Bearly Living: Foxhollow Den #1 (Alaskan Den Men) by Kizzie Waller Read Free Book Online Page B

the guys out, and they can take care of the rest.”
    “I’ll admit this isn’t one of your better plans, but I agree we may not have time for anything else. Still, you have to be the distraction.”
    “Why me?” Samantha lost some of her whisper voice.
    “Because your boobs are bigger and jiggle more when you bounce. Added to the fact that you can shift at will and run back to the cabin before they can catch you, you’re better suited to be the bait.”
    Samantha huffed. “Fine. I’ll be the distraction, but you are so going to owe me for this.”
    “I know. But one of us has to get close enough to open those cages, and I think you’ll be in less danger if you’re across the field.” This plan was stupider than anything Bobbie had ever done in her life, but she’d be damned if she’d let those bastards get away with putting Grant in a cage like an animal.
    “But I’ll be naked across the field,” Samantha said.
    “Topless mostly. No need to give them the works. Just remember to jiggle and giggle.”
    “I hate you.” Samantha tip-toed across the tree line and stationed herself within sight at the far end of the field.
    Bobbie sniffed the air and focused hard on the foul-smelling trappers who captured the two men. She sniffed again. The scents of three poachers, two shifters, and a true bear permeated the air around them. Two of the trappers were loading the trailer, and one was in the bushes. The scent of urine increased. Gross .
    As soon as the stray poacher joined his friends, Bobbie gave Samantha the signal.
    The entire situation was full of danger, but that didn’t stop Bobbie from having an initial giggle at Samantha skipping into the open field completely naked except for her boots. She’d meant for her cousin to keep her bra and pants on, but Samantha had discarded every piece of clothing. This distraction would kill brain cells.
    Samantha called out to the men loading the truck. “Woo hoo, boys. I wonder if you could help me and all my naked sisters with a little something.” She twisted her hair, did a half jumping jack, and then skipped into the tree line.
    The leader of the group told the other two to stay and promised a switch after they had their fun. If Bobbie’s stomach wasn’t already churning, their malicious intent would have been enough to cause an infusion of bile to rise in her throat. Her cousin would shift and be halfway back to the cabin before the men realized they’d been tricked. Now it was Bobbie’s turn to get in close and free the guys.
    The two men left behind wouldn’t stop discussing Samantha’s attributes, and the distraction worked to Bobbie’s advantage as she snuck up behind the truck with the trailer. Just like the hide-and-seek excursion, she closed her eyes and felt her surroundings. The rifles slung on their backs. One of the men lighting a cigarette. Grant’s even breathing, calm but angry. She rolled under the trailer and pressed her back against the ground. The two men wandered around the far end, and she rolled onto her stomach little by little until she came to the edge.
    She needed to be fast. Faster than she’d ever been in her life. After a deep breath meant to fortify, she pulled herself free from beneath the trailer and jumped into the back of the truck. Fear turned to sinking despair. All three cages were secured with a padlock.
    Grant edged toward her, and they grasped fingers through the cage. His eyes flecked gold.
    “I don’t know what to do next,” she whispered.
    “The locks are rusted. You need to pull on the lock and shift. Your bear strength and human grip can break the lock. I’d do it, but I can’t get a grip through this cage.”
    “I can’t shift at will. I don’t feel any of the anger from before that pushed me out of control. I don’t know what to do.”
    “You watched me at the pond. You are built to do the same. Focus. Try. For me.”
    She focused hard on that feeling in her gut she hated. The feeling she always