Bear With Me (Woodland Creek) by Nicole Blanchard & Woodland Creek

Author:Nicole Blanchard & Woodland Creek [Blanchard, Nicole & Creek, Woodland]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Tags: Romance, Contemporary, New Adult & College, Paranormal, Werewolves & Shifters, Psychics, Witches & Wizards
Amazon: B017ZI9WB2
Publisher: Bolero Books, LLC
Published: 2015-11-13T05:00:00+00:00

Sullivan

It happened on the way to my internship at the Chronicle a couple weeks later. It caught me so off guard I could have been shot and it wouldn’t have caused as much of a shock.

I was focused on blowing the steam from my cappuccino, so I didn’t see him until it was too late to hide. I look up and find his brown eyes from a few doors down and a shock reverberates through my body. He pauses where he’s unlocking the door to his shop, one hand frozen on the knob. My own fingers clutch the uncomfortably hot coffee cup and my feet are rooted to the cracked sidewalk.

His hand falls from the doorknob and he takes a hesitant step towards me. A bud of hope blooms in my chest and steals the breath from my lungs. In spite of everything Sam and Nonna have said over the past few weeks and in spite of my own pep talks, a voice in my head has a short prayer on repeat. My mouth opens and closes.

I finally make up my mind to cross the few shop fronts between us and make amends, do something, when he seems to come to his senses. His hand goes back to the knob, twists, and he sends one last long look over his shoulder before he disappears into the dark recesses of his store.

I take a step backward like I’ve been dealt a physical blow and damn if it doesn’t feel like it. This is why girls like me stay in our safe little bubbles with our predictable lives. Mysterious, handsome strangers aren’t worth the risk, no matter how good they can kiss.

Giving myself a shake, I step into the office and greet Michelle at the desk. Staff is minimal today due to the incoming storms. The normally bright and boisterous newsroom is eerily quiet. So quiet that I can hear the hum from the fax machine and the tapping of the few people who are at their desks. The whole room is darkened by the bruised clouds rolling in.

As I make my way toward my desk I’m grateful I only have to do a couple hours’ worth of busy work before I can leave. I’d hate to get caught out in a thunderstorm.

Henry spots me immediately and beelines for my desk. His tie is especially atrocious today, a puke and burnt orange creation which looks like it came straight out of the eighties.

“Great!” he says, running his fingers over his mustache. “We’ve just received the coroner’s report for the Running Deer girl’s murder. Apparently it was some kind of animal mauling. Give me a report on recent animal attacks in the area, then go down and take some pictures of the crime scene for me before the weather gets too bad.”

I glance out the window at the increasingly black sky and mask my frown. “Right away, sir.”

Hannah, another one of the lucky students from Hastings offers to help, but I brush her off.

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