Total pages in book: 26
Estimated words: 24683 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 123(@200wpm)___ 99(@250wpm)___ 82(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 24683 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 123(@200wpm)___ 99(@250wpm)___ 82(@300wpm)
“I miss that old thing,” I say with a nostalgic smile. “These just aren’t the same.”
I glance down at the gun in my hand and sigh. I miss the feeling of that sword, but I don’t miss the feeling of taking another man’s life. I would never do that again.
That time of my life is over. I released all that pain, hurt, and need for vengeance years ago. I let it drift away like the outgoing tide.
My love for Adalynn replaced all that hate and I’m not going back.
I finally realized that hate was not going to bring back my family. So, I embraced love and started a new one. Adalynn and I have five beautiful children together and I love every single one of my pups.
“Ready?” Jackson asks with his eyebrows raised.
“Let’s do this,” I say with a nod. “I want to get home to my girl.”
He kicks the door open and we charge in. The furious grizzly bear that’s been rampaging through the restaurant turns to us with a bloodthirsty roar.
The rank smell of feralness hits my nose and my wolf perks up.
I used to see these guys as hate-filled monsters. Now, I see them as sad lonely creatures, desperately longing for their mates.
The grizzly rears up on his hind legs and snarls viciously at us.
“Yeah, yeah, yeah,” I say as I stare it in the eyes. “I know you want your girl.”
He swipes his big paw and sends a chair somersaulting across the trashed dining room.
This used to be a lot harder. I still remember when Grayson got his ear bit off and Ryker got his chest sliced up. Now, with these new tranquilizer guns Mr. Bradford had developed for the AFA, it’s easy peasy. In, out, and back to my girl.
“Goodnight, petit ours,” I whisper as I raise the gun and pull the trigger. The tiny dart flies out and lands in his chest with a thunk.
He roars in outrage and charges at me.
But the tranquilizer works fast and that angry mouth falls closed after two steps. His big droopy lip hangs down and his eyelids slowly close as he tumbles forward and slams into a table, snapping it in two.
Jackson sighs as he looks at the gun in his hand. “These things take all the fun out of it.”
I tuck mine into the back of my pants and laugh. “I know. Much too easy.”
“Did we miss it?” Grayson asks as he runs into the restaurant. Ryker is behind him.
“Aww man,” Ryker whines. “These things take all the fun out of it!”
“Well, at least we get to go home to our mates earlier,” Jackson says as he walks over to the unconscious bear.
None of us can argue with that. We’re all obsessed with our mates and spend as much time with them as we can.
The tranquilizer works through the shifter’s body and the bear morphs back into his human form. I sigh as I look at the poor lonely fucker lying naked on the dirty ground.
“Where’s your mate?” I ask, wondering how long we have to hold this guy before she arrives at the facility.
I lean down, pick him up, and toss him over my shoulder as the boys argue over what to eat for lunch.
“Don’t worry,” I whisper to him as I carry his unconscious body outside. “We’ll find her. And it will be better than you could ever dream of.”
We stop for burritos, book him in the new AFA facility that houses all the feral bears waiting for their mates, clock out, and then head home.
My heart is racing as I open the door and smell Adalynn’s cooking. My youngest, Josephine, comes running down the hall and leaps into my arms with a warm smile. “Daddy!”
I squeeze her tight, feeling like the luckiest man in the world.
One day, that bear shifter we booked this afternoon will have this too. I just know it.
I walk into the kitchen with my body humming and smile when I see my stunning girl at the stove. She’s shaking those sexy hips and singing the song playing out of the Bluetooth speaker.
With a growl, I head over, grab my mate, and give her a long sensual kiss.
“Ew!” Josephine squeals as she runs out of the room.
Adalynn chuckles as I hold her tight. “Are you trying to traumatize our daughter?”
“Nope,” I say with a grin before I kiss her again. “I’m trying to clear the room so I can get a little ass.”
I slide my hand onto her luscious ass and she smacks it away with a blushing smile.
“You’re going to have to wait until the kids are in bed for that,” she says with a sexy smile and a wink.
I grin as I gaze down at my loving mate, eager to make her mine. “Let’s put them to bed early. Six o’clock sounds great.”