Lumberman Werebear (Saw Bears Book 7) by T. S. Joyce Read Free Book Online

don’t think all humans can be trusted to know about us, no, Goldi. I don’t think we should be exposing ourselves.”
    Sadness washed through Danielle’s eyes as she leaned back and cuddled against her mate’s side.
    Cassie turned around to the front and sighed. She felt the same way. Danielle obviously didn’t know what humans were capable of. Perhaps because she was one of them and wanted to think the best of her kind. But Cassie had seen the dark underbelly of what knowing too much, and holding too much power, could do to humans.
    Apparently, Denison had seen some of the same.
    Haydan parked between Tagan’s truck and Kellen’s white pickup. “Stay there,” he said in a deep timbre that blasted warmth through her stomach.
    “Okay,” she murmured as she watched him jog around the front.
    Haydan pulled her door open and held out his hand. He even kept his face perfectly frozen as she hesitated to put her palm into his. With a steadying breath, she rested her fingertips on his hand and allowed him to help her out of his jacked-up Jeep.
    Relief washed through her when he let her hand go, but it was only a momentary balm. He slid his arm over her shoulder and kissed the side of her head.
    It happened so quickly, she jerked to a stop and stared at him, eyes bulging.
    A slow smile curved his sensual lips before he nodded his head toward the courthouse steps. “Come on.”
    “What are you doing?” she whispered, yanking his hand until he stopped. “I told you no touching. Are you just trying to express your dominance or put me in my place by ignoring my wants?”
    Haydan smiled at Danielle and Denison as they passed, then pulled Cassie farther away from the Ashe Crew who was gathering in front of the courthouse. “I’m touching you because I like touching you, Cas. And if you don’t like it, too fucking bad.” He yanked her hand to the seam of his pants, stiff with his thick erection. “If you want my dick, I need affection.”
    “So let me get this straight. Boring, missionary sex is all you’ll give me, and I have to work for even that?” Her voice wrenched up an octave but screw it all. “You’re using sex as a weapon.”
    Haydan gripped the back of her neck and pulled his lips right beside her ear. “No, Cas,” he whispered, “I’m teaching you about foreplay.” He pulled her earlobe between his teeth and held it there, biting down just on the edge of pain. Releasing her suddenly, he stepped back, and Cassie stumbled forward.
    Holy shit, that was hot. Bitey, sexy Haydan thought he could teach her something about sex? He sauntered off with that cocky gait and cast her a knee-locking smile over his shoulder. Okay, maybe he could teach her a thing or two.
    She swayed on her feet and gulped, then trailed unsteadily after him.
    Tagan’s mate, Brooke, was watching her with a knowing smile. She held her son Wyatt’s hand as she waited. “You make him happy, you know?” she asked as Cassie reached her.
    Cassie remembered how sad and angry he’d looked after he’d fucked her from behind last night. “I highly doubt that.”
    “I’ve seen Haydan with other girls, Cassie. He hasn’t ever looked at any of them like he just did you.”
    She shouldn’t be, but Cassie was flattered. And also a bit green at the mention of Haydan with other women. She had the instantaneous urge to Change and maul anyone who even looked at him. A stupid, pointless reaction because men did whatever they wanted. It was just the law of nature, and her getting territorial wouldn’t change the fact that Haydan would sleep with whomever he liked, even if she was monogamous. But that thought didn’t feel right. Haydan’s betrayal should’ve been inevitable. It was true according to everything she’d learned with the Red Claws, but she couldn’t compare Haydan to Jake. Jake had been predictable, while Haydan surprised her with everything he did. He was different from any man she’d ever known, and for the life of her, she