Mated to the Wilde Bear

Chapter 28: Laurel

She turned back to Gerald. “These complaints, are they because the crew is made up of shifters?” she asked him.

Gerald didn’t meet her eyes for a long time. When he did, regret was etched in the lines that had deepened around his mouth and eyes. “Yes,” he said finally. “Whoever this is, they aren’t happy to have shifters in positions of authority in this town.”

“You don’t know who made the complaints?” she asked.

Gerald shook his head. “They’re all anonymous. It’s one of the reasons I’m being so diligent. Could be anyone, including someone in our department. Hell, for all I know, it’s Kemp.” Gerald grunted, and Laurel felt his temperature rise.

“Alan Kemp?” she asked. “Doesn’t he run the public transportation system?”

“Yep. Asshole wants my job and hasn’t made it a secret for a while now. If he can prove the Blue Bear Search and Rescue are unsafe, he’ll have my title pulled along with theirs. I’m the one who approved them, after all.”

off the

copy?” Laurel’s limbs almost became liquid as Xavier

go ahead,”

One has a gunshot wound, upper right thigh. Nash and Jake split up

relief at the sound of him in one piece. She felt Gerald’s gaze on her and gave him a nervous

and Xavier, eh?”

sort of,” Laurel admitted.

you.” Gerald grinned and gave

not upset that we work together?” she asked.

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