Bear Assassin: Paranormal Shape Shifter Romance (The Enforcers Book 3) by Ruby Shae Read Free Book Online

you’ve already had a tough week…being mugged takes a lot out of you. Kind of like being assaulted by two men after using the word no.”
    “We barely touched her,” the one with the broken nose said, “and she went crazy.”
    “So you admit to being beat up by a girl then?” Tobias laughed. “Mind if I share the news with everyone inside?”
    “What do you want?” the one with the broken arm said.
    “Who hired you, and why?” he asked.
    “We don’t know his name,” the leader said. “He said he wanted to teach her a lesson, something about being strong and weak…I don’t know, I didn’t exactly understand it all. All we had to do was fuck her together, make it a bit rough, and we’d get paid. He even gave us five hundred dollars up front, and said we’d get the rest when the job was done.”
    “What did he say when he found out you failed?” Tobias asked.
    “Nothing, he hasn’t come to us again.”
    “What do you mean?”
    “He approached us in the parking lot, from a distance, and stayed in the shadows. We don’t even know what he looks like.”
    “So it could be anyone.”
    His statement was met with silence, and Tobias inwardly swore. They wouldn’t get anything useful out of these two idiots. He was a great judge of character, and for all they knew, he was the one who hired them.
    Shit!
    Layla took a step forward and got in the leaders face.
    “You took money to try and force me to have sex with you? From a stranger?”
    “Hey, you approached me, babe,” the leader reminded her. “I was just making some money while helping you scratch that itch.”
    Layla balled her hand into a fist, and pulled her arm back level with her shoulder.
    “And how the hell did that work out for you?” she asked.
    The guy visibly flinched, and his buddy took a step as if he were going to run. Tobias looked him in the eye and shook his head.
    “Layla,” Tobias warned. “We didn’t come here to beat the shit out of them. Besides, you already did an awesome job of that, sweetheart.”
    The two men smiled as if they’d somehow bested her.
    “However,” he added, “if either of you run before I dismiss you, then all bets are off.”
    They both frowned, and he looked over to see Layla smiling. The look was feral, and she intimidated them with her body language, and dared them to run with her eyes.
    His dick swelled again.
    Fuck!
    “If that man approaches you again,” Tobias said, “call Price Security and report it immediately. If you don’t, and I find out about it, you won’t have to worry about being beaten up by a girl…because I’ll kill you. Do you understand?”
    They both nodded, but they didn’t make a sound. One of them held his breath, and the other swallowed erratically.
    “You actually need to say the words,” he said. “Do you understand?”
    “Yes,” they both said in unison.
    “Good, now get out of here.”
    The men ran back into the bar, and he turned toward Layla.
    “I think that went pretty well, considering they don’t know anything.”
    “I guess,” she said, turning away from him.
    He hated the quiet of her voice, and realized it must have been difficult for her to approach her attackers. She seemed so strong, it hadn’t even occurred to him she might be uncomfortable going back to the scene of the crime.
    Damn!
    He’d been doing too much thinking with his cock, and he’d failed her again.
    “Let’s get you home, sweetheart.”
    She led the way to his truck, and he drove her home in silence.

Chapter Five
     
    Layla took a deep breath and held up her hand in surrender.
    “Again,” Tobias yelled.
    “I need a minute,” she said, reaching for her water bottle and towel.
    If Tobias hadn’t already rejected her, the past four days would have been enough to sever any mating. Though she looked cute in the coffee shop, in the ring she looked like nothing more than a hot mess. Unfortunately, he basically ignored her in the coffee shop, and he chased her around the