Sawyer's Mate_Shifter Nation_Werebears Of Big Bend by Meg Ripley

Author:Meg Ripley [Ripley, Meg]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-01-16T05:00:00+00:00

14

Madelyn

I had set the alarm on my phone in case I fell asleep, but there had been no real danger of that. I was wide awake and wired, waiting for 2 a.m., which was the time I thought best to go and do my deed. It seemed late enough that no one would be at the park or awake, but still early enough that I could claim to be just coming back late if anyone stopped me.

When I pulled into the park, I drove very slowly, and as I neared the dig site, I turned off the car’s headlights. It took a moment for my eyes to adjust, but the starlight was bright, and it looked like all the lights were still on at the dig. Oh no. My stomach sank. Was someone out there? I parked a few hundred feet away and snuck up to the site on foot.

I kept my eyes and ears open, but saw and heard nothing, so I approached the bones and inspected them again. It was more obvious than ever that it was a bear shifter. I hoped Julian didn’t take it seriously. As long as he believed it was a fairytale, everything would be fine. Nothing seemed to have been tampered with.

I looked at the bones for a long moment, deciding. In the end, there was more bear than human and I figured no one would order forensics on bear remains. The human bones—and any deformed enough that they might give something away—would have to go.

I knelt down and plunged my shovel beside the first bone, removing enough dirt until I could get the bone loose. After I had the first one, I went on to another.

“You there! Freeze!”

My shovel fell from my hand. I didn’t move, and I couldn’t have if I’d tried. My heart thudded in my ears, knowing I was caught. In a rush of panic, everything that could go wrong came to mind. I could get kicked off the dig or kicked out of school. I could be arrested and fined. I could go to jail, even.

And I would lose Sawyer and my whole future.

“Stand up slowly with your hands up,” the voice said.

I stood slowly, shakily, and raised my hands. They, too, shook terribly.

“Turn around slowly.”

I did as he said and squinted in the light he shined in my eyes.

“What are you doing here at this hour?”

I had to think fast. Maybe I could still get out of this. “I’m a paleontology student on the dig here. I made this discovery, and I was just coming to check on it.” I forced a chuckle. “I guess it’s a little geeky, but I was so excited about it, I couldn’t sleep.”

“You care to explain, then, why you removed two of the bones?”

Oh no. “I… Uh…”

“There are cameras, miss. Don’t try to deny it. I saw the whole thing.”

Cameras? I didn’t look around, but I didn’t know where they could be. Unless…they were mounted on the trailer?

“Um, is it possible to talk to Sawyer? Montgomery? I…know him and he’s been working with us.

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