Mine to Bear: Icy Cap Den #2 (Alaskan Den Men) by Jennifer Hilt

Author:Jennifer Hilt [Hilt, Jennifer]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780996880091
Publisher: Mister Rochester Press
Published: 2016-07-04T18:30:00+00:00

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We drifted off to sleep, listening to the wind howl. Being with Dane was cozy and comforting. We were in our own cocoon, safe from the world. Hopefully we’d be snowbound for a day or so.

I woke up not feeling great again the next morning. Whatever I had was more serious than a cold. I wished Meg was back. We’d had an update from Ash that she was progressing slowly in Fairbanks but not ready to leave the hospital yet. Good news for her, not so great for me. Maybe I needed a sick day to get caught up on my rest. Feeling this tired all the time sucked. I’d never felt so drained by the cold and dark; even my fox spirit was quiet. It’d been several days since I’d last shifted.

Dane dropped me off at the inn before he ran errands. No time like the present to corner Gary and Max. “Hey, guys, how’s it going?” I asked.

They were studying blueprints in the lodge’s great room. Max flared his nostrils when I approached them. Today he wore skintight jeans with a button-down shirt and a mohair vest. His crotch bulged, which I found not the least bit arousing. Apparently Max was reliving a 1970s disco fantasy. Whatever. That guy was major weirdo. Vamps have never done it for me. They are so pale and chilly. Not to mention they usually have zero sense of humor.

Gary gave me a lopsided smile. His brown hair was shaggy. Unlike the rest of his body, his hair grew at an amazingly fast rate. As soon as Icy Cap got a decent population, we were going to need a salon. And a good coffee place. Come to think of it, someplace to buy clothes besides the general store would be awesome.

If that damn succubus had her way, we’d get nothing.

The guys murmured their greetings. Max inched closer to me. Gary tried to smooth down his cowlick.

My inner detective was done with small talk.

“Let’s talk about the succubus.” I unwrapped my scarf and unzipped my parka. Gary’s smell was making me nauseated, and being all wrapped up wasn’t helping. “I saw her last night, so don’t play dumb.”

Gary frowned. “Are you sure it was a succubus?” I held my breath to avoid the putrid smell when he exhaled.

I nodded. “What do you know about this?” I asked Max.

He shrugged. “Nothing comes to mind.”

For fuck’s sake. This whole detective thing was much harder than it looked.

“I’m curious: did you meet this succubus alone?” Max’s eyes wandered over my body. I hoped he’d brought some blood with him, because he was going to be hungry in Icy Cap otherwise. Vampires only drink humans’ blood, and we sure as hell didn’t have any of those running around here.

“I was with Dane.” It wasn’t a lie. I was with Dane when he met the succubus. I was sitting in the truck. “Why?”

“Ahh.” Max returned to studying the blueprints.

“Quit fucking around, Max. Tell me what you know.”

“What’s it to you?” Max asked.

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