Bleacke's Geek (Bleacke Shifters) by Lesli Richardson

Author:Lesli Richardson [Lesli Richardson]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance
Published: 2012-10-18T04:00:00+00:00

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Ken finished grading papers just as Badger bellowed that dinner was ready. He’d made a vegetable lasagna for dinner, with roasted chicken on the side for the shifters.

Ken felt touched at the trouble Badger was going through. “This is delicious. Thank you,” he told Badger.

The older man gruffly waved away the compliment, but Ken didn’t miss how he also seemed to puff up a little at the praise.

“Oh, Dewi,” Badger said, “we got a call today from Tayla Barrons.”

Dewi let out a groan. “What now?”

“She’s worried about Kendra. She can’t get her on the phone, and Kendra’s husband won’t let Tayla talk to her.”

“Shit.”

Ken had to ask. “What?”

“Tayla is a Targhee packmate,” Dewi explained. “Half human herself, but she doesn’t shift. She married a human, Don, who died in Iraq not long after Tayla gave birth. Their daughter, Kendra, is part shifter, but she doesn’t shift either. She doesn’t know anything about that part of her heritage. Tayla decided not to tell her, since she’ll likely never shift. Well, Kendra married some dirtbag last year. Tayla thinks he’s been abusing Kendra, but Kendra won’t leave him or press charges.”

“It’s worse,” Badger added. “Tayla thinks Kendra’s pregnant.”

Dewi closed her eyes. “Crap.”

“I don’t understand,” Ken said.

Dewi turned to him. “As a pack Enforcer, my job is basically equivalent to a Wild West marshal. I keep the peace between shifters, enforce pack laws, settle shifter disputes, and protect humans from shifters when necessary. I also step in when there are cases like this.”

“Why not call the law?”

“Because obviously she won’t, or can’t, call the law. And she’s part of the Targhee pack by birth. She’s my responsibility, even if she doesn’t know anything about that part of her lineage.”

For the first time, Ken allowed himself to really think about the shooting Saturday night. “You said that guy you killed—”

“Peckingham.”

“Yeah. He was selling his daughters?”

She nodded and took a swallow of iced tea. “Total asshole.”

“Why would he do that?”

“Because shifter or not, some people are just born to grow up to be asswipe douchecanoes. He was one of them. His wife, Alexis, got in touch with me Saturday morning, in a panic.”

“She’s a shifter?”

“No, she’s a human. I had to step in once before when he decided to go heavy-handed on her a year or so ago after he got drunk one night. He found out I don’t hit like a girl. I gave him everything he gave his wife, along with hefty interest, in terms of a beating. He couldn’t walk for a week.”

Beck looked grim. “I told you then to just take him out.”

“I couldn’t. Alexis wouldn’t petition the pack for it.” She tapped the table. “This gave me cause.”

Beck shook his head. “Doesn’t matter. He was a dick. I would have taken him out if you’d have let me.”

“Yeah, and then Peyton would have been crawling up my ass about it and—”

“So,” Ken said, interrupting, “this guy, Peckingham. His wife is human but knew he was a shifter?”

“Yes,” Dewi said.

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