Jade Crew: Hunted Bear (A BBW Paranormal Shape Shifter Romance) (Ridgeback Bears Book 6) by Amelia Jade

Author:Amelia Jade [Jade, Amelia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2016-04-23T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

Courtenay

Courtenay bolted upright.

Her dreams of Joel, sunshine and warm summer days, swimming in the river, picnics and even a glimpse of a child were ripped from her as she heard the loud, insistent banging on her front door.

Terrified at who could be there, she reached for her night table and the phone. There were no messages from Joel, and she quickly punched in his number, hoping he would pick up. She made a beeline for the closet as the phone went straight to voicemail. She knew that was not a good sign.

The closet door slid closed in front of her, and she tried to calm her breathing while looking out through the small little slats. She felt like she was in an old horror movie, except that this was real and there was no one around to save her.

The banging on the door stopped.

She held her breath, hoping that whoever it was had gone away. This wasn’t supposed to happen, she told herself. This was the exact reason why she had sent Joel away, desperate to stay uninvolved in anything that was going on. Now, it seemed, it had come for her anyway.

There was a humongous crash and Courtenay had to stifle a terrified scream as whoever it was broke down her front door. Footsteps clomped up the stairs rapidly, throwing open the door to her bedroom.

“Shit,” the voice hissed. “She’s not here.”

“Joel?” she asked in astonishment as she realized she recognized the voice.

“Courtenay?” he exclaimed excitedly.

Nervously she slid open the closet door.

“Oh thank God,” Joel said, sweeping her up in a hug as he pulled her into the room.

“Why? What? What the hell is going on Joel? You broke down my door!” she said, her voice rising as anger began to replace her terror.

“Shh,” he said, putting a finger to her lips. “I’ll explain everything, I promise. But right now, we need to go. You need to pack your bag with stuff as if you were going on a trip.”

“What the hell? No, I’m not going anywhere!” she protested.

“Courtenay Laurel,” Joel said, his eyes boring into hers as he assumed a voice and stature she had never seen before. “If you are ever going to just trust me and do as I say, now is that time. Pack your bag.”

His words and the tone of voice he used spurred her into action. Later Courtenay would still be unsure of how he had managed it, but something in his voice spoke to her, commanded her to do as he said. She saw a grimace pass over his face as she leapt to packing the first bag she could find, and wondered if Joel regretted having to do it.

He should have picked up his cell phone then. She snickered to herself at the thought.

“Why didn’t you answer your phone?” she asked, not pausing as she slammed clothes into the bag, followed by other essentials.

“It broke in the crash. I’ll explain on the way, I promise,” he said, urging her to be faster.

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