Silver Bullet Bear (Paranormal Shifter Romance (The Agency Book 3) by Amelia Jade
Authors: Amelia Jade
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Which could only mean one thing.
“That’s not Agency getup,” he said to himself, climbing to his feet and shaking himself off. Nor are explosions part of their repertoire. These guys are new, and they don’t give a shit. Not good.
The Agency didn’t use explosions, because it caused more damage to bystanders than the local authorities could theoretically ignore. Although it was common knowledge police and government forces had been bought off or ordered to remain neutral in the fight in King City, when normal citizens were hurt by something like what had just happened, they couldn’t ignore it. The Agency preferred to operate in the shadows as much as the Underground did. Not so with the newcomers.
The rules had changed.
Well, time for them to realize their mistake. He leapt to his feet and walked to the men, keeping the gash in the floor between them. The newcomers eyed him speculatively, but they didn’t move. Using his superhuman abilities, when he closed to within two steps of the hole, he suddenly accelerated and hurled himself over the opening, landing half a dozen feet from the other men. They must have already decided to depart, because the two men were disappearing before he even cleared the hole.
Josh made to chase after them, but something stopped him. If this was a new group, he had no idea who or what they were. Which meant only one thing.
Hannah was in danger.
He turned and leapt back over the hole and off the stage as his bear went berserk inside, charging back down the road toward where he had left her, hoping that for once, she had obeyed his command to stay with the damn car so that he could find her.
In the distance sirens began to sound from all directions. This was a big event, and in minutes would be swarming with police and firefighters, and likely a horde of EMTs. That was not somewhere he wished to be stuck. The game had changed, and his team needed to be alerted because of that. Josh hadn’t seen any of them since, but they all had their priorities.
Thankfully she was still there, and unharmed. The other Sentinels were now clustered around her as well.
“Everyone okay?” he asked, looking around at the drawn faces.
There were nods all around and he sighed in relief.
“We have a problem. New guys in town,” he said, then turned to Hannah. “You owe me an explanation,” he said angrily. “Right now.”
She looked unhappy. The others perked up, looking around in confusion.
“Right now, Hannah. Who the hell was that?” he raged, pointing back at the stage as flames leapt into the sky, the entire place now ablaze. “Those are not my enemies. That is not the Agency. They don’t work like that, and the men who attacked me are not Agents. What the hell have you brought to King City?” he asked. “We don’t need anything more!”
The beautiful woman crumpled under his verbal tirade. Josh knew he didn’t mean it as angrily as it came out, but right then, he didn’t have any patience left for lies and misdirection. He needed the truth if he was going to do his job properly.
“It’s a government agency,” she said. “I think.”
He arched an eyebrow. “Explain.”
“I can’t,” she said with a nervous squeak.
“Why the hell not?”
“It’s not my place to tell you outright,” she said. “Besides—” she stopped speaking.
“Besides what?” he pressed.
“Besides, I’m afraid of what you’ll do if I told you,” she said after a long hesitation.
***
“We’ll meet you back at base,” Jared said into the stunned silence, as if sensing that he and Hannah needed a moment alone.
“Roger that,” he said, but his eyes never left the woman in front of him.
The others departed, leaving them alone in the middle of the street. Josh kept his senses open in case anyone approached, but for the moment they were fine.
“You have no reason to be afraid of me,” he said softly. “I’m here to protect you, and I intend to do that job.”
Or die
“That’s not Agency getup,” he said to himself, climbing to his feet and shaking himself off. Nor are explosions part of their repertoire. These guys are new, and they don’t give a shit. Not good.
The Agency didn’t use explosions, because it caused more damage to bystanders than the local authorities could theoretically ignore. Although it was common knowledge police and government forces had been bought off or ordered to remain neutral in the fight in King City, when normal citizens were hurt by something like what had just happened, they couldn’t ignore it. The Agency preferred to operate in the shadows as much as the Underground did. Not so with the newcomers.
The rules had changed.
Well, time for them to realize their mistake. He leapt to his feet and walked to the men, keeping the gash in the floor between them. The newcomers eyed him speculatively, but they didn’t move. Using his superhuman abilities, when he closed to within two steps of the hole, he suddenly accelerated and hurled himself over the opening, landing half a dozen feet from the other men. They must have already decided to depart, because the two men were disappearing before he even cleared the hole.
Josh made to chase after them, but something stopped him. If this was a new group, he had no idea who or what they were. Which meant only one thing.
Hannah was in danger.
He turned and leapt back over the hole and off the stage as his bear went berserk inside, charging back down the road toward where he had left her, hoping that for once, she had obeyed his command to stay with the damn car so that he could find her.
In the distance sirens began to sound from all directions. This was a big event, and in minutes would be swarming with police and firefighters, and likely a horde of EMTs. That was not somewhere he wished to be stuck. The game had changed, and his team needed to be alerted because of that. Josh hadn’t seen any of them since, but they all had their priorities.
Thankfully she was still there, and unharmed. The other Sentinels were now clustered around her as well.
“Everyone okay?” he asked, looking around at the drawn faces.
There were nods all around and he sighed in relief.
“We have a problem. New guys in town,” he said, then turned to Hannah. “You owe me an explanation,” he said angrily. “Right now.”
She looked unhappy. The others perked up, looking around in confusion.
“Right now, Hannah. Who the hell was that?” he raged, pointing back at the stage as flames leapt into the sky, the entire place now ablaze. “Those are not my enemies. That is not the Agency. They don’t work like that, and the men who attacked me are not Agents. What the hell have you brought to King City?” he asked. “We don’t need anything more!”
The beautiful woman crumpled under his verbal tirade. Josh knew he didn’t mean it as angrily as it came out, but right then, he didn’t have any patience left for lies and misdirection. He needed the truth if he was going to do his job properly.
“It’s a government agency,” she said. “I think.”
He arched an eyebrow. “Explain.”
“I can’t,” she said with a nervous squeak.
“Why the hell not?”
“It’s not my place to tell you outright,” she said. “Besides—” she stopped speaking.
“Besides what?” he pressed.
“Besides, I’m afraid of what you’ll do if I told you,” she said after a long hesitation.
***
“We’ll meet you back at base,” Jared said into the stunned silence, as if sensing that he and Hannah needed a moment alone.
“Roger that,” he said, but his eyes never left the woman in front of him.
The others departed, leaving them alone in the middle of the street. Josh kept his senses open in case anyone approached, but for the moment they were fine.
“You have no reason to be afraid of me,” he said softly. “I’m here to protect you, and I intend to do that job.”
Or die
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