Aurora on Bruins' Peak (Bruins' Peak Bears Book 3) by Sarah J. Stone

Author:Sarah J. Stone [J. Stone, Sarah]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-07-19T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

Austin slammed his truck hood shut and slid behind the wheel. He fired up the engine and swung the driver’s door closed. He put the truck in gear and used the front end to slowly push Bain’s smashed pick-up off the road until it toppled into the ditch.

He reversed back onto the road and headed for home. He hung his arm through the driver’s window and turned the radio up to its loudest level. He beat the steering wheel in time to the music and shouted to the skies. He was going home to get permission to marry Aurora Cunningham! This was the happiest day of his life!

The last week with her in his den had passed like a dream. He never believed a Bruin could experience so much pleasure and contentment, but a shadow of doubt hung over every day and night. Her angelic skin and her delicious juices mingling with his couldn’t drive that shadow away.

He didn’t want to admit to himself that the old feud between their tribes could haunt their happiness so much. Didn’t the Cunninghams and the Farrells learn anything from Star and Brody? Would the old animosities rise again to stain Bruins’ Peak with blood?

No one wished more than Austin that it wasn’t true, but in the end, he had no choice but to go back and face the firing squad. He couldn’t be completely happy with Aurora with that shade dogging their footsteps everywhere they went. They had to get their families’ approval before they settled down to the rest of their lives.

Every Bruin had to go through this process. Their people followed strict traditional rules for mating and inter-tribal alliances. Most Bruins met someone at a gathering or a wedding, and the rest was history. No one on Bruins’ Peak had to worry about this stupid feud nonsense – no one but the Farrells and the Cunninghams. That by itself gave the best reason under the sun to put this feud to rest once and for all.

He Austin’s truck skidded into the big shed in front of Farrell Homestead. He got out, slammed the door, and shoved his keys in his pocket. Suddenly, a rough voice bellowed out of the gloom, “Where the dickens have you been? Don’t you know I needed your help around here the last week? I thought you were through with all that running around.”

Austin spun around to confront Brody. “Hey, man. Good to see you again.”

Brody swelled out his shoulders. “I asked you a question. Where have you been? You can’t just run off and leave me in the lurch like that. Don’t let me start thinking you’ve gone back to being an unreliable toad.”

Austin stiffened. “You said yourself I had better things to do,” his tone almost emotionless.

Brody frowned. Then his countenance cleared and he nodded, “Oh, yeah. Okay.”

Austin scratched the back of his neck. “Actually, I’m glad you’re here. I want to talk to you about something.”

Brody stepped around him and gave the dented side panel of the truck a kick.

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