Page 15 of Savaged By the Beast

There’s no way I can move them. They’re both so damn big.

“Hello the cabin! Austin! What the hell, man! Where are you?” Multiple voices holler and I wince. Unless I’m very much mistaken, there are more shifters here.

I shake my head and stumble to my feet. I don’t want to leave Austin’s side and my heart flips when I look back at him lying there so still.

But I need help.

I stagger out to the front of the cabin and wave down the four big men on horseback. One horse rears and a giant of a man who dwarfs Austin grumbles. “Dammit! Stop that, Bo! If you throw me again I swear I’m gonna kick your damn ass!”

“I need help,” I gasp. “Austin and Jericho are hurt!”

One of the men glares at me. “What the hell is Jericho doing here? Did those two idiots get into a fight?”

I shake my head and swipe my hand across my forehead. “Yeah, with another guy. He killed your foreman.”

All four of them jump off the horses and tie them to railings. One of them wraps a hand around my shoulder. “Come on. We’ll get them taken care of. You need to rest. We’ve got this.”

Ordinarily I’d glare at him and tell him to keep his hands to himself but I’m just so happy that they’re there to help that I lead them around without a word.

One of them skids in next to Austin. “Austin, man. You alright?” Austin lifts his head and growls at him. “If you lay one filthy paw on my mate, I swear to god I’ll rip it off and beat you to death with it.”

My heart flies up into my throat when he sits up and groans, rubbing at the blood on his head.

He grins at me. “Were you worried about me, mate?”

I glare at him. “I should kick your ass for putting me through that. Asshole,” I grunt. But I’m too relieved to do more than glare at him.

He throws his head back and laughs and the corded muscles in his throat bring me back to the fact that both of the shifters are naked. Austin glares at me when he sees me glance at Jericho.

“If you don’t turn your back, I swear I’ll kill him myself,” he grumbles.

Jericho groans, “I can’t help it I’m better looking than you, man. Don’t kill the innocent victim here.”

All of the men stare wide-eyed as Austin stands and reaches down a hand to help Jericho up. The blond man limps to the cabin, Austin’s arm wraps around his shoulder, half-carrying him.

“What the hell happened here?” the biggest man hisses.

Another one hurries after them. “I don’t know but I’m damn sure gonna find out.”

All of us follow behind the two battered and bruised shifters. I sigh and close my eyes, so exhausted that it feels like just putting my feet in front of me is a struggle.

But if my mate can be injured saving me then I can damn sure make it inside on my own two feet.

The pull to my mate makes me smile. I’m home. I’m safe. And forever is starting to look pretty damn good.

Epilogue One: Desiree

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I throw my head back and laugh. All the brothers are wrestling on the floor, trying to prove who’s the strongest.

It’s ridiculous and asinine but so damn them that I can’t stop laughing. I lean against the table and tears stream down my cheeks.

“Seriously, man. You guys need help,” Jericho grumbles off to the side. His arm is still in a sling and he’s irritable as hell but he looks better than he did that day two weeks ago. He took a helluva beating and we weren’t sure he’d make it even as a shifter.

But now the crabby-ass cat hangs around the ranch like he’s one of them. And essentially he is.

You could have knocked me over with a feather when I found out that he was Callie’s half-brother that she lost touch with. Micah’s dark navy eyes stay locked warily on the suave panther while Callie talks to him. Her bright blue eyes dance and she laughs at something he says. She’s pregnant now and there’s ababy bump just pushing its way out. She’s holding her belly and Micah growls and stalks over to the two of them.