building, away from the scene on the street, the mysterious limo, the man inside.
    Her temple throbbed, hair wet and sticky against her face and neck. She was drenched in sweat, her shirt adhering to the flesh in the valley between her breasts. Smoky wriggled inside the cradle of her arms, digging his little claws into her chest.
    Covered by only the flimsy pajamas, her skin was probably getting badly scratched, but she didn’t feel anything but the pounding ache in her head.
    Well, not just in her head.
    Who the hell was that guy?
    She staggered up the stairs behind her sister, sweating even more in the stifling corridor. Smoky twisted around in her arms, stretched up his snout, and licked her chin.
    “He seems to be feeling better,” she told Jess, readjusting his weight.
    She wasn’t feeling so bad either. Parts of her that had been sleeping for months, even years, were suddenly wide awake. The world was rich with sensation, loud with scent, heavy with feeling. A delicious tightening between her legs made her steps shaky.
    And when she followed Jess inside their apartment, she suddenly forgot how hot it was, how minutes earlier she’d been rubbing her skin with ice cubes. All she could think about was how it had felt to look into those blue eyes.
    You’re real.
    He’d said those words with a clipped British accent that went straight to her toes, making them curl, a delicious spine-tingling heat filling her.
    On the other hand, maybe she did need an ice cube.
    “I can’t believe you did that,” Jess said, turning on her, her catlike eyes narrowing with worry and fury.
    “They ran over Smoky.” Lilah turned the dog in her arms and gently probed his furry, filthy body with her fingers. “I don’t feel anything broken. Not that I know exactly what to look for.”
    “I hope nobody saw us bring him in here. They’ll tell the landlord, just to be evil.”
    “Let them. This place is a dump anyway.”
    “Just a minute ago you were freaking out about losing this dump,” Jess said.
    Lilah knelt next to her futon and lay Smoky down on the old pink comforter. Trembling but quiet, he fixed his round brown eyes on her.
    “He trusts me,” Lilah said.
    “Oh no. You’re getting attached.”
    Lilah stroked the dog’s body, continuing to search for damage, finding none. “The car must not have hit him, or he’d be dead. It just gave him a big scare.”
    “What a faker,” Jess said. “Crying like that. Got us to run out there with the drug dealers for nothing.” In spite of her words, she had a tender smile on her face as she