Eric's Edge by Holley Trent

Author:Holley Trent [Trent, Holley]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: werebear, bear shifter, shapeshifter romance, psychic, private eye, private investigator
Publisher: Holley Trent
Published: 2015-11-24T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER ELEVEN

The last shifter Maria had seen sob so much was the teen Were-bear Chauncey, and given his rough childhood in Gene’s company, he certainly had good enough reasons to be a little unhinged. Marty, though, took the cake. Between his thick accent and all the sniffling, she couldn’t make out half of what he was saying.

Lacing her fingers together, she canted her head and just stared at him while he rambled, occasionally cutting her gaze to Eric who lounged on one of the questionably clean beds pinching the bridge of his nose and obviously trying to stave off sleep. It had taken him an hour to wake up from his forced shift back to his man’s shape, and Marty three hours, but both really needed to rest. They couldn’t, though, until they got to the bottom of some things.

Maria snatched up her phone when it rang and put it to her ear. “Dana?”

“Yep. I’ve got Bryan. Want to do video so Marty can see him?”

“Sure.” Maria tapped the necessary parts of the screen and turned her phone so Marty could see the folks back in Asheville and they could see him.

Nina sidled over to Maria and crouched so her face was level with the screen. “Hi, Bryan.”

“Hey, midget. You okay?”

“Yeah.”

“Good. I’ll talk to you in a little while.”

“When will I get to see Mommy?”

“Soon, I hope. We’ve just got to make sure no one’s following you except Marty, okay?”

“Okay.” Nina rejoined Gabe on the bed and clutched her new pillow to her chest.

Marty dragged his shirtsleeve across his runny nose.

“You know I’m gonna kick your ass, right?” Bryan asked him.

“I didn’t know what else to do.”

“You could have come to me before this shit happened.”

“I was being watched.”

“Why?”

“’Cause Gene didn’t think my allegiances were clear. How could they be? I’m married to your cousin.”

“So, what, he forced you to snatch the kids and go to prove whose side you were on?”

“No, he didn’t want proof of that. It was more like do it or die.”

Nina started wailing behind Maria.

Gabe sighed.

Maria turned around to see Gabe pulling Nina by the hand into the adjoining room, mumbling assurances that everything was okay.

Damn.

She wanted to go to them, but she couldn’t be everywhere at once. She needed to be in on that call. After all, that was part of her job.

She looked back at Eric who was straightening up and rubbing his eyes. Hopefully they’d be able to get out of there in time for the kids and their mother to catch their flight.

“You couldn’t have called?” Bryan asked Marty.

“How could I? All my calls get logged. I wanted to get one of those no-contract phones so I could get in touch from work when I’m there alone, but I can’t go anywhere with anything but a wallet lately. I get patted down every time they see me.” He sniffled. “It’s not just me. Folks are too scared to say anything. It’s like Gene has eyes everywhere and you can’t get away with anything.

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