Bachelor Bear by Elsa Jade

Author:Elsa Jade [Jade, Elsa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Bear shifter and witch paranormal romance
Publisher: Red Circle Ink
Published: 2018-07-17T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

In the dark, the steep road up the mesa was scarier than anything that might be waiting for her at the top, and she was white-knuckled by the time she found the little sideroad that Dena had told her would lead to the huckleberry fields where grumpy bears apparently liked to hunker down.

Gin flapped her elbows to air out her sweaty armpits. Between the anxiety of the steep drop-off and the AC crapping out as the bus labored up the road, she was glad to have chosen the sleeveless dress. She drove as far as she could, the headlights gamely winking from trunk to trunk of the towering ponderosas that crowned Mesa Diablo. Somewhere among the rocky spires, she knew petroglyphs carved into the rock told the ancient story of how shapeshifters had claimed the wildlands, but Gin wasn’t focused on history or shifter secrets; she was here for her sisters’ future and her own magic.

For an instant, the headlights seemed to black out, and her pulse lurched as if she were about to drive right over one of the cliffs to tumble headlong back to the town below. Then she realized she’d left the trees behind, and the headlights were falling on nothing. Only stubbly bushes remained, with the dark, glossy leaves of huckleberries.

She guided the bus to the side of the narrow track. Too narrow to turn around. If she had to make a quick getaway here, she’d be doing it in reverse.

Climbing out from behind the wheel, she wanted to stretch, but if anything, her tension was worse. In the silence, the overheated engine ticked like a time bomb—or a disapproving auntie.

God, these bears were the worst. The last time she’d been out on a night like this, she’d been boning Ben.

A sudden longing for his easy smile and easier hands swept over her. He would’ve been up for another midnight adventure. Plus, he probably would know exactly where his cousin was.

But as she stepped into the gleam of the headlights, she had to think that maybe Ben would’ve been against this idea. Not to mention, she’d basically told him to kiss off last time they saw each other.

She’d always gone her own way, and proudly, but for the first time, she had to admit maybe it was because she kept pushing everyone out of her way.

Well, too late now. She was up here by herself.

She leaned through the open window of the bus and gave the horn a little courtesy toot. Instantly, she wished she hadn’t. The friendly cartoony beep sounded like some sort of wimpy prey animal begging to be put out of its misery.

“Thor,” she called, hoping her voice sounded stronger than the VW. “I changed my mind. I want to make that deal.”

Gah, Ben was running a bachelor show, and now she was all “let’s make a deal”ing with Thor. As entertainment went, she supposed this was the best Angels Rest had to offer.

“Thoooor.” She took a few wandering steps away from the bus, but the bushes were too dense to go far, even if she had lumberjack boots.

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