Alec (BBW Secret Baby Bear Shifter Romance) (Secret Baby Bears Book 1) by Becca Fanning Page B
Authors: Becca Fanning
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and outrun them.”
“I don’t remember saying that,” Leo replied calmly, rolling his shoulders.
“I thought it was implied in that there’s going to be at least five of them and unless you’re all secretly highly trained operatives then there’s no way you’ll win,” Annie said as she slowly realized she was throwing her lot in with a mad man.
“Don’t worry about me,” Leo said. “Just get on the ship.”
“I am not getting you killed,” Annie hissed at him. “I’ll deal with this on my own.”
Leo turned back at her and smiled. He had been grinning for the entirety of the time she had been talking to him, and yet it still felt as if this was the first time. It was wide and warm and Annie felt something in her chest flutter at the sight.
“You’re one interesting lady, Annie,” he said. “I’ve got no intentions to kick it before getting to know you a little better. Now, please, get to the Breakwater .”
Annie was about to protest again when hands clamped down on her shoulder. She flinched violently.
“I have her,” Rick told the captain, pulling Annie towards the ship. “I’m going to go ahead and get our bird running. Don’t die.”
“I will do my very best,” Leo responded cheerfully.
The other three crewmen were pushing the carts up the ramp. Rick tapped Custer on the shoulder.
“Stay with him,” Rick told the blond, who grinned, nodded, and then jogged over to where his captain was staring out into the forest.
“So we’re actually bringing her?” the man with the eyepatch asked as he adjusted his hold on the cart. “We’re actually kidnapping Strathmore’s fiancée?”
“I think it’s more that you’re de-kidnapping me,” Annie said. He glared at her, and the short man snorted.
“I give about as many fucks about the exact terminology of what the stunt we’re pulling here is as Strathmore’s going to give before he blasts our sorry asses out of the sky,” Eyepatch said. “That amount, if you were wondering, is zero.”
“Hyde,” Rick said warningly.
Hyde shook his head and tuned back to the cart. “All I’m saying is, the bitch better shit platinum.”
“ Hyde ,” Rick growled.
Annie had heard far worse on some of her best days working at the bar and had far bigger concerns.
“Aren’t you a little concerned that they’re about to get themselves killed?” she asked, jerking her head at Leo and Custer as the sound of shouting grew steadily louder.
“They’re not going to die,” the short man—Dominic?—said, “which is a damn shame because I would give up some very valuable things to watch Custer bite the dust.”
The men pushed the carts the rest of the way onto the ship and into what appeared to be a cargo hold.
“Alright, we don’t have time to tie these down right now,” Rick said, “so we’re going to strap the whole cart and hope for the best. When we’re done, Hyde, you’re backing up the captain and Custer and Dom, I need you to—oh, dammit.”
Annie jerked around to see what he was cursing at and her heart dropped as she saw the familiar uniforms pour out of the trees. One soldier barked something at Leo, who said something in reply that made the man stiffen. Annie scrambled, trying to get out of the line of sight, but it was too late. One woman saw her and pointed, shouting. The others reached for their guns. Instead of reaching for their own weapons, Leo and Custer roared at the offending soldiers and exploded outwards.
Annie blinked, trying to reconcile what she was seeing with reality. Where Leo and Custer had been were now two giant bears, one black and one honey-colored, swiping left and right. Half the soldiers were already bleeding on the ground and the other half were, like Annie, recovering from what they were seeing.
“Hyde, cover them, Dominic, engineering,” Rick snapped, running into a chrome hallway towards what Annie assumed was the pilot’s station. Dominic
“I don’t remember saying that,” Leo replied calmly, rolling his shoulders.
“I thought it was implied in that there’s going to be at least five of them and unless you’re all secretly highly trained operatives then there’s no way you’ll win,” Annie said as she slowly realized she was throwing her lot in with a mad man.
“Don’t worry about me,” Leo said. “Just get on the ship.”
“I am not getting you killed,” Annie hissed at him. “I’ll deal with this on my own.”
Leo turned back at her and smiled. He had been grinning for the entirety of the time she had been talking to him, and yet it still felt as if this was the first time. It was wide and warm and Annie felt something in her chest flutter at the sight.
“You’re one interesting lady, Annie,” he said. “I’ve got no intentions to kick it before getting to know you a little better. Now, please, get to the Breakwater .”
Annie was about to protest again when hands clamped down on her shoulder. She flinched violently.
“I have her,” Rick told the captain, pulling Annie towards the ship. “I’m going to go ahead and get our bird running. Don’t die.”
“I will do my very best,” Leo responded cheerfully.
The other three crewmen were pushing the carts up the ramp. Rick tapped Custer on the shoulder.
“Stay with him,” Rick told the blond, who grinned, nodded, and then jogged over to where his captain was staring out into the forest.
“So we’re actually bringing her?” the man with the eyepatch asked as he adjusted his hold on the cart. “We’re actually kidnapping Strathmore’s fiancée?”
“I think it’s more that you’re de-kidnapping me,” Annie said. He glared at her, and the short man snorted.
“I give about as many fucks about the exact terminology of what the stunt we’re pulling here is as Strathmore’s going to give before he blasts our sorry asses out of the sky,” Eyepatch said. “That amount, if you were wondering, is zero.”
“Hyde,” Rick said warningly.
Hyde shook his head and tuned back to the cart. “All I’m saying is, the bitch better shit platinum.”
“ Hyde ,” Rick growled.
Annie had heard far worse on some of her best days working at the bar and had far bigger concerns.
“Aren’t you a little concerned that they’re about to get themselves killed?” she asked, jerking her head at Leo and Custer as the sound of shouting grew steadily louder.
“They’re not going to die,” the short man—Dominic?—said, “which is a damn shame because I would give up some very valuable things to watch Custer bite the dust.”
The men pushed the carts the rest of the way onto the ship and into what appeared to be a cargo hold.
“Alright, we don’t have time to tie these down right now,” Rick said, “so we’re going to strap the whole cart and hope for the best. When we’re done, Hyde, you’re backing up the captain and Custer and Dom, I need you to—oh, dammit.”
Annie jerked around to see what he was cursing at and her heart dropped as she saw the familiar uniforms pour out of the trees. One soldier barked something at Leo, who said something in reply that made the man stiffen. Annie scrambled, trying to get out of the line of sight, but it was too late. One woman saw her and pointed, shouting. The others reached for their guns. Instead of reaching for their own weapons, Leo and Custer roared at the offending soldiers and exploded outwards.
Annie blinked, trying to reconcile what she was seeing with reality. Where Leo and Custer had been were now two giant bears, one black and one honey-colored, swiping left and right. Half the soldiers were already bleeding on the ground and the other half were, like Annie, recovering from what they were seeing.
“Hyde, cover them, Dominic, engineering,” Rick snapped, running into a chrome hallway towards what Annie assumed was the pilot’s station. Dominic
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