Bound to the Bear (Denali Den Book 3) by Rebecca Thomas

Author:Rebecca Thomas [Thomas, Rebecca]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-04-04T18:30:00+00:00

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Stefan bit into his mooseburger and thought he’d gone to heaven. He hadn’t had mooseburgers since the last time he was at Denali Crossings, which was last summer. He had to be better about getting together with his family.

Losing Misha, he had been driven to protect others and concentrated on his job. He focused on finishing school, and then being a detective. Coming home had been painful since his brothers had known Misha and knew what he was going through. Their pity made him rage—he didn’t deserve pity. Enough time had passed now, he needed to realign his priorities.

Tess sat beside him on the picnic table. Her thigh kept rubbing against his. He wanted to give his burger his complete and full attention, but with Tess so close, it was impossible. Her scent permeated the air around him—making it hard for him to breathe.

What the hell was wrong with him? He felt agitated and edgy. Scratching his arms did little to alleviate his restlessness; drinking more beer didn’t help either. So he tapped his foot instead.

“Oh, my god,” said the human, Lexi. “This broccoli is to die for.” She scooped up another bite and stuffed it in her mouth.

Silas gave his mate a sideways glance, then shot a look at Tess. “She has sensitive taste buds and gets a little dramatic when it comes to food, but she’s right. Your broccoli salad is excellent. I’ll have to get the recipe from you. I have a hard time getting the teens to eat greens.”

“I’d be happy to,” Tess replied.

“So.” Ava propped her elbows on the table. “Tell us how you two met.”

Tess leaned into Stefan, took ahold of his elbow, and looked lovingly into his eyes. “Oh, let me, sweetheart, you know how I love to tell the story.”

Stefan patted her hand that she’d coiled around his arm. “All right, sweetheart, go ahead.”

“Stefan likes to drag the story out, but essentially what happened is he came to the bar where I’m a stripper. He paid a bundle for a private lap dance and the rest is history.”

Stefan’s eyes widened. He stared across the table at his brothers. They both stopped eating, mid-chew and stared at Tess.

Tess smiled as big and bright as the Northern lights, then slapped her hand on the table. “I’m just joking!” She laughed and eyed his brothers mischievously. “Wow. You guys really fell for that.”

Stefan reached under the table and squeezed her thigh. “Isn’t my Tess funny?”

Tess let out a little squeal and gave his hand an equally tight squeeze back.

Everyone laughed with words like too funny, you got us, and hilarious.

Tess whispered in Stefan’s ear, “Ouch. That hurt.”

He whispered back, “Keep to the script.”

Tess forcibly laughed. “Oh my, I’m getting threats if I don’t tell you all the truth.” She glared at him. “What actually happened is we were at a barbeque at Adam’s. I’m a friend of his neighbor’s and we went waterskiing.”

Stefan knew what she was going to say. If he interrupted, he’d only appear rude.

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