Billionbear and Pair of Bears Boxed Set: BBW and Menage Bear Shifter Romance (16 page)

“You’re a cat burglar
for justice
,” Jackson pointed out. “That’s different.”

Eli shook his head. “Like Jackson said. You’re not a
criminal
criminal. You’re Robin Hood. They’ll think it’s cool. Especially my younger brothers.”

“You have younger brothers?” Paisley smiled, not just at the thought of a lot of little Elis running around, but because she liked that she was still learning things about him. There was still so much they didn’t know about each other. And they had all the time in the world to find out.

“Three of them,” Eli said. “And Jackson has three older sisters.”

“We’re like this weird reverse matched set,” Jackson said. Excitedly, he added, “My sisters will love you! My aunts too.”

“And my uncles,” said Eli. “And my grandparents.” 

“My cousins.”

“My great-grandma.”

“My wolverine video gaming buddies.”

“My old SEAL team.”

A familiar flicker of wariness rose in Paisley, then faded away. She’d already taken the big plunge in committing herself to the men. Meeting their friends and families didn’t scare her. If they were anything like Eli and Jackson, she’d probably even like them.

“Sure,” she said. “Let’s go.”

Both men straightened up, seeming delighted at the idea. Warm happiness washed through her at yet another reminder of how much they cared about her. It was that important to them that she meet their families, and that she wanted to meet them. They’d never force her into anything she didn’t want, and they wanted to share every part of their lives with her.

“You can finally try the pie at the diner,” Jackson suggested.

“I’ll take you climbing,” added Eli. “You ever climb a real cliff, Paisley? You’d love it.”

“It sounds great,” she assured them. “But after I’m done meeting everyone, what then?”

The three of them looked at each other, and she once again knew that they were all thinking the same thing.

“I’d hate to give up what I’ve been doing,” Paisley said. “And I still want to go after Alan Krikorian, that con man who I thought would be in your hotel room. But I’m just one person. I can steal stolen money and give it back to the victims, but I can’t put criminals out of business. I never could have done what the three of us did to SmartDefense.”

“I’ve always been a bit jealous of what Eli does— did,” Jackson admitted. “I love inventing, but it’s not exactly saving the world. We destroyed SmartDefense, but there’s lots of crooked companies and bad people left. And it seems like we’re good at taking them down.”

“Hacker, fighter, climber.” Eli indicated Jackson, himself, and Paisley. “We make a great team. Let’s stay a team.”

Paisley threw one arm around each of her bears, and they both leaned down to kiss her cheeks. She felt the rough tickle of Eli’s stubble and the smoothness of Jackson’s fresh-shaved face, and then the warmth of each man’s lips.

She’d rarely imagined a happy ending for herself, and the few times that she had, she’d seen herself as a lone warrior for justice.  She’d never imagined herself with even one man, let alone two men who were brave and strong, smart and funny, handsome and sexy, passionate and kind. Most of all, she’d never imagined herself daring to love and be loved.

All that, and justice too.

“Me and my pair of bears,” Paisley murmured, turning to kiss each man in turn. “Okay, guys. Let’s go save the world.”

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A
s Hal Brennan drove to the police station, he couldn’t stop wondering about his new client, Ellie McNeil. What sort of woman was brave or crazy enough to agree to testify against
Wallace Nagle
, Santa Martina’s answer to the Godfather
?
That man practically ruled the city.

Hal would have understood it if Ellie had been a criminal herself, desperate to cut a deal to escape prison. But according to Detective Kramer, she was an ordinary citizen— a working woman, a paramedic on the late shift. She must be terrified. She was probably regretting her decision already.

He pulled into the police parking lot and went into the station, half-convinced that he’d find that she had changed her mind about testifying and gone home.

Detective Kramer waved at him, then indicated a door. “She’s in there.”

Mildly surprised, Hal headed for the door. He had to duck his head to go in. Most places weren’t built for men his size.

