Handcuffed to the Bear: BBW Paranormal Bear Shifter Romance (Shifter Agents Book 1) by Lauren Esker

Author:Lauren Esker [Esker, Lauren]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Icefall Press
Published: 2015-08-19T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

Casey waited while Jack peered out of the cave. Then he nodded to her. "It's clear. C'mon."

They stepped out into a world washed clean. The sun winked at them through towering cliffs of clouds, and all around them, the entire mountainside glittered. All the little gullies and ravines were full of water; puddles gleamed atop every rock and on every spot of flat ground. From every tuft of moss, on each leaf of every small alpine plant, a bead of water hung like a little diamond. The air smelled fresh and wet.

"We shouldn't have waited so long. The rain was the biggest advantage we had." Jack sounded angry, but at himself, Casey hoped, not at her.

"We had to rest. We couldn't have gone on like we were."

In his human form, the extent of his injuries was shockingly visible. He'd been torn up on both arms, across his chest, down his sides. There were deep bite marks on one of his legs.

He still moved with the supple grace that was one of the first things she'd noticed about him, though. When he turned to look down the mountain, her eyes were drawn to the smooth play of the muscles on his back.

And, as tired as she was, her body responded to him. She could still feel the lingering heat of his lips on hers. God, in the cave, how she'd wanted—But, no. He was too badly hurt. They were in too much danger to let go and stop paying attention to their surroundings.

Yet.

Rain check, she thought, and ran the tip of her tongue over her lips, tasting him.

Most of the island was gone below them, lost in a wall of clouds that made her feel like she was standing on a much higher mountain. They were both already shivering in the clinging chill of the mist. Elsewhere on the mountain chain, dark walls of rain still obscured Casey's view—localized now, though, to isolated downpours. The bulk of the storm had passed over, and blue sky was visible in the oceanward direction.

Looking up the mountainside, Casey was surprised to realize they were almost at the top. "Should we see what's on the other side of the mountain?"

"We'd better."

The rocks were slippery, the wind wet and cold, so they both shifted by unspoken consent. Casey breathed deeply with relief at slipping back into her warm lynx fur, leaving the shivering human body behind.

The wet world was a wonderland of rich after-rain scents, but she couldn't smell any lions. Not yet.

She and Jack skirted around the rocky outcrop that sheltered the caves. From there, it was only a short scramble across steep rocks and loose scree to the summit. Jack crouched and crawled the last few yards on his belly. Casey followed suit, and together they peeked over.

It was much steeper on this side. The mountain fell away sharply, plunging down a frightfully steep slope—more of a cliff, really—to scattered patches of wind-gnarled pines attempting to eke out a living on its lower slopes.

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