Wolf's Run: A BBW Shifter Romance Read Free

so sorry. I’ve been...watching you,” he said. Suddenly, I had this feeling. I never knew my dad. Mom had told me he took off after she got pregnant and she’d lost track of him. I’d never known him, hadn’t even seen a picture of him. Mom threw them all out she was so angry and hurt. Yeager had an ageless look about him. If it weren’t for the gray in his beard and at his temples, he might have passed for twenty-five. Still, he might have been old enough.
    “You’re my dad, aren’t you?” I asked. I knew I was right. I could feel it. There was just something familiar about him though I was sure we’d never met. My instincts were wrong, however.
    “No, I’m not your dad. Sorry, Cassie,” he said. He was someone though, someone important in my life. I just knew it. I don’t know why but I felt some kind of connection to this biker. “I know you’re working hard but can you get away. Even for an hour or so?” he asked. I wanted to. Boy, did I want to. Dolan’s kiss was something, like nothing I’d ever felt before, but it was nothing compared to talking to this man. “I’m Yeager, by the way,” he said and offered his hand. I was biting my lip as I cleaned my hand on my towel and shook Yeager’s hand.
    “How do you know my name? Who are you?” I wondered as I felt the warmth and strength of his hand in mine.
    “Come out with me and I’ll tell you,” he replied. I shouldn’t have wanted to go out with a total stranger, a biker no less, but I did. I didn’t know this man and he’d admitted to watching me. I should have been calling the sheriff. But then again he admitted to it. Maybe that was why I felt so at ease or maybe it was the strong feelings he produced in me.
    “I can ditch Edie a bit early, I suppose. Say eleven tonight?” I said and already wondered why I was agreeing to meet this man in the middle of the night and go out with him. Normally, I’d never do such a thing. I barely had time for dating because of the diner. It was closed one day a week, Mondays, but I usually spent half the day catching up on paperwork and the rest of the day recuperating.
    “I’ll be here,” he said.
    “I need to get to work,” I replied. He nodded and off I went. I felt as if the last few minutes had been a dream. The feeling subsided a bit but didn’t go away completely as I went about my duties, taking orders, filling coffee cups and delivering food. I knew having Wolf’s Run back in town would make things interesting but not like this. I couldn’t quite figure out why I was so eager to meet this man. Maybe it was that he seemed to know my mom but that couldn’t explain the way he made me feel. I felt safe and a sense of familiarity in his presence. I had to find out who he was.
    Edie was cool with letting me leave early. I owned the place, or at least the bank note on the Rusty Skillet, but Edie was like family. So were Willy and Jesus. That’s how I rolled and how mom ran things before she passed. I didn’t tell Edie why I needed to leave and she didn’t ask. She must not have noticed my conversation with Yeager or I’d probably be getting a lecture from Edie about it. I had to admit, this wasn’t the best idea but for some reason, I didn’t feel threatened by Yeager.
    Main Street was rocking when I left that night. A rock band played at the fairgrounds but there were still a ton of bikers hanging out in town. Main Street had become a pedestrian mall of sorts with beer trucks and tents that sold all manner of biker goods. Motorcycles lined the curbs and narrow lanes allowed bikers to cruise up and down the street among the crowds. Normal traffic had been routed around. Downtown smelled of alcohol, tobacco and pot.
    I’d been waiting out in front of the Rusty Skillet for less than a minute when Yeager showed. I didn’t have time for boys but that didn’t mean I didn’t appreciate a good-looking man and Yeager was damn good-looking. He pushed through the crowd as if it wasn’t