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Authors: Talina Perkins
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short, was Everett’s second eldest brother and the quiet one of the Wylde brothers. She had met him a handful of times at Sunday dinner with their large family. He either stuck to the bar and bakery he owned or spent his time in the woods for the most part. You never experienced a true Alaskan family gathering until you had ten plus werebear shifters in one room with a table full of food.
Waiting wasn’t an option. All the more reason to make sure no one would harm her new friends. Thousands of animals drank from that water too, but how many human shifters used it as well? She didn’t make the connection soon enough. Maybe the sick animals were a byproduct of the ice bears’ real intentions.
Dammit, if one life was lost on her watch she’d never forgive herself.
“You’ve been poisoned. I don’t know the why behind Brax’s actions, but I think I know by what. Have you heard of Silverleaf nightshade?”
His eyes widened. “Son of a bitch.”
“Yeah. That stuff can kill full grown elks and bears. That’s why I need to make sure. If I don’t find out how to help you, we could have a major crisis on our hands.”
Realization of their situation hit and his eyes became razor focused. Anger threatened to take hold, but he tapped it down. She spent enough time around her brothers to know it simmered just beneath the surface and would find an outlet sooner or later.
“Rone has a radio. Getting to his place will be a bitch and slow, but faster than waiting for him. We’ll call in support while you do your testing back at his place.”
“Since you refuse to leave, think you can you make it?”
“If it kills me.”
“Not funny, Ev.”
“Not really laughing, Doc.” He grabbed her arm and spun her around as she reached for the handle.
Momentum carried her straight into his waiting arms. Damn if her hands didn’t land on the firm space his chest took up. Looking up at him wide-eyed, she held his gaze as he lowered his face closer to hers. “We’re not done here. This thing between you and me, we clear this up, figure out what the hell this ice bear is up to and then this,” he waved a finger between the small space separating their noses, “will be addressed.” His tone held no room for negotiations nor did the hard kiss he stole that left her breathless. Honestly, she was kind of curious to find out what he had to say on the topic. For now she’d keep the L word under wraps until she could figure out his game. If he played one. But if he kept looking at her like that, she didn’t know how much longer she would hold out.
Pepper leveled her gaze with his. “Touché, werebear. Touché.”
CHAPTER SIX
Her silence burned. And his treacherous bear drummed up numerous concoctions on how she would refuse them. Smooth.
A mixture of fog from the surrounding mountains and mist from the lake rolled in sometime during the night. Heavy weighted sheets of the stuff collected in the valley like some botched science experiment to create one hell of a freaking wall his senses couldn’t penetrate. Every damn shadow had him on high alert. Why the hell did he agree to risking her safety for a few samples of water? He could have easily come here alone for whatever she needed.
His gaze shot from one side of the tree line to the other. Off in the distance the low call of an elk bull sounded off before everything grew quiet again. Above, endless blue sky woke from the night’s slumber with an array of blue hues.
He’d shake this off like he did everything else—it was just taking longer.
His legs trembled and his heart felt like it wanted to either come to a full stop or explode from the strain of his efforts. She didn’t understand the metabolism of his heritage. Fear for him drove her out here and his fear for her wouldn’t keep him pinned down for the world.
Her silence carried a heavy weight, and he flirted with the idea of slinging her over his shoulder and going cavemen. She would be mad as a hungry
Waiting wasn’t an option. All the more reason to make sure no one would harm her new friends. Thousands of animals drank from that water too, but how many human shifters used it as well? She didn’t make the connection soon enough. Maybe the sick animals were a byproduct of the ice bears’ real intentions.
Dammit, if one life was lost on her watch she’d never forgive herself.
“You’ve been poisoned. I don’t know the why behind Brax’s actions, but I think I know by what. Have you heard of Silverleaf nightshade?”
His eyes widened. “Son of a bitch.”
“Yeah. That stuff can kill full grown elks and bears. That’s why I need to make sure. If I don’t find out how to help you, we could have a major crisis on our hands.”
Realization of their situation hit and his eyes became razor focused. Anger threatened to take hold, but he tapped it down. She spent enough time around her brothers to know it simmered just beneath the surface and would find an outlet sooner or later.
“Rone has a radio. Getting to his place will be a bitch and slow, but faster than waiting for him. We’ll call in support while you do your testing back at his place.”
“Since you refuse to leave, think you can you make it?”
“If it kills me.”
“Not funny, Ev.”
“Not really laughing, Doc.” He grabbed her arm and spun her around as she reached for the handle.
Momentum carried her straight into his waiting arms. Damn if her hands didn’t land on the firm space his chest took up. Looking up at him wide-eyed, she held his gaze as he lowered his face closer to hers. “We’re not done here. This thing between you and me, we clear this up, figure out what the hell this ice bear is up to and then this,” he waved a finger between the small space separating their noses, “will be addressed.” His tone held no room for negotiations nor did the hard kiss he stole that left her breathless. Honestly, she was kind of curious to find out what he had to say on the topic. For now she’d keep the L word under wraps until she could figure out his game. If he played one. But if he kept looking at her like that, she didn’t know how much longer she would hold out.
Pepper leveled her gaze with his. “Touché, werebear. Touché.”
CHAPTER SIX
Her silence burned. And his treacherous bear drummed up numerous concoctions on how she would refuse them. Smooth.
A mixture of fog from the surrounding mountains and mist from the lake rolled in sometime during the night. Heavy weighted sheets of the stuff collected in the valley like some botched science experiment to create one hell of a freaking wall his senses couldn’t penetrate. Every damn shadow had him on high alert. Why the hell did he agree to risking her safety for a few samples of water? He could have easily come here alone for whatever she needed.
His gaze shot from one side of the tree line to the other. Off in the distance the low call of an elk bull sounded off before everything grew quiet again. Above, endless blue sky woke from the night’s slumber with an array of blue hues.
He’d shake this off like he did everything else—it was just taking longer.
His legs trembled and his heart felt like it wanted to either come to a full stop or explode from the strain of his efforts. She didn’t understand the metabolism of his heritage. Fear for him drove her out here and his fear for her wouldn’t keep him pinned down for the world.
Her silence carried a heavy weight, and he flirted with the idea of slinging her over his shoulder and going cavemen. She would be mad as a hungry
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