Read Online Morgan by Ashley Malkin - Free Book Online Page A

Melanie and Shana are here to talk to you,” Bethany said. “Melanie and I know how confusing it is to find yourself inexplicably attracted to more than one man, men you’ve only just met.”
    “I wanted to meet Bethany’s sister, too,” Melanie said, bouncing up and down in her seat.
    “We are here to answer all your questions in regards to why you’ve been brought here, your feelings for the Harvey brothers, and to tell you more about ourselves,” Shana said. She looked at Melanie and smiled indulgently. She was so sweet, Morgan wasn’t surprised no one could get angry at her.
    “I know why I was brought here. I’m being protected from a kidnapper,” Morgan said.
    As she spoke the words, she realized how stupid she sounded. She didn’t need to go to another state to be protected. She’d gotten on a plane with two strangers because for some reason she’d wanted to stay with them a little longer.
    “It’s more than that,” Bethany said. “Cameron and Ben went to Lansing because that’s where someone was searching for me. They didn’t expect to find you. No one did.”
    “They were sent to assess the threat to Bethany,” Melanie said. “We look after our own, and we thought someone was looking to hurt our Bethany.”
    “They were sent?” Morgan looked at the smiling women and felt fear tingle down her spine.
    “ Oh, don ’t be foolish,” Shana said sternly. “We’re not some gang of thugs. We are a race of beings that needs our anonymity to remain intact and who holds the safety of our mates as its greatest tenet.”
    “Just breathe, Morgan,” Bethany whispered in her ear. “Open your senses and tell me if you feel threatened.”
    Morgan hadn’t realized she’d stopped breathing, but the burning in her lungs told her Bethany was right. A secret race of beings? Mates? What the hell have they put in my tea? As she took a few shallow breaths she looked at both of the women. They looked the same, calmly sipping their tea and smiling at her. She felt no threat, just her own fear.
    “Melanie and I were just as surprised as you were that we had stumbled into a world we never knew co-existed with our own,” Bethany said. “But when we met our men, we knew they were different. We felt things for them that were stronger than anything we’d ever experienced before.”
    “Melanie is human, and you and Bethany were raised as human, but your men and I are shape-shifters. Specifically, we can change our form into mountain lions, but there are many other species of shape-shifter in the world.”
    Morgan just stared at Shana. She didn’t appear to be senile. Melanie and Bethany were staring at her as though expecting her to run, or scream, or perhaps both.
    “I play a lot of online games and am aware of shape-shifters, but they’re just fictional characters. They make great fighters, but that’s simply a game.”
    “Legends and myths are often seeded from the truth,” Shana said. “We thought vampires to be a myth until recently. We won’t be so foolish again.”
    “ Vampires? You ’re serious about all of this.” Morgan watched as Shana rose and walked to the closed door that led to the living room.
    “I believe we have reached the point in our discussion where Morgan is in need of a demonstration,” Shana said softly.
    The door burst open and Ben, Cameron, and Evan spilled into the room. Morgan’s heart skipped a beat, and then it pounded furiously as they all stared at her.
    “That was too long away from you, baby,” Cameron said. His hands gripped her waist and he lifted her from the chair. She rested her casts on his shoulders and breathed in the smell of him. It calmed her and thrilled her at the same time.
    Ben pressed against her back. Pulling her hair aside, he trailed a row of soft kisses down her neck. “Let’s not do that again anytime soon,” he whispered in her ear. “My cat was going crazy.”
    A hand cupped her chin and turned her face. Evan smiled at her. “I won