Rancher Bear by Bolryder Terry

Author:Bolryder, Terry [Bolryder, Terry]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 2015-09-20T07:00:00+00:00

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BONNIE FELT her nerves abandoning her as she knocked on the door listed on the note Seth had written.

Just get it over with, she told herself. Just hurry and tell him and then move on.

She told herself she was a new Bonnie. Someone he couldn’t control anymore, the way he’d been controlling her since they were kids. But apprehension prickled through her like a cat raising its hackles.

When he opened the door and looked straight at her, she felt her courage fail. She wasn’t the new, empowered Bonnie she’d been becoming the past few days. She was the same Bonnie that had always been a good girl, always followed the family rules, and always done as Seth asked.

Like a good little future mate.

He had red hair, like she did, though his was more of an orangey strawberry-blond. He was handsome, average height, with freckles dotting his cheeks and nose. He had a slightly elven, boyish appearance that had always gone over well with the female clients at their vet practice.

But there was a hardness, a coldness to his eyes that struck her as hard as a rock to the head as he slowly inhaled the air and then narrowed his eyes at her. “What have you done?” he asked, opening the door wide and nodding sternly for her to come in.

Though they were the same age, Seth liked to act like he was older. Still, she didn’t know how he had the power to intimidate her when he wasn’t nearly the size of Jesse. He was much bigger than her, true, but those of her race weren’t used to being big. Unusually strong, yes, but not big.

“I didn’t do anything,” she said, letting him close the door but keeping it to her back so she could make a quick exit if needed. She wasn’t worried though. Seth had never hurt her. Physically anyway. Emotionally, he’d only been cold, and the fact that it hurt said more about her expectations than his personality.

“Look,” Seth said, running his hand through his red hair and making it stand on end. “I’ve made a mess of things. I get that. I was supposed to come after you, but I had to take care of some things at work.”

“You know Tammy could have subbed,” Bonnie said, folding her arms. “We’ve subbed at her hospital. She could have spared someone.”

Seth shrugged. “I didn’t think of it. Anyway, I’m sorry.” He reached out a hand for her. “Anyway, that’s no reason to go taking up with a bear.”

She didn’t take his hand, and he stood with a loud exhale and took hers anyway, pulling her over to sit on the bed beside him.

He patted her knee gently and nodded his head. “That’s right. Everything’s fine. I forgive you. You weren’t in your time, so you won’t be having his young.”

“Is that even possible?” she asked, and then Seth’s expression went dark, his brown eyes even colder, and she knew asking it had been a mistake.

“Why?” he asked.

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