Shifters with Secrets (An MMF Bisexual Threesome)(39)

Ellis had lived here since birth and often took the natural beauty for granted. Alexi was opening his eyes to it again. Just one of many things that she was doing for him.

Alexi’s eye caught the eagle and followed it through the sky. Ellis watched as her smile faded away. Her chin began to tremble and her eyes filled with tears as she watched the magnificent bird gliding.

Ellis wrapped his arms around her. “Are you okay?”

She shook her head and covered her eyes as she began to cry. It broke his heart to see her sad. He would have given anything to make her feel better. To make his princess happy again.

Ellis held her body as she sunk to the ground. “I haven’t been completely honest with you,” she stammered through sobs.

“It’s okay,” he said, kissing the tears from her cheeks. He had secrets too.

She shook her head. “No. It’s bad. I have a fiancee.”

The words hit him like a kick in the gut. A fiancee? He had a sudden desire to run. To race down the mountain faster than he ever had before. His bear kept him grounded. His bear didn’t care about fiancees or boyfriends. It was black and white to his bear. She was his and he was hers.

“His name is Greg,” she said, staring at the ground. The tears had stopped but she was still upset. “He is the son of my parents’ friends. I’m sorry I didn’t tell you earlier.”

Ellis was speechless. He just held her close, hoping that it wasn’t the last time that he got to hold her body to his.

“On paper he sounds great,” she continued. “Rich, powerful, good looking and my family loved him. But he has a dark side. There were signs when we were dating but I ignored them. I was living in a fantasy land, more concerned with my wardrobe and nightlife than the monster I was attaching myself to. We got engaged a few months later. My parents were thrilled. But then everything changed.”

Fresh tears flowed down her cheeks.

“First it was the insults. He would call me fat and stupid and ugly. He would say that I was disgusting and tell me that no one would want to be with a pig like me. It got to the point where I started to believe his words. I looked in the mirror and saw a fat, ugly slob looking back at me.”

Ellis clenched his hands into fists. Now he wanted to race down the mountain for another reason. To find this Greg and unleash his bear on him.

“A month before the wedding was the first time that he hit me. I had ordered the wrong flavor for the cake. He wanted chocolate and I ordered vanilla. After that day, there wasn’t one day that went by when he didn’t hit me or kick me or slap me.” She shook her head. “It was horrible. I went to my family for help and my dad told me to stop being so dramatic. My mom looked at my bruises and told me that I was making up stories because I had cold feet.”

She took a deep breath. “They just hung me out to dry. They’d rather their daughter be in an abusive relationship than upset their precious friends.”

Ellis ran his fingers through her hair. “When did all of this happen?”

“My wedding was supposed to be last week.” She shook her head. “I couldn’t go through with it. The day before the wedding I drove to the bank, took out all the money I had, a little over four thousand dollars in cash, threw out my cell phone, threw out my credit cards, bank cards and anything else that could be used to track me down, and started driving. I didn’t have a map or GPS. I just drove and drove and drove. For days. One morning I stopped for breakfast in your mom’s diner and saw the hiring sign in the window. I asked and she hooked me up with a job and a place to stay. She’s been great.”


“It’s okay,” Ellis said, stroking her cheek. “He’s out of your life. You never have to see him again. You can stay with me.”

She looked up at him with worried eyes. “There’s more. He knows where I am.”

“Good let him come,” he said, gritting his teeth.

“No, you don’t understand,” she said, gripping his wrist. “He’s a very powerful man. He knows lots of bad people.”

“Look Alexi,” he said, placing his hand on hers. “I haven’t been completely honest with you either. There are things that I can do…”

What was that?

There was a brief change in the wind and a strange, familiar smell hit his nose. Shit. Not now.

He sprang up. “We have to go. Now.”

She looked at him with confusion as he stood up and sniffed the air. They’re close. Too close.

Ellis pulled Alexi behind his body as two shirtless members of the Flint Crew popped out through the trees. Ryder was the first one to emerge. He was fit and muscular with short blond hair. He looked more like a male model than a lumberjack. Clay followed closely behind him. He was easy to recognize with tribal tattoos all over his arms and a big, bear claw tattooed on his right pec.

Ellis planted his heels in the ground, separating his feet in a fighter’s stance. These two were lesser members of the Flint Crew but he was still outnumbered.

His bear was struggling to get out. It was taking a lot to keep him from drawing to the surface. Ellis wanted to avoid a fight if possible. Alexi was behind him and very vulnerable. A flying claw or sharp tooth could easily take her out. She didn’t have the fast healing that he had.

Ellis spoke first. “If you guys turn around now I’ll forget that you’re trespassing on our territory.”