Reclaimed (Shadow Beast Shifters, #2)

by Jaymin Eve

Shadow shrugged. “I am what I am. If you can’t handle me, that’s your issue.” That stopped me short, for the pure beauty of his statement. For my entire life, I’d tried to shrink myself to fit in, to make others comfortable and happy and accepting of who I was. But Shadow was unapologetically himself, and if it was too much for me, then that was my issue. Years of blaming myself, when all along… The issue didn’t lie with me. The revelation was breathtaking. And painful. And the best gift Shadow had given me.

I’d already suffered a fissuring of my soul when Torin, my asshole of a true mate, had rejected me, and I wasn’t sure I’d survive another loss like that. Maybe with Shadow, it would be even worse.

“What are you?” Shadow rumbled. “That you make me feel…” He trailed off, and I was desperate to hear more. Made him feel what? He said no more, though, and it took me a few moments to understand that what he meant was feel in general.

His fury was spinning out of control, bursting from him in flames and dark mist, breaking this town to rubble. I’d always wanted a mate who would burn the world down for me, and it looked like I’d get to pretend I had one for a few more minutes.