Stripped Bear | Bear Necessities by Lockwood Tressie

Author:Lockwood, Tressie [Lockwood, Tressie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781937394028
Publisher: Amira Press
Published: 2011-08-28T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter Three

Simone’s eyes hurt, and she had a headache. She’d smelled coffee for the last hour but hadn’t been able to make herself get out of bed. She’d have to face them. Somehow she forced herself up and showered and brushed her teeth. When she was dressed, she moved down the stairs, doing everything she could not to jar her head. At the base of the stairs, she paused hearing Ayana discussing the twins.

“You know they were out in the hall last night, right?” Ayana said.

Blaine grunted, and Reece chuckled. “Yes, but don’t worry. They weren’t listening to us.”

“How do you know?”

“Because Simone was listening,” he answered. Hearing that she snarled, ready to go read him. She didn’t need to get off listening to them have sex. And if they had any courtesy for their guests, they wouldn’t have been so damn loud.

“Okay, what the heck to you mean by that?” Ayana sounded just as annoyed as she was. Hello? Cousins. That’s gross.

“Because the sounds of sex got her excited, and because she was, Artan and Fallyn smelled it.”

Simone’s mouth dropped open. She stared blankly at the front door unmoving. Reece went on to explain what sounded to her like more craziness.

“You remember the bear can smell up to twenty miles away? It helps us track food and our mates. So you can imagine how strong Simone’s scent was in their noses last night. They wouldn’t be able to do much other than come to her. She doesn’t understand what we are or what it means for them to claim her. Fallyn might resist, but I don’t see him holding out for long.”

“Yeah,” Blaine agreed. “Otherwise, he would have already left. My guess is he can’t bring himself to do it. Last night was only the beginning.”

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“So maybe we should go to your house or to Reece’s,” Ayana suggested.

Simone chose that moment to walk in on them. “Maybe you should if you’re going to be so damn loud every night. I couldn’t sleep!”

The amusement on Reece’s face irritated her. “Glad to entertain.”

She rolled her eyes. “Bite me.”

“Maybe I should remind you that you’re the one who invited yourself, Simone,” Ayana griped. “But I do think we should make some adjustments with the arrangements. I don’t want to leave you alone with Artan and Fallyn.”

Simone poured herself a cup of coffee. “What am I, eight?”

“You wouldn’t understand.”

She ignored her cousin and looked around the kitchen. Artan and Fallyn weren’t there, and she hadn’t seen them passing through from the living room either. The second floor held only two bedrooms, so she knew they weren’t up there. Somehow the thought of them returning to the country or wherever they came from got to her. At least Artan leaving did.

“Where are the twins?”

“They weren’t here when we woke up,” Blaine told her.

Simone put her hand on her hip. “Let me get this straight. You let two half-naked men who’ve never been to the city loose in Charlotte?”

Blaine’s eyebrows drew together, and his lips grew white he pressed them together so hard.

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