Bear Shifters (Book 4)

Chapter 7-Ava

I woke up with a start as someone pounded on the door. I pulled the blanket up to cover my bare chest seconds before Adam burst into the room, waking a very confused Minho.

"Get down stairs in the next five minutes for the meeting, and please hurry, our family is attacking my mate," Adam says pleadingly before looking at the state we are in. "Oh, I see, well...I'll just see you guys in a few," he mumbles, closing the door with a blush.

I turn to look over at a smirking Minho, who's just watching me. I blush under his gaze, though I know he's seen every part of me.

"I think Adam's becoming nicer," Mino chuckles, sitting up fully beside me, causing the blanket to slide down to his waist—not that I minded seeing his beautiful abs.

"Yeah, probably because of his mate," I mumbled, flopping back down on the pillow. "I guess mates bring out the best in you."

"Oh no, not all. You bring out my dark side," he chuckles, climbing on top of me and giving me a quick peck on the lips. "But I love you anyway."

"Thanks" I say sarcastically with an attempted glare, but I can't help but smile at him as I lean up and kiss him again.

"I said hurry up...oh god my poor eyes!" I hear Adam's panicked voice before the door slams shut once more.

I let out a laugh, Minho following, before rolling off me, and getting up to gather his clothing. I sigh and follow, pulling on my discarded clothes and straightening my hair, trying to hide the evidence of what we had done.

"Let's go," Minho says as soon as I'm done, rapping an arm around my waist and tugging me downstairs.

The scene in the living room causes a laugh to tear through my throat. Minho and Adam's family members surround Celine, as they fire questions at her, faster than she can answer. Adam is one the outside edge, trying to get in to his mate.

Minho chuckle beside me and pulls me all the way down the stairs until we are standing at the edge of the circle of crazy family members.

"Excuse me," Minho calls into the crowd. "Guys!" Minho tries again.

I chuckle and kiss his cheek, before turning back to the mass of people and clearing my throat.

"Everyone calm the fuck down and give the poor girl some space1 Minho and I have some important news!' I call into the group, causing everyone to shut their mouths and move over to the chairs spread out through the living room.

"Thanks," Minho whispers, kissing the top of my head before turning back to his family. "We met Celine when went out to the human town, well, Ava met her first. Then Adam found out that she was his mate. Celine already new about us and apparently loves werewolves," Minho starts.

Everyone looks over at Celine who was blushing, tucked into Adam's side.

"We split up so that Adam could help get Celine's stuff and bring it all back here. On our way back, our back tire popped on the road in the woods. Ava and I went back to check it out and found a dart in our back tire that popped it," Minho said, looking out over the see of family.

"We tried to look for the attacker, but the little fucker decided to run away. We couldn't smell his scent. We couldn't even hear him. There was no way to track the bastard. We looked for him, before deciding to go back to the pack. As we went back to the car, it exploded, as in, someone planted a bomb in it. So, we ran back here in wolf form as fast as we could so that there was no way the ambusher could attack us. I don't know what it was. I'm guessing it's a human, because of its choice of weapons, but it could have really been anything and anyone," I finish, my gaze landing on Celine.

She wasn't meeting my gaze and playing with the end of her small dress. She shifted in her seat, causing Adam's arm to drop form around her. Her hair was down and covering her face, but none seemed to notice her sudden change in attitude.

Suddenly, the sound of gunshots ring through the house, followed by the sound of an explosion. The glass window in the living room shatters and a metal capsule comes flying in. Minho tackles me to the ground, shoving me under him as the bomb goes off, burning his back. I growl at the pain the caused my mate and gently pushed him off me as I looked at his back. It was burnt and red, while blistering. His shirt had been welded to his skin, causing even more pain.

All I saw was red. Someone had nearly killed my mate! I faintly saw his back heal slowly, telling me he was okay. I shifted into my red wolf, right in the destroyed living room, taking in the damage.

Most of them were burned and healing, but none were dead. Adam was covering Celine under him, even after the explosion. Minho grips my paw, making me look down at him.

"Don't go out there, just wait for me to fully heal," he begs, but I'm not listening.

Some asshole had tried to kill Minho and his family, and I was going to find out who.

I leaned down and licked his face before leaping out of the spot where the window used to be.

I can hear Minho begging me to come back, to wait for him, but I was not going to sit in there while someone was out here slaughtering the pack.

Minho had saved me from the blast, and I would be damned I I wasted that opportunity and stayed in that house.

I loved him, but I wouldn't listen to him on this.

It was my turn to protect him!