Silver Bullet Bear (Paranormal Shifter Romance (The Agency Book 3) by Amelia Jade Page A

just the shadow warfare going on now. If it becomes widespread, the death I’ve seen so far will pale in comparison.”
    Hannah went white at his words. “We need to get Chad away from them,” she said tightly, rocking back and forth in her seat as if that would urge them on faster.
    Josh didn’t answer, but his eyes narrowed as he pushed the pedal down just a bit harder.
     
     

Chapter Six
    Hannah
    “There,” he said, closing the gap with the car, following its path until they were almost bumper-to-bumper.
    “Now what?” Hannah asked, sitting back and crossing her arms. “Do you expect me to just jump over there and rescue him?”
    He glanced over at her. “Can you?”
    Her jaw dropped open at his tone. “You’re serious.”
    Josh shrugged, giving her a calm, relaxed wink. “Not entirely.”
    Out of the corner of her eye she stared over at Josh, evaluating him, not caring that he could see her. Then she shrugged and reached to undo her seatbelt.
    “Whoa, hold on there,” he said, his hand snapping out and closing around hers. “You don’t have to do that.”
    Even as he said those words, a violent burst of electricity shot up her hand, leaving it tingling and numb as it passed. It reached her shoulder and spread across her core. Hannah hissed in surprise and snatched her hand back, the hair on the back of her neck standing up.
    Hannah stared at him in open-mouthed shock as Josh flexed his fingers in and out of a fist.
    He must have felt it too.
    Josh looked back at the road after a brief pause, leaving Hannah to her own devices for the moment as he tried to keep them close with the fleeing car.
    Hannah closed her eyes, taking a deep breath and holding it before exhaling slowly. The pressure wasn’t as great this time. Her failure to keep her composure the day before must have left it weakened. This time she fought it back, holding herself together, and after several minutes of tense, focused breathing, she was able to believe she would succeed.
    “What. Now?” she asked, her voice taut with nerves and effort. She needed to focus on something else. To distract herself from the war being waged inside her.
    His eyes narrowed.
    Does he suspect what’s going on? He can’t…can he?
    Josh was incredibly smart and quick as a whip. There were very few things he missed, but could he have an inkling in the right direction? Hannah doubted it. If he knew, or even suspected, his attitude would be very, very different. Still, she would have to keep herself on guard around him.
    “Now,” he said, trying to force a smile onto his face and act as normal as possible. “Now you get to see what happens when my team and I go to work.”
    She looked around, suddenly wondering if she had missed someone else in the truck. But it was still just the two of them. “I don’t get it,” she said plainly, completely confused.
    “Watch,” he said, creeping closer to the rear bumper of the car.
    A sudden rumble sounded from behind them, became a full-fledged roar, and without warning two more trucks shot by on the left as traffic eased up around them. The first truck cut in front of the car and then hit the brakes in a breathtakingly smooth and precise manner. Hannah felt her eyebrows raise at the effortlessness of the maneuver.
    The car tried to go left—the row of parked cars on the side of the street to the right didn’t make that an option—but the second truck finished the maneuver, leaving the silver sedan boxed in on three sides. As one, the vehicles slowed to a halt. A large delivery truck happened to be blocking the car on the right, cutting off the field of view from anyone outside the circle of vehicles.
    “How the hell did you coordinate that?” she asked, looking around wildly as they stopped.
    “I’ll tell you later,” he said, exiting the truck before it had come to a complete halt.
    More large, dangerous-looking men exited the other trucks almost simultaneously, but they were met by three men clad