Freaks Under Fire by Maree Anderson

Author:Maree Anderson [Maree Anderson]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Maree Anderson
Published: 2015-03-31T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

His heart pounded like it would burst from his chest and his breath came in sharp, painful gasps. He was running. From something bad—something that was gaining on him. He dug deep and somehow managed an extra spurt of speed. It howled, and his heart seized as all the hair on his body stood to attention. He chanced a glance over his shoulder and—

Abruptly he lay sprawled on the ground. It loomed over him, licking its chops. And then it opened its tooth-filled maw and—

Licked his face.

Tyler’s eyelids flew open and he found himself gazing into a pair of mournful yellow eyes. He swiped puppy-slobber from his cheek with the back of his wrist, and screwed up his nose as the canine version of morning breath hit him. Not a werewolf, then. Thank God for that. Not that he believed in werewolves or anything crazy like that but hey, it’d been a pretty realistic nightmare—no doubt caused by Brum’s furry presence in his bed.

“Arrooo.”

Tyler fondled the pup’s ears. “You miss her, huh?”

The pup whimpered and rested its muzzle on its front paws.

“Me, too.” Tyler scrubbed his face with his hands, blinked a couple of times, and glanced at his wristwatch. He loosed a heartfelt groan. Brum sure was an early riser. Maybe if he closed his eyes and feigned sleep, the pup would get the hint and—

“Rrrroooff!”

Apparently not. Grumbling beneath his breath, Tyler rolled out of bed, yanked on some clothes, and headed downstairs in search of Brum’s leash.

The morning “walk” turned out to be a pell-mell sprint all over the freaking park until Brum’s energy finally flagged and the pup flopped on the grass, refusing to budge another inch. Meaning Tyler had to pick him up and carry him home… and endure some of the most blatant pickup lines he’d ever encountered.

He unlocked the front door, kicked it shut behind him, and headed for Jay’s study. Brum woke the instant Tyler decanted the pup into his doggie bed, and with an earsplitting yip! of protest, rocketed from the study.

Tyler blotted his face with the hem of his t-shirt. The heat in his face wasn’t only from running ’round after Brum. Who knew so many single women were out exercising at this time of the morning? And who knew sporting a sleepy puppy draped over one shoulder was the trick to attracting their attention? Put it this way: He often took his shirt off to cool down after a run and because he was in pretty good shape, he’d gotten the odd appreciative glance. But having Brum with him had taken “attention” to a whole new level. Not even toting a baggie of puppy poop along with aforementioned cute-as puppy had put them off.

In future, if he had Brum with him, there would be no more going shirtless after a run…. Unless he wanted to see if Jay was capable of jealousy—

Nah. Dumb idea. Jay had already proven that she could experience jealousy when she’d dealt to Nessa, who’d been dumb enough to come on to Tyler in a disastrous effort win him back.

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