Sentinel: Bravo Bear: (A BBW Paranormal Shape Shifter Romance) (The Agency Book 1) Read Online Free

before she had to do that, but she wasn’t there yet.
    “No boy either?” he asked, eyes twinkling.
    “Not unless you count creepy men staring at me like I’m some sort of freak,” she muttered. “I don’t think you’d approve of that type.”
    He chuckled. “No, I suppose I wouldn’t. Not to worry; you know I’m just teasing you over that.”
    She nodded, not wanting to speak as she finished her meal. The other thing her dad did was cook. He was very good at it. Looking up to thank him for it, Maddy’s eyes narrowed as she saw the suddenly sober expression on his face.
    “What?” she asked through her food, not caring about the impoliteness. Her father was rarely a serious man.
    “Maddy, there’s something we need to talk about.”
    Maddy shot upright. Her father never called her Maddy. Never. Ever. No matter how many times she asked, he refused. For him to use it now, whatever he was about to say must be extremely important to him.
    “What is it?” she asked nervously. Had he been fired? Did they have to move? Was he sick with some sort of shifter sickness that she didn’t know about?
    Maddy knew a lot about shifters, though like most women born with a shifter parent, she didn’t carry the gene herself. No one was quite sure why that was, but it was a long accepted fact that female shifters were few and far between.
    Still, she was blessed with a few traits, such as being far more resistant to most illnesses, and generally having slightly keener senses than her human friends. She still got sick, albeit rarely, and she wasn’t superhuman by any stretch, but it was enough for her. But her father was Mr. Invincible to her. What could have him so worried?
    “One moment,” he said solemnly, rising from the table and quickly going over to his workbench. He returned, envelope in hand.
    “You should read this,” he said quietly.
    “Dad, you’re scaring me,” she said, not reaching for the slightly yellowed envelope.
    “Madison, this is no time to act like a child,” he said sternly, in the first reprimand she had heard in years. “Read it.”
    She was shocked. This wasn’t her father at all. He was on edge and cautious; she could see it now. Definitely not his usual laid-back self.
    Swallowing nervously, Maddy reached for the envelope and pulled it across the table toward her. With trembling fingers she made to open it.
    “What does it—”
    BANG! BANG! BANG!
    She jumped in her seat as something thumped ominously on the door.
    The growl that came from her father audibly filled the room, and she slid from her chair as his entire attitude changed. The jovial city shifter was gone, and in his place was something else. Something far more…feral. He stalked toward the door, even as a fist, or whatever it was, thumped insistently again. When he got close he killed the lights, plunging the room into shadow.
    This was a side of him she had never seen before. The protective bear was out, and she wanted to know everything. The letter was clutched to her chest, forgotten for the moment. Her dad peeked through the door, then backed to the side.
    “Thunder,” he called, before moving with a swift stealthiness she hadn’t known he possessed to stand on the other side of the door.
    His voice has whoever it is thinking he’s on the other side. But why would he do that?
    In case he needed to attack, that’s why.
    “Lightning!” came the reply.
    Her dad seemed to breathe a little easier as he reached over and unlocked the door. Whoever was on the outside immediately pushed the door open wider and stepped inside. The door obscured her dad from the newcomer, but the instant it swung shut her dad attacked, leaping at the man, his hands going for his neck.
    Maddy screamed, thinking her dad was going to kill him. But then the newcomer, also a shifter if his size was any judge, did something and suddenly her father was sliding across the floor toward her.
    “I said Lightning!” the man said, stepping into the