Polar Bears are Forever: Book One Supernatural Enforcers Agency Read Online Free PDF Page B

But, was it her imagination, or was the tension between them crackling?
    The big guy was tense; there was no mistaking that, but wasn’t it going a bit overboard?  According to Avery, he didn’t want her there, which was fine - admittedly she kind of expected that.  But, he was giving her the silent treatment, and his body seemed to be repulsed just by her nearness.  Wasn’t that a bit much?
    She was his new teammate, and although she was sure she was a disappointment, shouldn’t he just be professional about it?
    “When we get there, let me do the talking,” he ordered gruffly.
    The words were so unexpected she started and hit her head on the passenger window.  Finally, he did glance at her.  Probably wondering how he managed to get trapped in a vehicle with such a lunatic .
    “Okay?”
    Erin nodded quickly, “Of course, you’ll do the talking.”
    “No, I meant is your head okay.”
    Too much to hope that he’d missed that .  “It’s nothing, you just… umm… startled me.”
    He grunted.  “You should think about wearing flat shoes.”
    “Oh!”  Her cheeks burned bright red.  “I’m sorry.”
    Gunner rolled his massive shoulders.  “Not a big deal, but you’re likely to do a lot of walking and maybe some running.”
    “Yes, of course, I wasn’t thinking.”  Oh hell, running.  
    “You don’t have a problem with that, right?”
    “No, not at all, I can… run.”  She looked like a giraffe attempting a three-legged race when she did, but she could run.
    “Well, uh, we’ll take things slowly.  Right now, we’re going to the crime scene.  Maybe you can get, I don’t know…”
    “A vision?”
    He let out a long breath.  “Yeah, a vision.  Don’t worry, the body’s already gone.”
    Erin let out a snort of laughter but sobered at his raised eyebrow.  Why couldn’t she behave normally?   “Sorry, I’m not laughing at the situation.  It’s just that I’ve been having visions of dead bodies since I was a kid; they don’t freak me out anymore.”
    “I’m sorry to hear that,” he murmured.
    Erin scrunched her forehead.  “That they don’t freak me out?”
    The corner of his mouth twitched in an almost smile.  “No, about you having visions, I wouldn’t wish that on any kid.”
    She looked out the window.  “You can get used to anything,” she muttered.
    They continued on in silence.  She clenched her thighs together, trying to quench the burning need that had decided to assail her the moment she met the reserved man-mountain sat next to her.  Even his indifference didn’t do anything to cool her down.  Jeez, 28-years-old and she had to choose this moment to grow a sexual appetite .  She had the worst timing. 
    Erin spun round to look at him; the motion didn’t go unnoticed by him.  A question occurred to her, and her first instinct was to blurt it out at him, but when faced with his cold, questioning face, she lost her nerve and bit her lip.
    “What?” he demanded impatiently.
    Crud .  “I… umm… I just wanted to ask you something.”
    “So ask,” he hissed but then relaxed a little.  “I won’t bite.”
    His words reminded her of Avery’s earlier, only she wouldn’t mind if he wanted to bite her.  No, stop it, she had to do something about that overactive imagination. 
    “I just wondered what species you were.”
    He burst out laughing, and she tried to sink down in her seat.  Way to make her feel an inch tall .
    “It’s not funny,” she grumbled.  She didn’t know if there were rules about that sort of thing!
    “No, it’s not,” he said, but his shoulders still shook.  “I’m a polar bear.”
    “Oh!” she exclaimed.  No wonder he was so big!  
    “Oh?”
    “Oh,” she reiterated.
    “Oh, it is,” he murmured.
    “And Jessie?  Is she also a shifter?”
    Gunner grinned.  “Yeah, she’s a squirrel.”
    Erin giggled before slapping a hand over her mouth.  “Sorry, please don’t tell her I laughed.”
    “I doubt