To Trust A Bear by Hartley Emilia

Author:Hartley, Emilia
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-11-01T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

Callie woke in the back seat of an unfamiliar truck. It smelled like sweat and dirt. A rental, she thought. The floors were neat and clean save for a single duffle bag tucked under the front seat. The bench seat she’d been propped on was narrow. She twisted her wrists, finding them free. Nothing bound her, not even a seat belt.

The retreat had been hasty. Her father was the only other person in the truck with her, gripping the steering wheel in the seat in front of her. Sure, a shifter could probably survive an accident, but that didn’t mean she wanted to deal with the healing. Slowly, while she kept putting the pieces together, she slid the belt over her chest.

Her father had arrived amazingly fast. He must have booked the first flight. That, or he had his own plane waiting.

“You could have let me live my own life,” Callie grumbled. She wiped away the last of the sleep from her eyes, arms refusing to agree with her. The drug made her body ache in ways she’d never known before.

That was another thing she didn’t know they had. There was a lab at the Den, one that was working to make things that shifters could take. The progress was slow, at least that was what her father had told everyone. Apparently, it was slow because he had them working on other things behind closed doors.

“This isn’t going to make me listen to a word you have to say.” Callie never felt like this in her life. The sides of her face burned, and her hands curled against her thighs. She wanted to tear the tires from the truck, to thunder through the mountains back to her mate.

Her father said nothing. She was afraid of what he had left up his sleeve. She twisted, looking for Emmy. It was a small relief when she realized the female shifter wasn’t among them. Her father hadn’t wanted Emmy. He wanted his daughter.

“I’m so sorry I sent you to speak with them. Those shifters brainwashed you. They made you forget everything that was great about the Den.” Her father’s voice was filled with what sounded like genuine remorse.

Bile burned Callie’s throat. He either believed his words or was a great actor. Callie didn’t know which was worse.

She remembered Morgan, studded with tiny darts and still reaching for her. She closed her eyes and wished she was back in his arms. It was amazing how the distance between them felt like pain. There was a bond between them that had always been slack. The moment they’d been thrust together, it had been pulled taut. Now, it hurt like someone was pulling her hair.

Callie settled for knowing that she’d been injected with the same drug. Her body hurt, but she wasn’t dead. The others would be waking soon, too. Morgan had borne the brunt of the attack. He’d been filled with darts in an effort to keep him down. She could only hope the others knew how to help Morgan.

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