Chapter 73


    Chapter 8–Book 2


    Jack wasn’t sure what to do first. That was something of a rarity for him.


    “It is because you are having trouble keeping it in your pants. Jack.”


    “Go eat some grass, you asshole bear.”


    Brutus has a way of being brutally honest in the rudest of ways. Jack is pretty sure it is intentional too.


    He was in a pickle right now, he had to help her and keep her safe. To do that he was going to have to


    reveal something about himself that might have her running and screaming again.


    “Yeah, wait till she finds out that the bear the other day, watching her while she was swimming naked,


    is none other than you.”


    “Don’t you mean us, furball?”


    “Oh, fine then go and tell her that you shift into a bear. That is why you’re half-naked in the woods. I’m


    sure that will help your case. She thought you were Mr. Crazypants before…..Brutus continued tough


    and roll around.”


    “You do know you asshole, that if she is my mate she is also your mate as well. It might interest you to


    start to help out a little, instead of justugh.”


    Jack decided to not listen to Brutus and go and tell Nova his secret. Hoping that she wasn’t going to


    think he had fallen off the deep end. He didn’t tell Brutus his full n was to shift right there in front of


    her.


    See if Mr. Smartass Bear will still beughing when he is in the spotlight.


    Brutus stoppedughing when he heard those thoughts.


    James was standing in his living room looking down at his useless piece of shit wife. He left her passed


    out on the bathroom floor and went to Nova’s bedroom to check things out.


    When he got there he noticed that her jacket and purse were gone, her work shoes though were still


    there. He went over to the floorboard by the wall and lifted it. Little clever Nova thought that he wouldn’t


    find where she had hidden her diary.


    Most of the time it was pretty boring stuff or girl things. Which he had no real interest in. Once in a


    while, though it would give him a little bit of information, like he found out she was afraid of the dark and


    spiders of


    any size.


    He hadn‘t looked in it for a long while simply because it just got too boring. This time though he might


    find something useful in it. Still, she never revealed where she hid her money though. Which always


    irked him. Not that he cared that she had it, just the fact that it was something he couldn’t control.


    He opened the diary to the back where all the new things will be written. That was when he read the


    to run far


    away.


    It even had a list of things she was going to need to take with, and when she was nning on meeting


    him.


    He whipped the diary at the bedroom


    window shattering the window to pieces. He didn’t care, how dare she run off with another man. James


    thought that he should have been the one she wanted, his charm and looks should have been all she


    needed.


    That fucking slut!!


    He left the house and went to his shed, where he was God. When he went through the back to his


    secret entrance, he stopped. The dust on the floor had been disturbed. Not a lot, but enough to see


    that the footprints belonged to someone with small feet.


    So Nova was in here. What was she doing in here? Did that stupid mother of hers tell her where she


    could find more jewelry? Something wasn’t sitting with him about all this. He would think that if Nova


    had a guy he would be picking her up or they would be doing things together.


    At the very least her activities should have increased. None of that had happened though. Her


    backpack was gone as well as her hiking boots.


    That little bitch has run off into the fucking woods. He smiled at that thought, his favorite game.


    Hide and Seek.


    Jack walked over to Nova and sat down next to her, she looked at him but didn’t say anything.


    “Nova, what I am about to tell you will make you think my cheese has slid off my cracker. I can assure


    you that it has not and that everything I tell you will be the truth.”


    “Alright, Jack what is it you wish to tell me. I will try to keep an open mind.”


    “The reason I am out here in the middle of the woods with only jogging pants on is that I can shift into a


    grizzly bear.”


    Nova stared at him like he just grew two heads and wings.


    “I am telling you the truth and I will show you now what I say is true. Please don’t run away screaming,


    Brutus my bear will not harm you.”


    He stood up took off the pants and shifted right there in front of her into Brutus.


    She gasped but she didn’t run away, either it was shock or thinking that she was hallucinating either


    way she just sat there in silence.


    Brutus walked up to her and licked her face. She came out of whatever trance she was in and bolted


    like a startled deer.


    Brutus ran after her and stopped in front of her to keep her from running too far away. He then looked


    at her and made a chuffing sound. He rubbed his face on her.


    Then he did something that had Jack in stunned disbelief, hey on the ground belly up and wiggled


    his feet.


    This made Nova start tough. She couldn’t stopughing, it was like she was having a manic episode


    and couldn’t stop herself. Finally, Jack was before her and though naked managed to calm her down.


    “Am I like starving and lost in the woods hallucinating all this stuff, am I about to die and don’t have the


    understanding that death is near. Have I be one of those crazy


    people?”


    “No sweetheart you are not crazy, I am here and we are real. I could never


    harm you. I am here to protect you and take you to my n, so we can figure out what is going on and


    get you out of what sounds like to me, a hell hole.”


    “Way to go, Jack, Take her to your n. Now that doesn’t sound like something a bit crazy and corny.”


    “Shut up furball, you are the one that slobbered all over her face and made her run for her life.”


    She was looking at him curiously.


    “Your face goes nk like your daydreaming, what are you doing exactly?


    “I am talking with my bear, Brutus.”


    “If I hadn’t seen it with my own eyes, I would still be thinking I have found a crazypants but either we


    are both nuts or this is real. I am so tired that,


    to be honest, I don’t care anymore. Take me to your leader, Bearman.”


    “He smiled at her humor, we are not aliens, we are bear shifters. As far as taking you to the leader you


    are looking at him.”


    He stood up and put his pants back on, he was going to have to go back to his camp to get the rest of


    his clothes and other things. Then get her out of this forest as soon as possible. It shouldn’t take more


    than a few more days in human form.


    Well, this way anyway he will have some time to find out more about her and she can learn more about


    him. He wanted to hear all of her story, he also wanted her to tell him her full name.


    One thing was for certain she was not going to be carrying that backpack. He didn’t even pack like that


    for his  hikes. She must of been packing for a move and now he knew that she was running away it


    made a lot more sense.


    She stood up and he grabbed her back pack.


    “Let me carry this for a little while, you have been through a lot in thest few days. Take a rest to let it


    all soak in.”


    With that they were on their way.


    The Sheriff decided to wait and see when the FBI Agent went back to his cabin for the night. He had to


    talk to James as soon as possible about the new problem.


    Once the Agent was in his cabin, Sheriff Avery wasted no time going to see James. He hoped that he


    would find him in his house and not in that creepy shed of his. Doesn’t matter though he was going to


    corner him and tell him about the n he has to get rid of the FBI without raising too much suspicion.


    When he got to James ce though the front door was wide open, he went inside to find the ce


    empty except for Kathy passed out on the bathroom floor.


    He noticed also that Nova’s bedroom window was smashed to pieces. Putting two and two together he


    figured that he went after Nova as his next target.


    What fucking part ofy low didn’t that piece of crap understand? Seriously, his own step daughter! No


    one would find that suspicious now will they.


    In frustration Avery shut the door behind him to take a look around the property, maybe he could find


    some sort of clue as to where that idiot was heading


    Agent David was hiding in the woods just outside of the property that the sheriff was now patrolling


    Watching him and wondering what he was looking for, he did notice that the Sheriff gave that odd


    looking shed a wide berth. The Sheriff thought that he had gone to bed, he waited till he saw that idiot


    drive off and followed him here.


    He had left his car at the cabin and shifted into his grizzly bear. It was easy as pie, the sheriff just drove


    right up to this house and went inside like he owned it.


    Agent David waited till the Sheriff


    Agent David waited till the Sheriff looking really pissed off, got in his vehicle and drove away.