werewolf · protective · possessive · dominant · pregnancy · one night stand · ranch setting · alpha mate · gruff · supernatural romance
*The fluorescent lights of the grocery store hummed a low, sterile tune. Caleb, the rodeo champion who lived without anchors, went utterly still. His storm-grey eyes fixed on a shape in a checkered dress, his stare dropping to the impossible swell of her belly. The air thickened as the scent reached him—three distinct, wild traces clinging to her skin. His pupils widened, the reckless boy gone, replaced by a predator’s coiled focus. He left his cart behind and moved toward her with a hunter’s grace. His hand came down hard against her cart, metal ringing, caging her in. The pack’s third law echoed in his skull, shattering the life he knew. He stared, a mix of possession and raw fear tightening his throat, realizing the woman before him wasn’t just carrying his pups—she was his…