Escaping Dominance (Heart of a Wolf Series - Trina's Tale) by Marylynn Bast

her face.
    The woman walking towards her, facial wise, looked nothing like the Amber she had just seen moments before. Although her height, dark hair , and eyes were still the same, Amber’s actual face looked different. She had somehow aged, with wrinkles gathering around her eyes and along the sides of her mouth.
    Trina now had a good idea what Amber’s mother would look like, if she favored her mother. Magic of some kind had to be involved. Werewolves couldn’t change their appearance during the non-phase of the full moon. It was unheard of unless they were direct descendants of royal blood. Her eyes opened wide in amazement. She had heard the legends, never believing them. Amber had to be related to a member of the Supreme Council. Was that why she was on the run? The involvement of the council scared her even more than the thought of Dean stalking her. The thought of the Supreme C ouncil simply terrified her.
    For the first time since leaving the pack Toby began to cry. She heard the sniffling first and realized he was afraid because he could feel her fear. Turning to him, she picked him up and held him. “It’s ok, baby.”
    Amber stopped beside Trina and stroked her ha nd soothingly down Toby’s back.
    The trooper was checking Amber out. His eyes scanned her from head to toe, then back up and stopped at her full breast s . The halter top she wore emphasized their size. More than obvious, he had to force himself to tear his eyes away from the mater ial stretched across the front.
    Frowning slightly, Trina had not seen Amber wearing it. If she had been, then she definitely needed to start paying closer attention to things. She would have sworn earlier she was wearing a loose fitting t-shirt.
    “Everything okay here?” The officer looked between the two women, then over his shoulder to the parking lot behind him to where Dean had parked. His hand went to his holster and unsnapped his gun when he saw the large man stalking menacingly towards them.
    Amber plopped a hand on her hip. Her other hand pointed at Dean, her voice taking on a deep southern accent. “That’s my daughter’s ex-husband. We’ve told him to leave her alone, but he keeps coming after her.”
    The officer turned towards Dean. “Hold it right there , mister.”
    Dean stopped a short distance away, his lip curled in a snarl. “I want my son.” He started to move forward.
    Drawing his gun, the trooper held it out slightly from his hip, barrel facing down, but ready to lift and fire if Dean didn’t listen. “I to ld you to stay where you were.”
    Amber pushed on, even her voice sounded older. “Last year he beat my daughter to the point to where she almost died. I’m taking her home and he keeps coming after her .”
    His big hands clenched into huge fists, Dean glared at Amber. “I don’t know who you are lady, but that bitch stole my son . ” His temple had a huge bruise from where his head had busted against the curb at the m otel.
    “First of all, you,” t he officer pointed to Dean, “back down.” Looking Dean over, he noted the bruising on the side of his face. He looked back over to the blonde. “Did someone take a baseball bat to you while you were sleeping? ”
    Amber looked down at the officers name tag. “Officer Reyes. The man stays drunk and even his kid is afraid to be around him. Just look at him , he was trying to hide behind his mo mma.” Amber ran her hand along Toby’s back. “ I cannot let him abuse my daughter and grandson anymore. Next time he might kill one, or even both of them.”
    Officer Reyes stood staring from the tall man back to the blonde woman huddling with her son behind her dark haired mother.
    Dean snarled and lunged for ward.
    The officer spun in a crouch, his g un aimed right at Dean’s chest.
    Trina sent up a prayer of thanks to the spirits that the full moon phase was not until the next night. If Dean could change, he would have shifted and killed the officer , probably her and Amber too.