Free Rough (The Bear Chronicles of Willow Creek Book 1) by Emily Minton, Julia Keith Page A

“Hurry up will you.  We’re all waiting for y'all in here.”
    Grabbing the pants, Ethan begins to slide one long leg at a time into them before pulling them up over his narrow hips and delectable ass. He looks me and motions to the man that brought him pants.  “This is my cousin, Eli.”
    I meet Eli’s eyes and nearly let gasp out, when I see the fury in the them.  “Hello.”
    He doesn’t respond just looks at Ethan and says, “Hurry up.”
    “Everyone needs to leave Eli,” Ethan states.  “My mate and I need time to be alone and talk through some things.  We can all get together another time.”
    Looking towards Eli, I immediately take a step back at the look of hatred in his eyes.  From the look of disgust plainly written on his face, I won’t have to worry about spending any one-on-one time bonding with my new cousin-in-law.
    “Are you fucking kidding me Ethan?  You drag all of out here for this scam of a wedding and then you don’t even let us stay and party, you just kick us out?”
    Stepping forward, Ethan comes chest to chest with his cousin, a low rumble works its way out of his chest.  “Don’t you fucking start, Eli.  If I want to be alone with my mate, I have that right.  Save the bullshit for some other damn time.”
    Shaking his head, Eli spins around and storms back into the house.  Immediately he begins barking out orders to the rest of the guests.  “Alright everyone, party's over.  The all mighty leader wants us all to leave so that he can “bond” with his mate, so let’s go.”
    Hearing him talk to everyone like that about his own cousin causes my jaw to drop open in astonishment.  My sister may drive me up the wall sometimes, but I would never dare talk to her like that.  Turning to look at Ethan, I see him scowling at the back of Eli’s head.  Sliding my hand into his, I give it a gentle squeeze.  Looking down at me, he just shakes his head clearly exasperated.
    Regardless of how rude Eli’s announcement was, everyone quietly begins packing up and heading out.  Many stop as they go, and give us their best wishes.  Some even stop and offer a hug or a pat on the back.
    By the time everyone is out the door, all I really feel like doing is going to bed and sleeping for the next week.  It’s as if all of the commotion in the past few hours suddenly hit me like a ton of bricks, and I’m left completely and utterly exhausted.
    Ethan, suddenly turns towards me and scoops me up into his arms as he begins to climb the stairs to the upper level.  “Alright darlin’, I can pretty much smell the exhaustion on you, so how about we go and have a bath together while we talk some of this out, and after you’re rested up I can give you a tour of your new home?”
    Turning my head, I nuzzle into the side of his neck and take a second to just breathe him in, sighing. “That sounds perfect to me.”
    Chuckling, he turns and places a kiss on my forehead as he continues on down the long hallway.  “Did you just smell me?  Maybe you’re more bear than even you know?”
    “Nope no bear here, sorry to disappoint you dear husband.  I was just taking a moment to enjoy how good you smell. Nothing more than a woman appreciating a man, I swear.”
    Something that I assume is a happy sound begins to rumble in his chest, vibrating the side of my face.  “That’s good babe, I like the way you smell too.  You smell even better now that my scent is all over you.”
    Shaking my head at him, I continue to relax in his arms as he walks into the most stunning bathroom I have ever seen.  The tiles are a gorgeous dark slate grey, covering the floors and parts of the walls.  The darkness of the tiles is made to look even sharper with the splashes of white scattered throughout the room.  The overall feel, is one of wealth and luxury, and the fact that this is now my bathroom too, is something that leaves me completely speechless.
    Sitting me on the vanity, Ethan places a tender kiss on