Bear in a Bookshop (Shifter Bodyguards Book 3) by Zoe Chant

Author:Zoe Chant [Chant, Zoe]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-04-01T05:00:00+00:00

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It was hours later when they left the store, Gunnar freshly decked out in a new flannel shirt with creases so crisp that he kept squirming, and Melody carrying the bag with his old clothes.

He looked, if she did say so herself, amazing. She would've preferred maybe a little more 5th Avenue and less backwoods chic, but at least these clothes fit him and flattered him, unlike the old brown suit. The lumberjack look was hot on him. She'd found him a dark gray work jacket, which he was wearing over a shirt in a subdued green and gray checked pattern.

And it was fascinating how the clothes changed the way he fit into his environment. Suddenly, rather than looking like a stranger who might easily be fresh out of prison, he just looked like someone who was maybe down from one of the logging camps up in the mountains, or a local farmer. People no longer crossed the street to avoid him. Instead there were friendly smiles and curious glances. An older couple even stopped to congratulate her on her young man and ask for Gunnar's name. Melody was blushing fiercely by the time they moved on.

But Gunnar seemed pensive, subdued even. "Doesn't it seem fake to you?" he asked quietly. "They wouldn't have given me the time of day before."

"They just don't know what to think of you. This helps. It's like camouflage; it lets you blend into a crowd."

He touched a hand to the side of her face. "Is that what you do?"

She didn't pretend not to know what he was talking about. "Look, it's complicated. My father wants me to be ... ornamental, I guess. Beautiful and deadly."

"You are beautiful, no matter what," Gunnar said softly. He smiled. "And probably deadly too."

"It doesn't bother you?" she asked. Although there was no one nearby on the sidewalk, she lowered her voice. "Knowing what I am."

"Why should it? If you're not afraid of me, knowing what I am ... why would I be afraid of you?" He leaned in to sip at her lips, and murmured, "I would like to see your dragon sometime, though."

Her heart fluttered. No one had ever seen her shift except other dragons, and more recently, Ben and Tessa—but that was due to necessity: she'd had to fight another dragon to protect them. She had never just shifted because someone wanted to see her do it before.

"Wait until dark. I'll show you then—" Her phone interrupted her with an incoming text. She rolled her eyes when she saw who it was. "It's Ben, checking up on us."

Gunnar grinned. "You gonna tell him what we were up to?"

"And have him go all protective big brother on me? Hell no." She typed a brief return text letting him know she was still with Gunnar, still in Autumn Grove, and doing absolutely fine. "I told him I was showing you the town."

"Well, that's not wrong. Though ..." He glanced around. "I kinda think we've seen most of it."

"In that case, I suggest we get something to eat.

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