Bear Brother (Bear Lodge Shifters Book 2) by Kyrii Rayne

Author:Kyrii Rayne [Rayne, Kyrii]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Dreamstone Publishing
Published: 2019-03-21T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8 - Ran All Day

Hiking to Jackson from the Lodge was a three-day affair for humans. For determined bear shifters, it was a single long day and night's run. In Jake and Darrin's case, only hunger caused them to pause for a break — and by then, the sun was setting again.

“He stopped near here for a while,” Darrin puffed as he fished out a few energy bars and tossed one over. “Not sure why, but there's a ranger's station over that ridge. It's the nearest thing of interest.” He unwrapped the snack and bit off half the bar, chewing hard and swallowing with some difficulty. “Maybe we should check it out.”

“Yeah, maybe.” Jake wasn't tired physically — his bear-shifter strength prevented it — but emotionally he was feeling worn out. Tonight, Anna would sleep alone, while he crashed through the brush between here and Jackson and prayed that Graypaw didn't wander in front of any security cameras before they got to him. It depressed him a little to think about.

He unwrapped the energy bar and shoved the whole thing in his mouth, chewing until his jaws hurt.

Darrin glanced at him. “You holding up?”

“Not so well,” Jake admitted finally. “I'm not so worried about Gray starting anything, but all he has to do is run into some jackass who picks a fight with him, and all Hell will break loose. It won't even be his fault, but... well... the guy looks like a Cro Magnon in jeans and hits like a truck. He's hard not to notice. If the police get in any way involved...”

“I get it. We'll just have to find him before anything like that happens.” Darrin was silent for a moment as he walked up to the ridge top several paces away and peered down at the ranger station below. The station lights were flickering on down there, casting a glow that Jake could see where he stood. “Yeah, this is where they have the trainee barracks. Though I think everyone's gone home for the weekend.”

“Home. To Jackson.”

They looked at each other.

A few minutes later they were creeping around the ranger station grounds, avoiding the security cameras while Darrin tracked the place with his nose. “Okay. Okay, I have Graypaw, and I think I have what he's following. You are seriously not going to believe this, either.”

Jake snuffled, aware of his brother's heavy scent, and also the smell of a dozen trainee Rangers and their instructors. Male, female, young to middle aged. Some perfumed, one guy with an inexplicable passion for fancy body spray.

“What is it?”

Darrin matter of factly followed the scent out to the parking lot, and looked around. “It's a girl. Human woman, on the young side, probably one of the trainees. Likes lemon shampoo, smokes a little pot. And your brother's been following her scent around like a bloodhound on a trail.”

Jake blinked in astonishment. “A girl. He's... he's run away, he's headed for Jackson... he really is doing all of this because he's chasing some human girl's scent.

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