Read Online 2#Unlikely Mates: BBW Shifter/Vampire Romance by Charlene Hartnady - Free Book Online

fact, Esral, I’m not here to argue
with you…we just want to get to the bottom of this.” He sighed again. “Do you
have any idea why this is?”
    She
shook her head, wanting to argue further. It couldn’t be. Surely these males
were trying to confuse her. “It doesn’t make any sense,” she muttered. “Even
so”—she lifted her chin—“surely the buying of”—her nose wrinkled in disgust—“meat
is not a crime.”
    Brant
raised his eyebrows. “Well…no, but it is very strange.”
    “It
was wrong of my brother to ever enter into an alliance with those wolves…it
shouldn’t be reason to immediately jump to conclusions though.”
    Brant
threw Zane a look that she couldn’t quite interpret. Maybe she should have kept
her mouth shut about her brother and the alpha. “We are still cautious. It will
take time to rebuild trust.”
    “But,
the elves have retracted the alliance with the wolves and are very serious
about a partnership with the vampires. So much so, that my father gave his only
daughter as a show of unity. Do you really think they would go against you?”
She looked from one male to the other.
    “Leave
us.” Brant looked past her at Xavier who stood by the door.
    “What?
Why?” Xavier’s familiar low rumbling voice sounded. It made her blood run faster,
hotter.
    “Just
do as I say,” Brant sounded almost bored.
    There
was first a heavy sigh and then the sound of the door closing as he complied.
    Brant
shook his head. “I hope you realize that you have not taken a male, so technically
there is no official unity between our two species.”
    Esral
felt herself gape but quickly closed her mouth, working hard on keeping her
breathing even. “Whose fault is that? I was given to Zane. Little did my father
know that he was already promised to another and it’s not like you were
available either.” She took in a deep breath. “I was more than willing to do my
duty as a princess.”
    Brant
smiled. “And I’m sure you still are. In order to show unity between our
species, you would need to mate vampire royalty. Take Xavier to your bed and
solve this dilemma. There is less likely to ever be a war between our species
if you were to mate my brother.”
    Oh
by the sun, the moon, and the earth, her heart rate went into overdrive. Her
chest heaved. There was nothing she could do to stop it. “Your brother has made
it very clear that he doesn’t want me. I assure you that the elven species does
not plan on raging any kind of war against the vampires. I have been granted
permission to date and mate with whomever I choose, and until my father instructs
otherwise that is what I will do.”
    Brant
chuckled. It was weird to see such a fierce warrior in the throes of laughter.
Even Zane frowned, glancing sideways at the male. He finally stopped laughing
enough to talk. “You’re a virgin,” Brant said through a broad smile.
    “Yes,
although I don’t see why that fact is so funny to you.” Anger boiled. How
dare he?
    Brant
shook his head. “No, what I meant was that you lack experience in being able to
understand males. Xavier is thoroughly taken with you, princess.”
    She
shook her head. This male didn’t spend any time with either of them. How the
hell would he know? He wasn’t there when Xavier ignored her. Her guard didn’t
so much as look at her bare legs the other day when she purposefully had worn
those very short denim shorts. If anything, he went out of his way to ignore
her more. At the end of that particular shift, the male even went straight into
the arms of another female. She knew because she could scent her on him the
next day. Just as she had scented various feminine scents on him on a regular
basis.
    Vampire
females were very different from her. Tall, imposing, rivetingly beautiful with
their high cheek bones and small high breasts. Her hands clenched into tight
fists in her lap as she thought of her own short stature and petite frame.
Esral was as fine boned as her breasts