Suzanne's Sexy Shifters [Shy River Pack 2] (Siren Publishing Ménage Amour) Read Free Page A

pack said with a handshake and a welcoming smile. “We’ve had a call from one of the bear clans higher up the mountain. One of the cubs has gone missing and they’ve asked for our help to find him before wild animals or humans find him first.”
    “I’m sorry,” Gideon said, concerned now that he’d wasted seven hours driving when he could have run over the mountain in half the time. “I didn’t realize the assignment was urgent.”
    The alpha gave him a distracted look but then shook his head. “Sorry, no, your assignment is with the electronic surveillance setup. I’m told you’ll be able to train my wolves how to use it when everything’s in place.” He indicated with his head for Gideon to follow. “The bear cub only went missing an hour or so ago. It’s just helpful to have more paws on the ground.”
    “Of course,” Gideon agreed with a nod as he joined the circle of men consulting a roughly drawn map of the area. No wonder this pack needed help with technology. Thanks to Brigden, under the same circumstances the Shy River pack would have been working with satellite maps and GPS locators.
    Gideon tried desperately to pull back thoughts of his mate and concentrate on the search for a missing bear-shifter. He’d worry later how the hell he and Brigden were going to live together for the next six months without giving in to temptation.
     
    * * * *
     
    Brigden couldn’t stand the tension cramping his muscles.
    First he’d been upset to learn about Donovan’s treatment, then shocked to see Gideon arrive in his place, and now frustrated that nearly every wolf from the Dry Creek pack and several visitors from other packs were preparing to search for a lost child without asking him for his help. Granted, he wasn’t expecting to be asked for his opinion, but he was still a werewolf and, therefore, more than capable of joining the search.
    It was imperative for the entire shifter world that humans stay in the dark when it came to their existence. The faster this child was found, the better for everyone.
    Gideon glanced at him but didn’t acknowledge his presence. There was a time when such behavior had hurt more than Brigden could explain. Being shoved aside by his mate had been the most awful thing that Brigden had ever experienced, but the past three decades had shown over and over Gideon’s actions had been correct.
    Hell, even the alpha’s son was a virtual outcast. Gideon had been right in his fears. Brigden wouldn’t have survived five minutes outside the protection of his pack. His mate had basically saved his life that day, but even knowing that didn’t lessen the anguish of being so close to Gideon and being unable to act on his emotions.
    He watched as the group of werewolves changed into their furry forms and ran in different directions. Several of the women left behind with the youngsters sneered in his direction before moving back to doing whatever they’d been doing before the call for assistance had come in.
    Brigden stepped back inside the small cabin assigned to him and the three other werewolves from Shy River pack, and felt more determined than ever to get this assignment completed and go home. At least there he was pretty much invisible.
    He was so deep in thought on how best to design the perimeter monitoring interface for a group of people with zero experience with technology that he almost missed the crackled words over the two-way radio signal. It was on the same frequency commonly used by the park rangers in this area. Brigden routinely monitored their communications, but today it had seemed doubly important.
    Thankfully the female voice was only reporting the sighting of a child who may or may not have been lost. Without a parent’s report of a missing child, the human search would likely be superficial at best, but it was extremely important that shifters got there first.
    Brigden quickly pinpointed the location on his GPS and ran toward where the men had been gathered.