Bear Next Door (Midlife Shifters Book 1) by J.L. Wilder

Author:J.L. Wilder [Wilder, J.L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: J.L. Wilder
Published: 2021-02-08T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seventeen

EVELYN

“Evelyn. Wake up.”

Half awake, she batted at the hand that was shaking her. She had been dreaming of a day at the lakeshore with Brady and their child. It had been such a nice dream...

“Come on, I mean it. You have to get up.”

Frustrated, she blinked up at Brady. He was a shadow in the darkness of the bedroom. “What time is it?” she mumbled.

“Three-fifteen.”

“In the morning? What the hell are you waking me up for?”

“I’m sorry. I haven’t been able to sleep. I can’t stop thinking. We need to talk.”

“Give me a minute.” She sat up and scrubbed her hands over her face, trying to bring herself to full alertness. It was difficult. She had never been good at waking herself up in the middle of the night. “What’s going on?”

“It’s about the baby. And Steve. Come on, I’m going to start some coffee.”

“Coffee? You mean we’re not going back to sleep?”

“No, we need to have a serious conversation,” he said and got out of bed, leaving her staring after him.

She heard the sound of water running and the coffee pot beginning to percolate. She got to her feet and shuffled into the bathroom to splash some water on her face.

The water helped. She felt a bit more alert as she made her way from the bathroom to the kitchen, though she was still annoyed at Brady for having woken her. Whatever this was about, surely it could have waited until morning?

He was in the kitchen, pacing back and forth in front of the counter. She sat down, and he placed a mug of coffee before her. “Drink,” he said.

Shaking her head in confusion, she took a long sip. The warmth made her want to go right back to bed, but she could feel her head beginning to clear as the caffeine took hold. “All right,” she said. “Tell me what this is all about.”

“I haven’t slept a wink,” he said. “Something was agitating me. I didn’t know what it was at first. I kept trying to reassure myself with thoughts of you and the baby, with reminders that if it was a boy, he would be the next alpha, and I would be able to raise him to lead the den the way I thought was best. I’ve been turning that thought over and over in my head while you slept.”

“Well, it’s a nice thought,” she said. “Isn’t it? I like the idea that you might teach our son how to lead. You’d be great at it. You’re not worried about that, are you?”

“Not that specifically.”

“Then what? What’s the problem?”

“It’s Steve,” Brady said. “What do you think he’s going to do when he realizes there’s a chance I might have a biological son?”

“I don’t know what you mean,” Evelyn said.

“Think about it,” Brady said. “Think about the lengths he’s gone to to make sure I’m not a threat to him. He’s done everything he can think of to make sure I don’t have any respect or support within the den.

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