Avenge the Bear by T. S. Joyce

Author:T. S. Joyce [Joyce, T. S.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, Fantasy, Werewolves & Shifters, Paranormal, Literature & Fiction
Published: 2014-10-23T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

This was a bad idea.

Reese’s brakes to her jacked-up, mud-covered jet gray truck whined as she pressed the pedal down to the floorboard. Ethan’s camp was bustling with activity. Families scurried home after a long day of work, two fire pits donned blazing flames while a handful of shifters sat around them in deep conversation. Laughter rang out and a couple of kids ran out of the main tent toward the cabins.

Reese cut the engine. She should’ve just called. Coming out here was a terrible plan. Why had it seemed like the only way after talking to the girls? Now, she was right at the heart of a rival clan. Alone.

“Hey!” Rieland yelled, her stern voice echoing through the ranger camp. “What are you doing here?” The shorter woman approached with her arms crossed and a frown so deep over her hazel eyes, it had to hurt her face. She’d probably be pretty if she smiled more and snarled less. “This wasn’t an open invitation, bitch. You had your meeting with Ethan, now go back to your own people.”

Reese gripped the wheel and stifled the urge to reach through the open window and choke the fuming woman. She couldn’t afford to fight with no back up though. Was she reckless? Sometimes. But she wasn’t stupid and she sure as shit wasn’t going to be baited by some half-pint pissed off troll-doll.

“I need to speak with Ethan,” Reese gritted out as calmly as she could muster.

“Well, he doesn’t need to speak to you. Are you deaf? I told you to leave, and I don’t like repeating myself.”

“Rieland!” a man called out. “Back off her.” In the evening shadows, the man she recognized from the lookout tower jogged toward her, illuminated on one side by a fire pit some distance off. As he approached, he offered her a two fingered wave and turned a glower onto Rieland. “That’s no way to treat a visitor.”

“It’s exactly the way to treat an unwelcome visitor. Butt out, Jesse. I have this handled, and as second—”

“Don’t give me that second in the clan bullshit. Challenges aren’t over yet. And even if you did secure it, Ethan would be pissed if he found out you were shooing away his…Reese.” He shifted a green-eyed gaze to her. “You are Reese Evans, right?”

“Uh, yeah.” His Reese? Maybe all the shifters here were off their rockers.

“Ethan isn’t here. He’s got an overnight shift up at the tower. You can go up there if you’re determined. If not, you’ll have to wait until tomorrow afternoon at the earliest.”

“Okay,” she said, frowning in the direction of the road that led to the ranger tower. Maybe she could remember how to get there. She didn’t really think she’d have the balls to come back tomorrow. It was tonight, while she still had her nerve, or never.

“You’ve lost your damned mind,” Rieland spat out. “You’re going to trust her with him up in that tower?”

Jesse’s face was an experiment in irritation. “Why would

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