Slade (BBW Bear Shifter Moonshiner Romance) (120 Proof Honey Book 5) Read Online Free Page B

so.”

    He kissed her again, short and sweet, before she hopped off to her car.

    Maybe it wasn’t the smartest thing to do, but she really didn’t have a choice. She wanted him so badly and he just sat there, looking all sexy. It was the first of anything she’d felt since Valerie died and if she didn’t act on it, or do something to keep it going, then it might fade and she’d be right back in her grief, lonely. She was sick of feeling lonely. And she wanted Slade.  

    Well, that was one way to show her leadership abilities, wasn’t it? To take charge and make the first move? He had to like that. Most guys did. Found it hot when the woman acted first. Usually it was because the guy didn’t want the pressure of making the first move, of the chance of rejection, but that couldn’t be true in Slade’s case. He had far too much confidence to be one of those guys. No, with him, it would be about the challenge. She’d challenged him by making the first move. Now, he had to step up and take charge unless he wanted to let her run the show. And she was pretty sure that, being a man, his alpha was stronger than hers.  

    Good then. Let’s see what he does. See what move he made. See how much he really wanted her in return. She hoped it proved to be as much, or more than, she wanted him.

Veronica was on her way home when her phone rang. At first, her heart skipped. Was it Slade? But when she looked at her phone, she saw Beth’s name on the caller ID.

    “Hey Beth,” she said.

    “V? Where are you?”

    “On my way home. What’s up?”

    “You should probably hurry.” Beth sounded worried and her voice was hushed.

    “Why? What’s going on?”

    “Did you go to meet Slade?”

    “What? Why would you think that?” She hadn’t told any of them, and she’d been careful. How did they find out?

    “That’s what Christina said. And now, she’s got everyone going over there to attack them.”

    “What?! Attack them how?”

    There was a muffling sound, like someone was covering the phone.

    “Beth? You there?”

    The call ended. She must have hung up. Beth probably called without the others knowing. She could have endangered herself if they’d told her not to tell Veronica. They might have attacked her as well.  

    Well, Veronica wasn’t going to allow this. She pressed harder on the gas and scrolled to Slade’s number on her phone.

    “Hey,” he said when he answered.

    “We have a problem.”

    “Okay. What?” He already sounded ready to handle the situation. Ready to take charge. She liked that.

    “I just got a call from my clanmate. She said Christina is leading an attack on your guys.”

    “What else do you know?”

    “She just told me to hurry, so I’d guess it’s going on now. She seemed to know I was meeting you.”

    “Let me know if you get any more information,” he said.

    “I will. You too.”

    “Veronica?”

    “Yeah?”

    “Thank you.” Then he hung up.

    She drove as fast as she could back to her house. When she got there, she found the place empty. No note, nothing to say what was going on. It looked like it could be any normal day with them scattered off dong their own thing, their own parts of running the business.

    If it weren’t for Beth’s call, she would have no idea what was happening right now. She quickly stripped down, then ran out the back door, changing into bear form before her feet even hit the grass.

    She picked up their scent instantly. She knew it so well, it wasn’t hard. The problem was stopping long enough to really concentrate. Their smells were all over the woods. They were all through there all the time, so finding the most recent trail took a second, though she had an idea of which way they had headed.

    She picked up their trail and booked it, running at top speed for several long minutes and until she heard a distance growling sound. The sound of a fight maybe.

    She ran harder, her heart ready to burst from the speed. “What’s going