Laid Bear by Eve Vaughn (e books for reading .TXT) 📕

the car to pass. But instead of going by, the other driver pulled his vehicle in behind hers. She sped up and so did he. She slowed down and the other driver mimicked. Her heart began to pound a mile a minute. Who was this?

She reached for her phone, wishing she’d taken the time to synch her cell to her car, but instead she took her eyes off the road to press Heath’s number. As she pressed the button to call him, the other driver rammed her from behind.

“Oh shit!” she screamed, dropping the phone in panic and gripping the steering wheel.

She looked around to see if there were witnesses, but she was on a back road that didn’t get much traffic, with a wooded area on either side of her. The other car maneuvered next to hers. She glanced over and was shocked to see who the driver was. Before she could react, he did a pit maneuver, sending her car spinning out of control. She screamed.

Heath had just come out of a meeting when he felt his phone vibrate. He pulled it out of his pocket to see Zora was calling. She was probably calling to let him know she was on the way, but he wasn’t going to pass up on an opportunity to hear her voice.

“Hey, babe,” he answered with a smile on his face, which immediately fell when she didn’t answer right away. “Zora?”

He heard muffled sounds that sounded like crying. “Baby?”

A piercing scream greeted his ears before the phone cut off.

His heart raced and his bear fought to break free.

He hurried over to his assistant’s desk. “Flo, I’m heading out for the day. Cancel all my afternoon meetings and reschedule. I won’t be answering my phone.”

The older woman frowned in concern. “Is everything okay, boss?”

“A personal matter I need to deal with. Could you please take care of things for me?”

“Sure thing. And I hope everything works out for you.”

He barely managed to nod before turning on his heel and heading out. If anything happened to Zora, someone would pay dearly. With their life.

Gavin was charting some information for the last patient he’d seen when his personal cell phone rang. He saw who was calling and frowned. His cousins rarely called him at work, and it surprised him Heath would be calling when he was supposed to be with Zora.

“Hey, Heath, what’s—”

“Something happened to Zora.” Heath was usually calm in most instances, but Gavin could hear the panic in his cousin’s voice.

The pen he’d been holding snapped in his hand. His heart dropped to his feet. “What do you mean something happened to her? Wasn’t she supposed to be having lunch with you?”

“She never made it to the office. I received a phone call from her, but she didn’t say anything. The call was muffled and it sounded like she was crying and then she started screaming. I’m assuming she was in her car because I heard music in the background like a car stereo.”

Gavin’s anxiety level rose before the anger kicked in. If anything happened to Zora, he’d ripped whoever was responsible in half. “Okay, I’ll get one of the other doctors to cover my afternoon appointments,” he managed to bite out through gritted teeth. “Did you call the police?” Gavin asked even though he already knew the answer.

“Hell no! We find her and we handle this our way. If someone harms one hair on her head, there won’t be enough left of the person for the police to clean up after. I know the healer in you isn’t crazy about the kill but—”

“This person has fucked with the wrong bear.” Where Zora was concern, reason didn’t figure into it as far as Gavin and his cousins were concerned. “Have you contacted Logan?”

“I’m calling him as soon as I get off the phone with you.

I’m going to try to pinpoint her location through the GPS

tracking device in her phone.”

“Call me the second you locate her.”

“Will do.” Heath clicked off without waiting for Gavin to respond, but Gavin didn’t mind. He was already planning his next move. He hoped they’d find Zora safe and sound. God help the person who hurt her.

Tears streamed down Zora’s face as she frantically searched for her phone. She knew there was a tracking device on the inside because she’d heard Heath and Logan