Ellie McNeil sat with an empty paper coffee cup in her lap, her head lowered, her hair hanging forward to hide her face. She seemed to have dozed off in her chair. Everything about her posture spoke of utter exhaustion, which didn’t surprise him. She’d worked all night, then witnessed a murder and nearly gotten killed herself, and then had been questioned at a police station for eight hours. Talk about a rough night!

He couldn’t see her face behind a tumble of curling dark blonde hair. It was a pretty color; it reminded him of clover honey. Her practical paramedic uniform didn’t conceal her generous curves. Though her shirt and pants were cut loosely, Hal could see the shape of her wide hips, her plump thighs, and her lush breasts. She had exactly the sort of body he liked: big and soft and curvy.

With thinner women, Hal always worried that he’d hurt them by accident. They seemed so fragile, especially given how big and strong he was. Besides, he didn’t like how bony they felt. But with a woman like Ellie, big and voluptuous, he wouldn’t have to worry about anything but whether she was enjoying herself as much as he was. Besides, he liked the way curvy women felt. He imagined running his hands over the gentle swell of her belly, the delicious weight of her breasts, the silky softness of her thighs...

Hal forced himself to stop that train of thought right there. He’d come to protect her, not to hit on her. The fact that she was incredibly hot was completely irrelevant. Unfortunately.

He cleared his throat. “Excuse me.”

“Wha—” Ellie jumped, her head jerking up. So she
had
been dozing.

Hal stepped forward, holding out his hand. “Hi. I’m Hal Brennan, your bodyguard.”

She pushed her hair out of her face and looked up. Their eyes met.

The force of the contact nearly knocked Hal backwards. It was an earthshaking, heart-stopping jolt of recognition.

Mine!

The roar of Hal’s bear was so loud that he half-expected Ellie to have heard it. But of course, she hadn’t. She just sat there, her head tilted quizzically, her kissable pink lips parted in a smothered yawn.

Everything about her was perfect, from her snub nose to her ocean-blue eyes to the sprinkling of freckles on her upper arms. He knew nothing about her, other than that she was a paramedic and beautiful and sexy and incredibly brave, but he loved her already.

Holy shit,
Hal thought.
She’s my mate.

He was nearly overwhelmed with joy. There was the other half of his heart and soul, sitting right there in front of him. If he took a single step forward, he could sweep her into his arms, kiss her and caress her, and never let her go. They’d be together forever.

If Nagle didn’t kill her first.

Hal was jerked from happiness to a protective fury in the blink of an eye. He’d finally found his mate, and the most powerful crime lord in the city was trying to murder her.

He knew then that he’d give his life to protect her.

“Mr. Brennan?” Ellie asked. “Are you feeling all right?”

Hal was jerked back into reality. Ellie was peering at him, looking concerned. God knew what sort of weird impression he’d just made on her.

“Yeah,” Hal said shortly. He couldn’t think of anything but getting her away from Nagle, immediately. “Come on, let’s go.”

“Oh, good.” She stood up, then swayed wearily.

Hal caught her elbow, steadying her. Her arm was warm and soft in his hand. “Easy. I know you’re tired. You can sleep in my car.”

Ellie straightened, rubbing her eyes. “I’m not
that
tired. My apartment is only about ten minutes from the station.”

Hal shook his head as he began to lead her to the door. “We’re not going to your apartment. You have to get out of the city.”

She stopped abruptly, pulling her arm out of his grasp. “I’m not leaving the city. Didn’t Detective Kramer explain that to you? He said he was assigning me an officer to protect me here, in Santa Martina.”

Hal turned to look her in the eyes, trying to convey how serious he was. “First of all, I’m not a police officer. I’m private security.”

She looked dismayed rather than relieved at that. “You’re a
security guard?
”

“I’m not a mall cop,” Hal replied. “I run an elite private security company. We provide bodyguards for politicians and celebrities— and private citizens like you.”