Total pages in book: 24
Estimated words: 22739 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 114(@200wpm)___ 91(@250wpm)___ 76(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 22739 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 114(@200wpm)___ 91(@250wpm)___ 76(@300wpm)
I grab my gun and realize that my hand is shaking.
“It’s going to be okay,” he says when he sees me looking at it. “You’re my mate, Lily. I won’t let anything happen to you.”
“But… it’s a dragon…”
“Who has got nothing on a polar bear protecting his mate. Come with me.”
He helps me out of the seat and then kicks the windshield out with his boot. The truck jerks down a few inches and I let out a panicked scream.
“I got you, Lily,” he says as he takes me and throws me over his hard round shoulder. “This is what I was made to do.”
I give myself over to him and let him carry me out of the truck. He grabs onto the tree and starts to climb down with shockingly good agility.
My legs are still shaking when he lowers me onto the ground. We’re high up in the mountains in the middle of a forest.
The sound of clapping has me turning and my eyes narrow on Reginald. He’s wearing pants and a shirt while leaning on a tree. The cold and snow don’t seem to bother him at all even though he’s barefoot.
Blake growls when he sees him. He steps in front of me and pulls me back with a protective arm.
“Leave her out of this,” Blake snarls. “Let her go.”
Sperling laughs. “I don’t think so. I’m here for her too.”
His bright green eyes lock onto mine and I suddenly feel vulnerable, even with Blake standing in front of me.
“What does the FBI know about me?” he asks.
Blake steps to the side, blocking my view of him. “Don’t you dare talk to her,” he hisses with a fury that surprises me. “This girl is mine.”
Sperling looks surprised by the intense reaction as well. Then, it dawns on him. “Oh, you’re mates. Lovely.”
My fingers grip the cold handle of my gun as I hide it behind Blake’s flexed back. My heart races as Sperling’s jade green eyes shine a little brighter.
“I’ll kill her first so you know the pain I felt when you took my brothers away.”
Blake lets out a snarl that doesn’t even sound human. His shoulders start growing and I step back as his whole frame swells and convulses violently. Long white hairs sprout from his skin and then with a loud tear, a full-grown polar bear bursts out of him.
Sperling doesn’t look impressed at all. Even when the bear stands up on his two hind legs and snarls at him.
“Come here, girl,” Sperling says to me, “and I’ll go easy on you.”
I draw my gun and point it right at his chest. “Shut the fuck up and put your hands in the air!”
He chuckles, but I’m not laughing.
“A gun?” he asks as he takes two steps forward. “Are you kidding me?”
“Don’t take another step!” I warn as I hold my finger over the trigger.
He brazenly keeps walking forward. “I’m a dragon shifter. I don’t listen to—”
The deafening boom of gunshots echoes through the mountains as I pull the trigger twice. The bullets slam into Sperling’s chest and he falls backward and lands on his ass.
I hold my breath as I wait for him to collapse, but he just gets up, looking even more pissed. The bullets fall to the ground along with my mouth. He’s bulletproof. But that’s impossible…
His eyes lock onto mine as he bares his teeth and cracks his knuckles. “You shot me. You fucking cu—”
Blake’s bear charges forward and slams into Sperling before he can finish. He flies back and the two of them start wrestling in the snow as I try to aim and get another shot to help him out. They’re too close and I can’t shoot again without the possibility of hitting Blake.
“Damn it,” I curse as I put the gun down and look for something to help out with. There’s nothing but a huge boulder beside me that’s way too heavy to lift. It comes up to my shoulders.
Sperling gets the edge and grabs the polar bear by the front leg. He swings him into a thick tree and the trunk snaps in half as my mate goes through it like a knife through hot butter.
I scream as the tree falls with a crack. Sperling spins and then launches Blake’s bear halfway across the forest. He disappears in a wave of breaking and swaying trees.
With Blake’s bear out of the way, he turns back to me and starts walking over. His body starts trembling as he walks.
My hands are shaking as I quickly check how many bullets I have left. One. Fucking great.
I try to click the cylinder back in, but it’s so cold and my fingers are so numb. It fumbles out of my hands and I drop it.
“No,” I gasp when it disappears into the deep snow at my feet.