Grayslake: More than Mated: PAWS & Surrender (Kindle Worlds Novella) (Bear Allegiance Series Book 1) by Josie Walker Page A
Authors: Josie Walker
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milestones.
She’d come to realize that she loved Parker Holmes. She loved him like she’d never loved another living being in her whole life. She’d also realized that she was never going to leave him again, even if it meant she was going to get mauled by a tiger before the night was through.
She began to search the forest floor for anything she might be able to use as a weapon, wishing that like her future in-laws she had the ability to shift into a powerful animal. It hardly seemed fair that she had to settle for a big ass stick when everyone else had razor sharp claws. It wasn’t that she was stupid; the way she saw it she had a zero percent chance of making it out of these woods alive. But what she’d come to realize since she’d run away was that some things were simply worth fighting for, even dying for. True love was just one of those things.
It had hit her in a powerful “Eureka” moment as the tiger had attempted to choke the life out of her. She’d realized that she’d spent her whole life chasing after something that didn’t really exist. Security. It didn’t matter how much money she had in the bank, or how much education she managed to cobble together. She’d discovered tonight that all it takes is one instant to lose EVERYTHING you care about.
So, she was gonna go into the lion’s den… errr tiger’s den anyway. She was going to come out with the man of her dreams or she wasn’t coming out at all. The tiger and the bear were locked together in a vicious hold of snapping teeth and slashing claws. She stepped carefully, afraid to so much as rustle a leaf as she made her way towards them.
She brought the tree limb down hard on the back of the tiger’s head and it let out a loud “Oomph!” Parker seized his opportunity and brought his deadly sharp teeth down hard, jaws grinding together and he dug into the unprotected flesh of the tiger’s neck. The bear whipped his head back for good measure, separating a goodly portion of the shifter’s esophagus from his body. He spat the tiger’s flesh from his mouth and kicked its now lifeless body to the bottom of the gorge so that nature could dispose of the body for him.
Michelle was crying hysterically as she wrapped her arms around him. He slowly began to relax his body, beginning the process of shifting back into his human shape so that he could speak.
“Does this mean that I win the next date?” he joked weakly.
“Oh you... you big dumb model,” she laughed, crying happily onto his chest. “You’ve won the whole competition… that is if you still want me. I’m sorry I stole your truck... and I used your credit card,” she admitted sheepishly.
“Well I wouldn’t let you sleep on that park bench, so the way I figure it we’re even,” he teased.
“Is it all the blood you’ve lost, or are your jokes always this bad?”
“I’m afraid if I answer that question truthfully that you’ll never mate me,” he admitted weakly.
“If you feel like you can walk I’ll happily go back and mate you right now.”
“Did I hear you right? Or have I died and gone to heaven?”
“You’re not dead, but I think we should get you to a hospital,” Michelle said tugging on his arm.
“No hospital. Just help me to the truck. I promise I’ll be fine. We shifters heal fast.”
***
“You broke my heart when you left,” Parker said softly after he’d been driving for awhile.
“I was afraid that you’d break mine, so I ran. I’m not proud of what I did.” There was a long pause before she spoke again. “How did you even find me?” she asked, but what she really wanted to understand was why he’d even bothered.
“My Uncle Keen’s a whiz with computers,” he answered and then his tone turned serious. “In the forest, I… I thought you were running away again. What made you change your mind and come back? You know that tiger could have killed us both.
“I realized that I wasn’t going to let anyone, not even my own stupid
She’d come to realize that she loved Parker Holmes. She loved him like she’d never loved another living being in her whole life. She’d also realized that she was never going to leave him again, even if it meant she was going to get mauled by a tiger before the night was through.
She began to search the forest floor for anything she might be able to use as a weapon, wishing that like her future in-laws she had the ability to shift into a powerful animal. It hardly seemed fair that she had to settle for a big ass stick when everyone else had razor sharp claws. It wasn’t that she was stupid; the way she saw it she had a zero percent chance of making it out of these woods alive. But what she’d come to realize since she’d run away was that some things were simply worth fighting for, even dying for. True love was just one of those things.
It had hit her in a powerful “Eureka” moment as the tiger had attempted to choke the life out of her. She’d realized that she’d spent her whole life chasing after something that didn’t really exist. Security. It didn’t matter how much money she had in the bank, or how much education she managed to cobble together. She’d discovered tonight that all it takes is one instant to lose EVERYTHING you care about.
So, she was gonna go into the lion’s den… errr tiger’s den anyway. She was going to come out with the man of her dreams or she wasn’t coming out at all. The tiger and the bear were locked together in a vicious hold of snapping teeth and slashing claws. She stepped carefully, afraid to so much as rustle a leaf as she made her way towards them.
She brought the tree limb down hard on the back of the tiger’s head and it let out a loud “Oomph!” Parker seized his opportunity and brought his deadly sharp teeth down hard, jaws grinding together and he dug into the unprotected flesh of the tiger’s neck. The bear whipped his head back for good measure, separating a goodly portion of the shifter’s esophagus from his body. He spat the tiger’s flesh from his mouth and kicked its now lifeless body to the bottom of the gorge so that nature could dispose of the body for him.
Michelle was crying hysterically as she wrapped her arms around him. He slowly began to relax his body, beginning the process of shifting back into his human shape so that he could speak.
“Does this mean that I win the next date?” he joked weakly.
“Oh you... you big dumb model,” she laughed, crying happily onto his chest. “You’ve won the whole competition… that is if you still want me. I’m sorry I stole your truck... and I used your credit card,” she admitted sheepishly.
“Well I wouldn’t let you sleep on that park bench, so the way I figure it we’re even,” he teased.
“Is it all the blood you’ve lost, or are your jokes always this bad?”
“I’m afraid if I answer that question truthfully that you’ll never mate me,” he admitted weakly.
“If you feel like you can walk I’ll happily go back and mate you right now.”
“Did I hear you right? Or have I died and gone to heaven?”
“You’re not dead, but I think we should get you to a hospital,” Michelle said tugging on his arm.
“No hospital. Just help me to the truck. I promise I’ll be fine. We shifters heal fast.”
***
“You broke my heart when you left,” Parker said softly after he’d been driving for awhile.
“I was afraid that you’d break mine, so I ran. I’m not proud of what I did.” There was a long pause before she spoke again. “How did you even find me?” she asked, but what she really wanted to understand was why he’d even bothered.
“My Uncle Keen’s a whiz with computers,” he answered and then his tone turned serious. “In the forest, I… I thought you were running away again. What made you change your mind and come back? You know that tiger could have killed us both.
“I realized that I wasn’t going to let anyone, not even my own stupid
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