Catching the Bear: BBW Paranormal Shapeshifter Romance (The Callaghan Clan Book 3) Read Online Free

me.
    Tearing my eyes from Bo, I said, “Yes.”
    “So you know where you’re going?”
    “I have a GPS in the Jeep—”
    “I know where we’re going,” Bo interrupted. Was he pouting? Derrick covered his mouth to hold in his laugh. Bo punched him in the arm.
    “Do you need anything else from me then?” Major asked. His soft voice and kind eyes wrapped me in their embrace. I’d missed my friend.
    “Will you be here when we’re done?”
    “Should be,” he said.
    “Good. I’d like to catch up then.”
    Major’s wide smile melted my heart. “It’s a date.”
    This time I know I heard Bo growl. Major shot him a deadly glare but the bear shifter didn’t back down.
    “I think it’s time to go,” I said, jumping to my feet and deliberately getting in between the two men so they couldn’t stare at each other anymore.
    “I think it is,” Bo growled.
    Derrick nudged his friend, seemingly snapping him out of the alpha male challenge. He turned to me, “Good luck, McKenzie.”
    “Oh. Thanks, but I don’t think I need any luck,” I stumbled over my words.
    Derrick smiled, “No, you misunderstood. Good luck hanging out with this one for the next few days.” Again, he shouldered Bo.
    “You’re an ass,” Bo muttered.
    “Yep,” Derrick agreed. “And now I need to get back to work.” He took my seat at the table and waited for what I assumed was his meeting with Major.
    The tiger walked over to me and swallowed me in a hug again. Kissing the top of my forehead, I heard the purr rumbling in his chest. “You be careful, okay?”
    “Of course,” I muttered against his body. I felt it stiffen with his next words.
    “Nothing happens to her, you understand?” He’d directed that comment to Bo.
    “Of course I’ll protect her.”
    “That’s not what I’m talking about,” Major said.
    Oh my god, Major was acting like a dad. I reached up and kissed my friend on the cheek. “I’ll be fine,” I said again. I wasn’t going to fall for Bo Callaghan’s seduction tricks. I had no interest in being with anyone right now. Not even a tall, manly grizzly shifter with impeccable muscles. Nope, not even him.
    Bo sighed and walked out onto the porch to put his flannel shirt back on. “I’ll meet you at my truck,” he grumbled.
    “Actually, we’re going to take my rental,” I said without thinking.
    Bo turned slowly, a small smile tugging at his mouth. “All right, we’ll take the rental.” He bounded down the stairs and disappeared around the side of the cabin.
    “Be careful, okay?” Major said.
    “Bo will watch after her,” Derrick said. When Major gave him a look though, he laughed and faced me. “You just have to watch out for Bo.”
    “Got it,” I said. Watch out for Bo. A sexy grizzly man. No problem.
    “Check in with me when you can,” Major said. “You may not have reception out by Calvin’s but when you get to the coyote camp you will.”
    “Okay.” I started to walk away but then turned back to the two men left in the cabin. “Nice to meet you, Derrick. And I missed you, Major.”
    He blew me a kiss and waved goodbye as I walked down the stairs. Bo was leaning against the driver’s side of the Jeep, face in the sun, shirt unbuttoned, and hat turned around backward. Shit, he looked amazing. Swallowing hard, I stomped toward him. “I’m driving.”
    He didn’t even look at me. “Nope, sweet thing. I am.”
    “I—”
    “You don’t know your way as well as I do,” he cut me off. He stuck out his hand and waited. “Give me the keys.”
    “But this is my car.”
    Rolling his head against the window, he finally opened his eyes and looked at me. “It’s a rental and this is my territory.”
    Fair enough. I kind of liked that side of him. The manly, I’m in charge kind of style. Handing him the keys, I walked around to the passenger side and hopped in. A second later, Bo joined me and started the Jeep. I felt like we were on the verge of something that would alter my life. I