Bear Shifters (Book 4)

Chapter 9-Ava

I leapt onto my father's killer, only to be stabbed in the stomach with hat felt like a poisoned covered knife. I let out a snarl as I backed away from him, pulling the knife out.

I attacked him again, dodging his slashing knife and swiping at his arm with my claws. He pulls back with his arm bleeding onto the ground, turning it red. He glares at me, while preparing for the next attack.

I'm just about to comply, when something sharp pierces my back, causing my limbs to go numb and me to fall to the ground.

"Poison's a bitch isn't it," he chuckle, before walking off, allowing four other men to take his place.

I snarl at them as they tie me up in a net, the only thing I can move is my mouth. They laugh at me, but it soon turns top screams as a flash of black and white takes them down. Within a few more seconds, Minho's panda is standing over me, ripping through the net with his claws and teeth.

As soon as I'm free of the contraption, Minho nudges his snout under my bleeding stomach and lifts me up onto his back and carries me somewhere, but I'm not focused on that. I'm focused on my father's killer and how he fucking hot away from me!

I was so close. So close to avenging my father, but he had to bring out the poison and ruin everything. I was so close. Unshed tears sprung to my eyes as I whimpered in my wolf form. All of my training and hard work had led me to this moment, and I blew it.

Minho set me down gently on a patch of grass before shifting. He kisses the top of my head before running off quickly, returning moments later with a pair of sweatpants on and a large shirt in his hands. He slides it over my paralyzed body, before carefully laying my head on his lap as he sits down, looking into my eyes.

"W-what about t-the r-rest of the p-pack?" I ask, managing to get out through my stiff jaw.

"There finishing up the battle, they don't need us right now," he smiles down at me softly, brushing a strand of my hair out of my eyes.

"I-I was supposed to s-save y-you t-today,' I say, with a smile, causing him to chuckle.

It was a beautiful sound. Something I would never tire of hearing.

"Well, we saved each other today," he chuckles, leaning down and pecking my lips.

I know that we shouldn't be happy right now, but I also know that he is trying to keep my mind of the man I let get away, and I was grateful for that.

"I love you," I tell him honestly, knowing that this was just the start of the war.

"I love you too."

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I wake up in Minho's bed, his arm wrapped securely around my waist. I roll over to face him, finding him asleep, his face buried in my shoulder. I smile at his sleeping form and run my fingers through his gorgeous black hair, causing him to smile in his sleep.

I take in his beautiful face and can't help but feel like I don't deserve him. I know I haven't really done anything wrong, but he is just so...perfect and absolutely amazing! I don't compare to him. I know I can be mean and pushy. I'm outgoing and stubborn, but for some very strange reason, Minho loves me anyway.

Unable to keep myself away from him any longer, I lean in and kiss his lips slowly, causing his eyes to flutter open before his arm tightens his arms around my waist, pulling me impossibly closer.

Suddenly the door burst opening, causing me to growl and pull away from Minho. Why the fuck does everyone have to interrupt us all of the damn time?

"What do you want?" I snarl, turning towards the door to find Adam there with his hands, covering his eyes.

"Why do I always walk in on you guys?" he mumbles, sounding annoyed.

"Have you ever heard of knocking?" I snap.

"Yeah, I'm just too lazy to lift my arm and actually do it. Anyway, that's not what I came in here for. Pack meeting downstairs in about fifteen minutes, so be ready and full of ideas," Adam says before closing the door, causing me to fall back down onto Minho's bare chest.

His gorgeously muscled chest might I had.

"Ava?"

"Hmm?" I ask, snapping out of my staring, to look up at him, only to find his beautiful smirk in place.

"You were checking out my awesome body again, weren't you?" he asks amused.

"Yeah," I chuckle.

I wasn't going to deny the truth.

"Don't worry, I check you out all of the time, but we should probably continue this later and head downstairs don't you think?' he asks, raising an eyebrow, his dark eyes gleaming.

"Yeah, let's go," I mumble, annoyed.

He chuckle and kisses the top of my head before allowing me to climb off. I quickly change into a pair of jean shorts and a star wars shirt, while Minho pulls on a pair of jeans and a simply black t-shirt. Making himself look even more sexy.

"Ready?" he asks, grabbing my hand and tugging me out of his room.

"Yuppers," I smile, making him chuckle.

We were going to figure this out and find a way to save our pack and all bear shifters and werewolves. We had to, and in the process, I was going to kill my father's murderer.