The Bear's Arranged Mate: A Bear Shifter Romance Novel by Amy Star & Simply Shifters

Author:Amy Star & Simply Shifters [Star, Amy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-03-09T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER EIGHT

Behind the biggest boulder, there was another red paw mark and she saw that underneath was a bit of a skewed cave entrance. Hesitantly, she ducked down and tried to fit through. It was small, and probably so for most of the Bears, which meant they likely had to turn into humans in order to access it. That made her feel a bit more secure, and she tightened her hand on the grip of the pistol.

It took several minutes for her eyes to adjust to the blackness. It was a cave, and she saw it begin to widen the further she went. The smell was noxious, though. It filled her mouth and nostrils and she could taste it. It had a pungent flavor, like too much urine and feces and skin and hair. A true Bear den, musty with the scent of animal.

The cave itself looked to be half-natural and half artificial. Her fingers trailed on the wall, and she realized much of it had been carved away by claws. Her fingertips sunk into the grooves and she gulped again. Part of her wanted to turn on the flashlight that was in her backpack but she knew that it was too risky – for now she would have to make do with what light she had.

The further she went on, the further the cave seemed to deepen. After almost an hour of scrambling through the rocks and different tunnels, she started to grow worried. It felt like she was going in circles, and for all intents and purposes, she knew she was lost. All she could do was keep moving forward and hope that she ended up somewhere with more light. Her stomach felt like a nest of snakes, a warren of movement that kept threatening to make her scream.

How deep does this mountain go, she wondered.

Whatever else they were, the Bloodweres had demonstrated a pronounced tenacity for building tunnels. At any moment, she knew that she could stumble across one of them, and it would come down to who was fastest. In order to keep from raising the alarm, she might have to kill, and she tried to steel her resolve in this respect. It did little to soothe her nerves.

She decided to put the gun away. The sound of a gunshot outside was loud enough. In here, it would echo for miles and miles, and lead them right to her. There was also the possibility of causing a cave-in, and the claustrophobic notion of being trapped under a mountain made her heart flutter and she picked up speed.

Finally, after what seemed an eternity, the cavern opened up and she saw lights. She crouched low and saw that there was a giant antechamber. Some sort of phosphorescent moss bathed everything in bluish light – the Bloodweres were more ragged and vicious than she imagined. Below they were all gathered in human form, naked and filthy. Some were sleeping on pelts, others gnawing on pieces of meat and bone. For the most part, they looked quite idle.

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