Rogue Shifter [High-Country Shifters 3]
High-Country Shifters 3
Rogue Shifter
Naturally talented fighters Malik and Cavon are warrior lion shifters who take a vacation from battling wolf shifters to blow off some steam in Spirit, Colorado. When they meet the perfectly proportioned brunette Amy Thornton, a fun-loving and accepting person, they decide she’s the one they want. Malik is a free spirit who has a natural affinity for teaching young shifters to defeat wolves, and ambitious Cavon is an expert bow hunter.
Amy is uncertain about being with shifters or how to handle them, but she’s enthralled with their power and control. When Malik and Cavon want to play the master to her slave, how far out of her sexual comfort zone will she be willing to go? While the men might be everything she wants both in and out of bed, when their vacation ends, what place will she have in their lives?
Note: There is no sexual relationship or touching for titillation between or among siblings.
Genre:
Ménage a Trois/Quatre, Paranormal, Shape-shifter
Length:
45,255 words
High-Country Shifters 3
Melody Snow Monroe
MENAGE EVERLASTING
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ROGUE SHIFTER
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ROGUE SHIFTER
High-Country Shifters 3
MELODY SNOW MONROE
Copyright © 2012
Bear down. Bear down
.
Malik, son of Fadin and Renella, rolled over in his bed. He wasn’t sure if he was dreaming or if the telepathic alarm had sounded.
Shit
. Last night had been so festive at Will, Gage, and Sella’s wedding that he wanted to stay in bed and savor the fun. He couldn’t even remember the last time there had been so much cheer on Anterra.
Footsteps pounded down the hallway. “Wake up.” His brother, Cavon, pushed open the door. “It’s a four-alarm attack. Move.”
Ugh
. The alarm had been real. He groaned, rolled over, and popped off the bed. A four-alarm meant someone was seriously outnumbered. By now, the shifter was probably dead. Dread oozed through his veins as he forced himself to wake up and get in fight mode.
Hurry
. This directive came from his brother.
Without bothering to dress, he shifted into his lion form and followed Cavon through the cat door in the middle of the living room. Scurrying down the tree was faster than taking the slow elevator they used on the outside of the tree house when in human form.
Dawn was just emerging, and the air was scented with dew. He and Cavon raced toward Taryn and Kellum’s tree house where the central command post was located, and his muscles screamed from the rapid deployment. From there, they would discuss tactics.
When they arrived, they appeared to be one of the last ones. How could that be? They hadn’t been that slow.
Taryn, in all his lion splendor, was on a raised stump.
I just received word that Brenan is dead.
Skelak
. Malik lowered his rear to the ground, the depression too great. Losing any bear shifter was tragic, but Brenan was a friend and one hell of a fighter.
What are we going to do?
Malik wasn’t sure who threw out that thought.
Taryn puffed out his chest as if the weight of this problem was solely on his shoulders.
What we always do. Be vigilant. With the bears’ decreasing numbers, they’ve asked for our help. We will patrol their borders as well as ours.
Malik’s mind blanked after that as Taryn outlined what needed to be done. There was too much fighting and not enough hope. The damned wolves were intent on taking over all of Anterra. He never thought it would come to this.
After the lions discussed what needed to be done, a core of them headed over to the bear leaders to work out a plan. With a heavy heart, he and Cavon took off for home. This time, they only walked since he was not in the mood to race. As he inhaled the fresh air scented with pine and rich earth, he came to a conclusion that had been rattling around in his head for weeks. He hoped his brother would go along with his plan.
They shifted back into their human form and took the elevator since he didn’t possess the desire to scurry up the tree. Neither said anything on the way up. Once he stepped inside his home, he headed to the fridge for a beer.
He pulled out two and waved them. “You want one?”
“At seven in the morning? No.” While there was no censure in Cavon’s tone, Malik put the bottles back and set about making coffee. He needed to get his head clear. “I’ve been thinking.”
“Should I mark down the time and date?”
That did make him laugh. His brother always had the talent to lighten the mood. “I want to live on Earth.” Saying the actual words lifted a burden.
Cavon had been getting the eggs out of the refrigerator and halted. “Come again?”
How did one begin to convince the only other person he could truly relate to that he wanted to change his whole life? “I know you might not agree, but Anterra has become a veritable war zone.”
“Has not. One bear died. That’s bad, but it’s always been this way. What’s gotten into you?” He set the bowl of eggs on the counter. “It’s Amy isn’t it?”
He hadn’t stopped thinking about the adorable woman since their last visit to Earth three months ago. “In part.” Closer to all, but he wasn’t ready to tell Cavon that yet. He began preparing the coffee. “When we’re over there, I can be free. I can go where I want and not have to worry about people being attacked.” He’d spent his life protecting the women and children of Anterra, and while he loved what he did, the end didn’t seem to be in sight. The lion population was growing as was the number of protectors, despite the attacks. He and Cavon could leave without affecting the level of security. Three years ago, he couldn’t have made that claim.
“You wouldn’t be able to shift whenever you wanted to.”
He knew what his brother was trying to do. Malik didn’t always think before he acted. “That is a downer, but we can run around in the woods at least.” He wasn’t able to put into words how his energy and enthusiasm for life lifted when he visited there. “I know we’ve seen the Earth reports about terrorists, but they don’t live in Colorado.” Anterra, on the other hand, had wolf terrorists. “It’s a lot safer there for everyone.” The other differences were too long to list. He was sure Cavon understood.
His brother broke the eggs into the frying pan. “You’re serious about this?”
Excitement raced through his veins. Cavon wasn’t nixing the idea right away. “Very serious. I want a break. What do you say? Will you come with me?”
He shrugged. “I’d say let’s sleep on it a few days, but I, too, have a sense of discontent that I’ve not mentioned.”
The reality of his potential freedom blossomed, and his excitement grew. “I get it. The moment you verbalize it, it becomes more real.”
Cavon shrugged. “I’m not saying I’ll agree to move permanently, but I’m willing to give it a trial run. Hell, if I don’t, you’ll go anyway.” He leaned back and smiled. “I can’t let you be by yourself. Knowing you, you’ll shift in front of a lone tourist just to freak him out.”
Malik grinned. “That would be cool.”
Cavon shook his head and chuckled. “You plan on telling Mom or Dad?”
“We have to. It wouldn’t be fair to them. Let’s take care of the notification today and leave before anyone can talk us out of this idea.” That depended on the alignment point being in the right spot.
“So much for sleeping on it.” Cavon said nothing more as he flipped the eggs. Even after his brother served breakfast, Malik couldn’t keep the grin from spreading across his face. To take care of business quicker, he even helped clean up.
Once he was done, he faced Cavon. “Let’s go get me a woman.”
* * * *
Amy Thornton’s assistant knocked on the office door and stuck in her head. “There are two really tall, amazingly hunky men here to see you.”