Lost Alpha: Collection (bbw werewolf/shifter romance) by Jessic Ryan Page B

weren’t home so I began to head for the store, then I saw you in trouble.”
    “I’m glad you were around,” she said. “What did you do to Randy?”
    “Randy? That is your ex-boyfriend?” Travis asked.
    “Yes,” she said.
    “Then that must be his new mate,” he said, pointing to the unconscious woman on the ground.
    “That’s the whore,” she said.
    “Why did you attack her?” he asked. 
    “The bitch was screaming and yelling and this is all her fault,” Paige said, her face turning red again. “She was egging him on to hurt me. She obviously can’t fight her own battles, so I taught her a thing or two about messing with me.”
    “Very good,” Travis said, a smile creeping across his face. “You were fierce. I can’t imagine how you would react if someone came between you and your pups.”
    “Babies,” Paige said, looking up at him. “I know Jacob had to have taught you enough about human society to know that we don’t call them pups.”
    Travis did know that. He actually knew a lot about human society, he just didn’t know how to interact with humans. He wasn’t aware using some of his wolf terms would upset them.
    Before he could say anything else to Paige he felt a sharp tap on his shoulder. He turned to find Billy standing beside him.
    “Deputy Owens wants to talk with you both,” Billy said. “I told him you did it in self-defense. He’s an old friend so we should be ok. Don’t say anything dumb Paige.”
    “It’s not me you should be worried about,” Paige said, pushing past Travis and walking up to the deputy. He was a man of average height with a muscular build and a strong jaw. Travis could feel the confidence radiating off of this man. If humans had alpha males then this man was most definitely one of them. Normally Travis wouldn’t care, because he was an alpha wolf, much higher than any human, but he had to remember himself when interacting with these humans. He was about to cause a whole lot of trouble in this town when he found the wererats and he didn’t need this man breathing down his neck.
    “So your brother tells me this was your ex-boyfriend?” he asked Paige, glancing up at Travis with hard, determined eyes.
    “That’s right,” Paige said, her eyes remaining locked with the deputy.
    “And you two had some sort of falling out?”
    “I caught him cheating on me yesterday. I was angry so I punched him in the face and left.”
    “And that was the end of it yesterday?” the deputy asked, scribbling on a notebook he had in his hand.
    “Yes, I left and came home,” she said. “My friend Travis came over to console me.”
    “And how come I’ve never seen you before, big boy?” Deputy Owens asked, turning to Travis.
    “I don’t come around often,” Travis said, trying to sound submissive. He knew he had to be that way with this one to avoid any conflict, but it was hard for an alpha to act like that. He wanted to throw the deputy to the ground and stand over him, proving to him who the strongest here was. Unfortunately, humans didn’t interact with one another that way. Jacob didn’t either, but Travis still had his wolf instinct to show him the way.
    “Where are you from?” Deputy Owens asked. “You one of those Lockhart boys I’ve never met?”
    “No sir,” Travis said. He knew this was a way humans addressed one another when being respectful: Jacob would demand to be called sir when he was angry with the children.
    “Where are you from then?”
    “Bowshot,” Travis said.
    Deputy Owens’ eyes grew wide before narrowing. “I didn’t know anyone lived out there besides that old man Jacob. Are you related to him?”
    “That’s his father,” Paige quickly interjected. “They had a big fight, so Travis is going to be staying with me for a little while.”
    “Well let’s not have any more incidents like this one,” Deputy Owens said. “I know they attacked you, but you can kill somebody. You’re a big boy. I’m going to call an