Loyal To The Bear (Second Chance Shifters 2) Read Online Free Page B

you can shift, but know that you are messing with a grizzly. If you were smart, you’d leave Carly and I alone and get the hell out of this bar right fucking now.”
    Lee coughed under the pressure of Henry’s hand over his throat. His eyes flashed a brighter gold as he desperately struggled under Henry’s weight, but he eventually realized that he was no match for Henry’s brute strength. Lee reluctantly lifted his hands in surrender. Henry lifted up his hand and Lee quickly got up. The security guards had gotten through the crowd and pulled Lee towards the exit. As he was about to be pushed out, Lee turned towards Henry and Carly.
    “You’ll get what’s coming to you. You both will,” he shouted and ran out of the bar.
    Even with Lee gone, Carly was still frozen in panic. Henry looked back at her and quickly rushed to her side. Carly barely reacted when Henry placed his strong arms around her shoulders.
    “Carly,” Henry said. “Let me get you out of here, okay?” Carly barely nodded and let Henry lead her out.

5
    Henry
    H enry was on high alert the moment that he and Carly left the bar. His grizzly was just under the surface, ready for a fight, but he knew he needed to first get Carly to safety and away from that fucking douchebag cougar. Henry heightened his senses to listen and smell for any danger as he guided Carly down the street.
    Once they had made it a few blocks away from the bar, Henry physically calmed down and looked over at Carly. Fuck , he thought. In his protectiveness, he had completely ignored how hard it must have been on Carly to be confronted by a cougar. Her normally bright face looked a little pale and he wanted nothing more than to pick her up and make everything right in her world again. It killed him to see her this upset and frightened.
    Henry tentatively wrapped his arm around her waist and pulled her closer to him. He smiled when he felt the tension in her body start to melt and was comforted by the thought that he was able to physically relax her in this way.
    “I know you might not like this,” Henry said. “But I would feel better if you stayed at my apartment tonight.” Carly barely nodded, and Henry could tell that she was still in a state of shock from what had happened at the bar. Had she been herself, she would have never agreed to stay at his place.
    Those fucking cats . Why did they have to be so off their rockers? Every other shifter Henry had met had always seemed normal. But never the larger cats. There was always something off about them. It was as if they were always stalking their prey and waiting on their next kill. Their hunting instincts were always on, and something that primal was hard to control. To Henry, it seemed like the animals ruled their minds, rather than the man ruling over the animal. With Henry and his bear there was always a balance. With the larger cats, he wasn’t too sure there was one.
    Henry and Carly reached his apartment building and he led her inside. “I’m going to make you some food, all right?” Henry asked. Carly nodded and plopped down on the couch.
    Henry walked into the kitchen and opened the fridge. He smiled when he saw his leftover meatloaf and knew exactly what to make Carly in order to cheer her up. It was what he always made her in college whenever she was stressed out. Several minutes later, the meatloaf’s aroma wafted out, and Henry held back a chuckle when Carly wandered into the kitchen with a big smile on her face.
    “Are you making my favorite?” she asked.
    “Meatloaf sandwich with mashed potatoes and gravy, coming right up,” he said. He watched her light green eyes sparkle and was happy that she was acting normal again.
    “I can’t believe you remember my favorite meal,” Carly said, as she sat down at the table and took a long whiff of the sandwich.
    “How could I forget,” Henry asked. “You only made me make this for you every single week that we were together.”
    “Well, you always made it