Harmony Raines - Rescued By The Bear (Bear Creek Clan #1) by Unknown

Author:Unknown [Unknown]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven - Brad

He had carried on down the trail, following Sam’s lead. He and Sam had scented strangers about two miles away, they were heading over to them now. It worried him that they had made it so far into Bear Creek. The old Francis place, where Abbi had hidden, was another five miles away. He had expected to have to travel to that edge of town to catch their trail. Not to find them practically on his doorstep.

Brad would have liked to pick up the pace, to move faster to find their quarry. However, they were capable of missing something if they went too fast. He was glad Sam had taken the lead. For once, the town sheriff was not the one with a cool head. He was too emotionally involved to think straight. Acknowledging this, he made a point of dropping further back, behind the others. Only Hal remained behind him, bringing up the rear.

It took a full half hour to pick up the trail. Fresh scents crisis crossed each other, making it hard to pick a direction to follow. It was a mixture of wolf, lynx, and perhaps fox. Some of the scents were those of creatures indigenous to the area, meaning they might not be shifters at all. This always make things confusing.

They decided to follow the wolf scent. There were no ordinary wolves in the surrounding area. Making that scent was the one most at odds with the natural scents they would have expected to find. Wolves tended to run on the other side of the mountain. Wolf Springs was their pack territory, and boundaries were seldom crossed. If bears and wolves kept out of each other's way, there was less trouble. Only one other bear clan lived close by. They were further over the mountain, higher up the canyon. The two clans did not mix well.

This meant that Bear Creek had its own scents and smells. One of the jobs he found most enjoyable was patrolling their territory. It gave him an excuse to take bear form during the day. He could spend hours checking no trespassers had crossed the boundaries.

Tonight those boundaries had been breached, and the trespassers needed to be taught a lesson. No one came here to steal from Bear Creek inhabitants, especially not females.

Ahead of him Sam grunted, and stopped. He sniffed around in the dry leaf litter, and then lifted his head and scented the air. He moved off again, giving Brad a worried look. It didn't take Brad long to understand why.

Sam was leading them back along another trail. It ran parallel to the one they had come down. What did that mean? They were heading back up towards his house. The very place where he had left Abbi was the very place the trespassers were heading. And he had left her there all alone. He had promised her she would be safe. He had lied.

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