Jade Crew: Fallen Bear (A BBW Paranormal Shape Shifter Romance) (Ridgeback Bears Book 7) Read Online Free Page B
two human women.
He snarled internally, knowing he hadn’t been responsible for what had happened. It had been the other shifter who had thrown the first punch, not Evan. Everyone knew that, but they chose to blame him for it.
“So, do you accept?” Gabriel asked, his words blasting apart the memories and bringing Evan back to the present.
“If they accept me as their Alpha, then yes,” he said, motioning to all the cells to his right, where the other male shifters resided.
“I do,” they said almost as one.
Nodding, Garrett stepped to the control panel and punched several buttons. A moment later, the cell doors began to grind open. Evan stood back, his eyes darting around the room as he waited for the other shoe to drop despite Garrett’s assurances. The doors finished retracting with a clang, but he didn’t move.
After a handful of seconds had passed, he tentatively took a step toward the opening. When nothing happened, he darted through into the room beyond, looking around in wonder. It had been over three months since he had last stepped foot outside the cell, and his senses tingled with warning.
In the end, however, no threat emerged.
“You were serious,” he said to Garrett, the Jade Crew shifter looking somewhat amused as the other bears slowly followed him out of their cells. He looked at the shifters he hadn’t seen in months, imprinting the memory of their faces into his mind, so that he might never forget. They were his now.
“I was, and still am,” he said, gesturing toward the doorway, indicating that Evan should follow him that way.
Nodding, he waited for Garrett to go, and once again to his surprise he did. By leading the way Garrett was exposing his back to Evan, a potentially dangerous move. But by doing so, he demonstrated the faith he had in the former Jade Crew bear.
The group of shifters headed for the hall, intent on making their escape from the white room that had been their own personal hell for far too long. All that Evan could think of was getting out into the open, to see the sky above him and have trees around him.
And one of Ferro’s beers wouldn’t be the worst thing in the world either.
A noise from his left caught Evan’s attention, and all of a sudden he remembered that there was still another shifter locked up. He cast a glance over at the cell, a grimace on his face as he realized what the poor sorry soul was in for. Evan just hoped she would get out sooner than he did.
“Hey, watch it!” Jared said in irritation as Evan walked right into him.
“Sorry,” he mumbled, but his attention was transfixed elsewhere.
Her back was to them, but it didn’t matter. The long, dirty-blonde hair hung down over a leather jacket, nearly touching the midpoint of her back. Faded blue jeans concealed thick legs and a large ass. The leather jacket was dried and split, with no logos adorning it. The way it swam on her made him think that it had once belonged to a male closer in size to himself.
A single thought ran through his mind.
You need her.
Chapter Three
Victoria
“She comes too,” she heard him say, picturing his hand coming up to point at her cell.
“She’s not going anywhere,” Gabriel said. “Not until we know how she got here.”
“She comes too, or no deal,” Evan said, injecting steel into his voice, letting the others know that he wasn’t going to bed on the issue.
Victoria had been facing the far wall, her back turned to the others as they prepared to depart, leaving her alone without any contact as they mysteriously freed the others. That had seemed like it was to be her fate, until he had decided otherwise.
Evan.
Who was he? Why was he so adamant that she go with them? Nobody cared that much about her, especially not a male shifter. Her hands pushed off the solid rock, propelling her away from the wall. Using the momentum, she turned and strode smoothly to the front of the cell, where she almost walked right into the bars as
He snarled internally, knowing he hadn’t been responsible for what had happened. It had been the other shifter who had thrown the first punch, not Evan. Everyone knew that, but they chose to blame him for it.
“So, do you accept?” Gabriel asked, his words blasting apart the memories and bringing Evan back to the present.
“If they accept me as their Alpha, then yes,” he said, motioning to all the cells to his right, where the other male shifters resided.
“I do,” they said almost as one.
Nodding, Garrett stepped to the control panel and punched several buttons. A moment later, the cell doors began to grind open. Evan stood back, his eyes darting around the room as he waited for the other shoe to drop despite Garrett’s assurances. The doors finished retracting with a clang, but he didn’t move.
After a handful of seconds had passed, he tentatively took a step toward the opening. When nothing happened, he darted through into the room beyond, looking around in wonder. It had been over three months since he had last stepped foot outside the cell, and his senses tingled with warning.
In the end, however, no threat emerged.
“You were serious,” he said to Garrett, the Jade Crew shifter looking somewhat amused as the other bears slowly followed him out of their cells. He looked at the shifters he hadn’t seen in months, imprinting the memory of their faces into his mind, so that he might never forget. They were his now.
“I was, and still am,” he said, gesturing toward the doorway, indicating that Evan should follow him that way.
Nodding, he waited for Garrett to go, and once again to his surprise he did. By leading the way Garrett was exposing his back to Evan, a potentially dangerous move. But by doing so, he demonstrated the faith he had in the former Jade Crew bear.
The group of shifters headed for the hall, intent on making their escape from the white room that had been their own personal hell for far too long. All that Evan could think of was getting out into the open, to see the sky above him and have trees around him.
And one of Ferro’s beers wouldn’t be the worst thing in the world either.
A noise from his left caught Evan’s attention, and all of a sudden he remembered that there was still another shifter locked up. He cast a glance over at the cell, a grimace on his face as he realized what the poor sorry soul was in for. Evan just hoped she would get out sooner than he did.
“Hey, watch it!” Jared said in irritation as Evan walked right into him.
“Sorry,” he mumbled, but his attention was transfixed elsewhere.
Her back was to them, but it didn’t matter. The long, dirty-blonde hair hung down over a leather jacket, nearly touching the midpoint of her back. Faded blue jeans concealed thick legs and a large ass. The leather jacket was dried and split, with no logos adorning it. The way it swam on her made him think that it had once belonged to a male closer in size to himself.
A single thought ran through his mind.
You need her.
Chapter Three
Victoria
“She comes too,” she heard him say, picturing his hand coming up to point at her cell.
“She’s not going anywhere,” Gabriel said. “Not until we know how she got here.”
“She comes too, or no deal,” Evan said, injecting steel into his voice, letting the others know that he wasn’t going to bed on the issue.
Victoria had been facing the far wall, her back turned to the others as they prepared to depart, leaving her alone without any contact as they mysteriously freed the others. That had seemed like it was to be her fate, until he had decided otherwise.
Evan.
Who was he? Why was he so adamant that she go with them? Nobody cared that much about her, especially not a male shifter. Her hands pushed off the solid rock, propelling her away from the wall. Using the momentum, she turned and strode smoothly to the front of the cell, where she almost walked right into the bars as
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