Ready to Bear by Ivy Sinclair

Author:Ivy Sinclair [Sinclair, Ivy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Shadow Creek Press
Published: 2015-09-26T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWELVE

Thea was quiet as she and Billy watched the buildings slide by through the windows. She wasn’t sure what to think or believe. She was completely out of her element, and she was well aware of her shortcomings when it came to anything resembling shifter business. She was getting a life lesson in just a few hours, and she wasn’t sure how she felt about it.

She also wasn’t sure how she felt about the man sitting just inches away from her. He was nothing like anyone she’d met before. He had managed himself admirably considering it sounded like he had been handed a death sentence. He was strong yet mysterious. She wondered what it would be like to feel his hands on her skin in a much more intimate way.

As if her thoughts had attracted his attention, his face swung to hers. “I didn’t have a chance to thank you again for what you’re doing.”

“I wanted to help,” she said.

“When we get to the park, you should go. Eric can help me, hopefully, track down the shifter who clawed me. There’s no need for you to concern yourself with this anymore.”

“I may not be a shifter, but I’m not going to ditch you just because I don’t have a nose for tracking,” Thea said.

Billy’s finger reached out and touched the tip of her nose before his hand slid to cup her face. For a moment, she forgot to breathe as she stared into his eyes. He seemed to be struggling to say something, but then his hand fell away.

“I’m sorry,” he said. “I’m being quite forward.”

“I don’t mind,” she said quickly.

She thought she caught the whisper of a smile on his face before his expression turned serious. “You don’t know me, Thea. While I would love the chance to get to know you better, it’s dangerous to be around me. Especially now. You saw what happened back there. If the medication wears off before we find the shifter who did this to me, I don’t know what will happen. I can’t control the bear. If he decides he wants out, and he finds a way to grab the upper hand, I can’t protect you.”

“I’m not afraid of you or your bear,” Thea said. “I don’t think you are giving yourself enough credit, Sheriff.”

There was something in his face that told her his warning went much deeper than the situation that happened at Dr. Clarkson’s office. She remembered what Eric had said to her that morning. There was something in Billy’s past that was causing him to say those things. She thought that he wanted her as much as she wanted him. She felt it tangibly in the air.

“You should be,” was what he followed with.

The words hung between them. The right thing to do was to walk away. Thea knew that. But something about him had caught her up in its embrace. Thea slid closer to him instead. She touched his arm right below his injury. Dr. Clarkson had cleaned it up and bandaged it, but she still saw Billy’s slight wince.

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