Framing Felipe (42 page)

someone’s
managed
to
stake
me
down.
They
might
even
give
you
a
medal.”

They
rocked,
foot-‐to-‐foot,
side-‐to-‐side
for
a
moment.
“Sounds
good.
Maybe
it’d
be
a
San

Felipe
medal.
I
want
to
replace
that
thing.”

“We’ll
find
it,
I
bet.
Maybe
one
of
the
Gypsies
picked
it
up.”

“Maybe.
Are
you
ready
to
go?
I
hear
you
fly
like
you
drive.
Wild
and
reckless.”

“Just
on
takeoff,
baby.”

“How
are
your
landings?”

She
winked
and
ducked
from
his
embrace
to
grab
her
bag.
“I
always
land
exactly
how
I

should.”

Whether
or
not
he
caught
the
metaphor,
he
laced
his
fingers
through
hers
and
pulled

her
to
the
door.
Felipe
held
her
hand
as
if
he’d
never
let
go…and
Sarah
hoped
he
wouldn’t.

End
of
Story
II

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Bryan’s
Betrayal

Look
for
more
Shrew
&
Company—more
were-‐politics
and
another
“missing”
man
in

Fall
2013
with
Tamara’s
love
story:
Bryan’s
Betrayal
.

Bryan
Ridge
is
disgusted
by
what
his
ancestral

were-‐bear
group
has
become.
Once
the
peacekeepers

of
the
Smokies,
they’re
now
the
gang
other

supernatural
groups
fear.
The
leader
is
a
sociopath

and
has
forced
Bryan
to
act
as
his
muscle
for
fifteen

years.
Bryan
has
had
enough.
When
he
doesn’t
show

up
to
shift
at
the
full
moon,
his
sister
thinks
he’s
been

kidnapped…again.
And
that’s
exactly
what
Bryan

wants.

After
almost
a
year
of
non-‐stop
antagonism
from

the
bears,
the
Shrews
are
hesitant
to
get
involved

when
Bryan’s
sister
entreats
them
for
aid.
She
makes
a

compelling
case,
though,
and
boss
lady
Dana
assigns

her
favorite
cranky
Romanian
to
root
Bryan
out.
Tamara
Ursu
would
give
her
eyeteeth
to

end
all
the
were-‐bear
drama
once
and
for
all.
She’s
sick
of
commuting
to
the
mountains
and

misses
her
little
house
in
Durham.
She
wants
to
get
back
to
her
usual
routine.

But
when
Bryan
comes
looking
for
her
instead
of
the
other
way
around,
she
suspects

the
drama
hasn’t
even
begun
to
peak.
Bryan’s
got
big
plans,
and
he
wants
Tamara
to
keep

them
a
secret—even
from
the
Shrews.

Tam
doesn’t
want
to
play
along,
especially
not
for
a
man
whose
attitude
problem
rivals

her
own.
However,
her
Shrew
gut
says
that
maybe
his
harebrained
scheme
will
work…

Maybe
it’s
what
they
need
to
restore
order
in
the
mountains
once
and
for
all.
But
can
they

carry
out
the
plan
without
killing
each
other
first?

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–
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