Bear His Bond: Wylde Den Two (Alaskan Den Men Book 9) by Talina Perkins

Author:Talina Perkins [Perkins, Talina]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Talina Perkins
Published: 2016-08-20T18:30:00+00:00

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 grizzly, but at least she’d be alive.

Maybe he should have kept his confession to himself, but she had a way of riling him up that not even his brothers could provoke from him.

He took another step and then another, shoving down the bolts of white hot pain that blazed up his left leg every time his foot connected with the solid ground. He’d found another staff to serve as a cane, but at this point, nothing really helped.

He pushed harder and worked to steady his trembling heartbeats, but it didn’t seem to work.

“You grit your teeth any harder and they’re gonna crack.”

Everett tore a hand through his hair and squinted one eye closed as a drunkard would to help counteract the seesawing motion of the ground.

He ached to reach out and pull her in close, but she kept a solid three paces in front of him since stepping off the back porch thirty minutes ago. “She speaks,” he worked out between stiff lips. “I wondered if it was present company that had your tongue on hold or just enjoying the walk.” He tried to crack the tension, but she didn’t bite. And nothing about the walk in the early morning light spoke of tranquility. Normally at this hour robins and hares would be out foraging for berries and little insects to feed on. Instead, everything was quiet, even his little minx.

“I’m just focusing. Shh.”

Maybe. But he knew her better than that. When something weighed on her mind, she fell quiet. If he could figure a way to get her to talk, maybe he could find out how to smooth over any rough edges his confession created.

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