Billionbear and Pair of Bears Boxed Set: BBW and Menage Bear Shifter Romance by Chant Zoe

Author:Chant, Zoe [Chant, Zoe]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-07-03T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Two

Jackson

Jackson Ford took a deep breath, and inhaled the aroma of rotting garbage. He made a face. Even when he was a bear, he wasn’t big on garbage. His bear liked honey from the tree, salmon snatched straight from the river, or a mouthful of sun-warmed ripe blueberries.

As a man, he liked garbage even less. Nor was he used to lurking in dark, disgusting, trash-filled alleys. In fact, he wasn’t used to lurking, period. Jackson’s natural environment was the wild green forest or a high-tech office.

After a final grossed-out glance at the heap of he-didn’t-even-want-to-know-what with flies circling above it, he turned to Eli. “You owe me for the lurking.”

Eli grinned at him. Now there was a man who was at home anywhere— filthy alleys, wild forest, bleak desert, deep underwater— well, anywhere except a high-tech office. “I’ll buy you a beer when we’re done.”

Both men glanced out the alley, to the service entrance of SmartDefense’s looming tower across the way, then simultaneously muttered, “Wonder if Paisley likes beer...?”

“Jinx.” Eli punched Jackson in the ribs.

“Ow,” Jackson said automatically, though it hadn’t hurt. Then, unable to stop himself even though they’d had the conversation something like twenty times in the last week, he said, “You really think she’ll go for it? Go for us?”

“She’s our mate,” Eli replied calmly. “It’s meant to be. That’s what mates are. You can’t run away from destiny.”

“There’s always a first time,” Jackson said. “We’re in a ‘first time’ already. Whoever heard of a cat being mate to a bear? Let alone mate to two bears! I’m not surprised that she thinks it’s weird. I just hope she doesn’t think it’s so weird that she runs away and never comes back.”

Eli pointed upward, at the glittering tower. “She hasn’t run away yet. Be patient.”

Jackson sighed. “I’m not the patient type. I believe in instant gratification. See the honey, get the honey.”

“Get stung,” Eli pointed out. “Paisley was about to jump out that window. Move too fast on her, and she’ll be gone in a flash of black fur. Cats don’t like being strong-armed.”

“I wasn’t going to strong-arm her,” Jackson protested. “You know I’m not pushy. I’m just straightforward.”

“So am I,” said Eli. “Well, we’ve been straightforward with her. She’s had time to think about it. Now we let her come to us. It’s like a mission where your orders are to capture the target alive. If they’re hiding in a crowded building, you don’t charge in, guns blazing, and risk them getting shot dead or escaping in the commotion. You sit back and wait until they think it’s safe to come out. Then you make your move.”

“You’re being scary again,” said Jackson.

The rasping sound of metal scraping against concrete made him jump. Eli crouched, hands open, ready to fight.

A manhole cover pushed upward, nearly under Eli’s feet, and Paisley’s head popped up. “Welcome to SmartDefense.”

“What are you doing here?” Jackson asked. “I thought you were going to let us in through the service entrance.”

“Change of plans,” Paisley replied.

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