Eventide of the Bear by Sinclair Cherise

Author:Sinclair, Cherise [Sinclair, Cherise]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Contemporary, Fiction, Romance, Erotic, Bdsm, Erotica, Paranormal
Publisher: VanScoy Publishing Group
Published: 2016-01-26T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty

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Cold Creek, North Cascades Territory – Beltane’s full moon

AS RYDER DROVE the SUV down the road to the Wild Hunt Tavern on Saturday, he glanced over at Emma. A fiasco with a construction job had kept him on-site for most of the hours since he’d seen Genevieve. He’d welcomed the work. Welcomed not having to deal with anything emotional.

But, he’d stalled enough. Friday morning, he’d told Ben about Genevieve’s presence in town, and his littermate had guarded Minette.

Emma also needed to know.

As it had every time he thought of Minette’s mother, his anger rose again. She wasn’t in town because of any motherly concern. No, Genevieve was hoping for a free ride. From the looks of her house, she hadn’t been doing well. Perhaps, since she’d already fucked just about every single male in Deschutes Territory, she was having trouble finding a male to support her.

A shame she’d been able to find him. But cahirs were fairly well known. Tracking Ben’s location wouldn’t have been difficult. Undoubtedly, she’d now discovered that the cahir was doing well. With her impervious ego, she’d never realized how much Ben had despised her five years ago. She’d figure if she made a play for him, he’d let her do anything she wanted. Even worse, Genevieve might cut a male loose, but in her mind, he was still hers. He didn’t get to move on to a new female.

On Thursday, she’d seen Ryder and Ben kiss Emma.

Not good. Not good at all, because Genevieve could be vicious. Her jealous tantrums had been so unpleasant that Ryder had stopped mating with other females at Gatherings because any female he’d mated at full moon suffered her virulent spite. She’d reduced several to tears.

When he’d told her he was leaving her—and hadn’t been broken-hearted about it—she’d destroyed his reputation in Farway. Made it look as if he was a violent, abusive liar.

No one had come to his defense. His own fault—he hadn’t tried to become part of the town. On first arriving, he’d joined a construction crew and quit after a week, too heart-sore about leaving Ben to continue. Instead, he’d made a business of his own handcrafts, planning to let the local stores sell them. Only, as his obsession with Genevieve died, he’d decided to sell at craft fairs. So when the people in town believed Genevieve and acted as if he was almost feral, he’d simply moved to a different territory.

Their opinion of him hadn’t mattered.

But he cared about Cold Creek, dammit. He wanted the town for his cub. Wanted the town for himself.

After a second, he realized Emma was studying him. “What’s wrong?” she asked.

Amazing. He’d always prided himself on being inscrutable. “You read me well, little bard.”

“It’s not difficult when you look like a boggart stepping in a pile of blessed salt.”

A boggart? “Ouch.” The disgusting little goblins were not only vicious, but ugly, as well. He tried to rearrange his face into more pleasant lines.

“You’re still glowering,” she pointed out mildly. “Has something happened?”

“Aye.

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