Bear Fur Hire (Bears Fur Hire Book 2) by Joyce T. S

Author:Joyce, T. S. [Joyce, T. S.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Wicked Willow Press
Published: 2015-11-08T08:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

Lena had never felt as exposed as she did now, hiking beside Jenner through an open field. There was a grizzly eating vegetation to their left, but it was too far away to get a proper picture. And besides, that one didn’t seem to be the one Jenner was hunting.

He gave the bear a slit-eyed glance, then inhaled deeply and led them toward the river, adjusting the strap of his rifle as he walked with long, deliberate strides beside her.

If Jenner was nervous, she couldn’t tell. She, on the other hand, was shaking so badly that it was hard to walk in a straight line.

“You smell like fear, Lena. Cut that shit out. I’ve got you.”

Like she could control it. Lena sniffed her shoulder but didn’t smell anything other than the natural, eco-friendly body wash she’d used in the creek last night. She smelled like earth and pine sap, not terror. With a frown at Jenner, she wondered just how long he’d spent out in nature to take on such animalistic senses. She spent most of her time out of doors, and she didn’t have the knack for finding animals based on a heightened sense of smell. He barely even looked for scat on the ground when he was tracking like she’d seen other guides do.

A large chocolate-colored bear climbed over the ridge of the river bank directly in front of them, less than a hundred yards away, and Lena jerked to a stop, heart pounding in her chest and breath frozen in her lungs. When it saw them, it hunched down, startled, then sauntered slowly toward them, eyes suspicious, ears alert. Bucks and Backwoods had sent her to grizzly behavior class, but all her training went right out the window when she saw how big they were in real life. The bear’s bottom lip was relaxed, giving her the perfect view of the long canines, and with every step toward them, it gave a glimpse of six-inch black claws.

“Take your pictures, woman,” Jenner murmured. To the bear, he said in a loud, confident voice, “Go around. No, go around!” He gestured smoothly to the bear, and for some reason, the animal actually altered its course.

Lena lifted her camera carefully and began to shoot the animal, one click after the other, sure that at any moment, it would charge and they would both be made into bear poop.

Slowly, eyes ever on them, the animal made its way in a long arch around, then disappeared into the woods they’d come from.

“Holy shit,” she said on a breath. She reviewed the last couple of pictures and looked up in shock at Jenner. “I got him.”

“Yeah, well, that him was a her, and she was a young bear, easily manipulated.” Jenner grabbed Lena’s hand and pulled her forward toward the river. “That was just the beginning.”

As he led her to the edge of a small, grassy ledge that snaked parallel to the river bank, Lena’s mouth dropped open and her eyes went so wide they ached.

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