Free Vega Brothers: Khan: Secret Baby BBW (The Bear Shifters of Vega Ranch Book 2) by Kim Fox Page B

me off.
    “Thank you for understanding, sir.”
    “No,” he said with a deep booming laugh. “You misunderstand me. It’s too bad that you’ll have to tell them you’re going back overseas. This is a command, not a request. You’re going.”
    Khan’s Kodiak bear grumbled inside him, pacing around and begging to get out. He didn’t like this man who was trying to take him away from his mate. His Kodiak didn’t care if he was a powerful general in the United States military. He was ready to rip out the man’s jugular regardless.
    “I served my time, General,” Khan said, desperate for the man to change his mind.
    “And you got a pin for it,” General Samson said. “We need a strong bear who knows the hills of Afghanistan to go back in. There are some insurgents who need to be dealt with and we need a powerful bear to do it. We need you, Khan, and we’re not taking no for an answer.”
    “There must be someone else,” Khan pleaded. “I just got home. I’m getting married.”
    General Samson stepped forward and grinned. “You are going overseas to serve your country once again,” he hissed. “If you refuse you’ll be treated as a deserter and face the firing squad.” He leaned in with a smile. “And I might just toss your new wife and little boy in there with you for fun.”
    Khan’s bear roared from inside him, struggling desperately to get free and attack this man who had threatened his mate and bear cub. It took everything that Khan had to reel him in and keep him under control.
    The general stepped back. “That’s the fire that we need over there,” he said with a smile. “I’m glad to see that your family hasn’t made you soft.”
    He opened the door of the SUV as Khan’s body shook from the enraged bear tried to escape. His fingertips burned as bear claws threatened to rip out of them. He couldn’t hold him in for much longer. Khan’s Kodiak had never been beyond his control like this.
    “I’ll be back in two days to go over the reports,” the general said as he hurried to his vehicle. “I hope your bear will be in a better mood then.”
    Khan strained to hold back the furious bear, flexing every muscle in his body to keep him from bursting out. He was shaking with the effort.
    The general seemed to have recognized the danger and was rushing to get off the ranch. He started the SUV and rolled down the window. “Be ready to deploy in two weeks,” he said, before peeling away, engulfing Khan in a large cloud of dust.
    When the dust cleared away an angry Kodiak bear was standing in place of the man with the broken heart.
     

ten
     
     
    “What’s wrong?” Bailey asked as she closed the door to Liam’s bedroom. He had such a busy day that her son had fallen asleep the second his little head hit the pillow.
    Khan turned his head as if he couldn’t bare to look at her. He had been like this all day.
    The three of them had taken horses to the lake for a nice lunch and spent the day swimming and running around on the grass. It should have been perfect but Bailey could tell that there was something on Khan’s mind. Something eating away at him.
    It was time to find out what it was. She had been obsessing about it all day.
    “It’s okay if you’ve changed your mind,” she said, leaning against the hallway wall. “We can take it slow. Put the wedding and moving in on hold until you’re ready.”
    Khan’s eyes darted to hers. There was a sadness in them and she braced herself for his words. They didn’t look like they were going to be positive.
    “I want to marry you,” he whispered with anguish in his voice. “I’d marry you this second if we had a minister in the other room. I want to raise Liam and have you as my wife. That’s all I ever wanted. You’re all I ever wanted.”
    The tension in Bailey’s shoulders released and she took a relieved breath. There was still something bothering him but they could figure it out. She was committed to getting through everything