Mated to the Wilde Bear

Chapter 29: Laurel

She forgot Gerald. She forgot everything else and took off for the trailhead where they descended. People parted for her with surprised murmurs, but no one stopped her. When she neared, she spotted Xavier and Lucas each leading a handcuffed man in front of them.

She darted around the one Xavier was shoving along just as the medics came forward and took him away. Xavier spread his arms wide, and she launched herself into them. He caught her, and she held on tight, tears stinging her eyes at the sweet relief of having him back safe and sound.

“If this is what I’m coming home to, hopefully, I get calls like these every night,” Xavier said on a laugh.

“Uh, no. You’re definitely not doing another poacher rescue for a while,” she said. “My nerves can’t handle it.”

“God, I love it when you get all bossy on me.”

“Mrs. Alpha!”

Laurel focused on a figure rounding the bend over Xaiver’s shoulder. She couldn’t make out the face, but she knew Jake from the sound of his voice—and his nickname for her.

“Hey, Jake,” she called, her arms still around Xavier. She grinned and leaned in, trailing kisses over Xavier’s cheek, headed for his mouth.

a run and cut

“Stop!” Jake shouted.

pulled away, turning to

around the bend in the trail. He pursued the man at a run, but

for them. Straight for Xavier, she realized, and

here to take you down,

his hand and aimed it at Xavier’s chest. Everything slowed. The moment lengthened, and she could see it all spinning out of

from Xavier, she took off for

called

back of her throat, bringing her fox to the surface. She gave in, and it exploded out of

satisfaction of his flinch as she pressed into the soft place between his eyelids. He screamed and fell to

rolled with the shuddering pain of her bone hitting the ground at an awkward angle. The air was knocked out of her, and she rose on her front paws, scanning for the man. Her stomach retracted painfully until suddenly air whooshed back into her lungs. Pain radiated sharply along her shoulder, and even with deep gulps of air to fuel her, she fell back again, unable

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