Free Dating Agency Bear: BBW Bear Shifter Paranormal Romance (BRIDES fur BEARS Book 6) by Natalie Kristen

a mess! Someone ransacked the whole office!
I can't find her. I followed her scent out to the back. Someone
took her, Damien!”
    “Where are you now?”
Damien growled.
    “In her office,”
Graham said. “I'm going to call the Sheriff...”
    “No. Don't call
anyone, yet. Just...stay there. I think I can get some answers
right now.” Damien clicked off and walked straight into the
alley. It was a dead end so there was nowhere for Ian and Ben to go.
They pretended to be lounging aimlessly against the wall as Damien
stalked towards them.
    Ben Doe might have changed
his hair and eye color, but he was still a puny little man. Ian
Renshaw was taller, but still a few inches shorter than Damien. He
was in jeans and had a cap pulled over his eyes. Damien walked right
up to him and yanked the cap off.
    “Hey!” Ian
shouted. “What do you think...”
    “What did you do to
Penelope?” Damien said, slamming him against the wall.
    Ian coughed and choked, but
Damien only tightened his grip around his throat. Ben began to inch
away, hoping to make his escape but Damien grabbed him before he
could run and threw him to the ground.
    Ben whimpered when Damien's
boot came down hard on his chest. “What the fuck did you do to
Penelope? Where is she now?” Damien roared.
    Ian opened his mouth and
seemed to be trying to speak so Damien loosened his hold just a
little. “Who are you?” Ian sputtered. “You're
fucking crazy! I'll have you arrested...”
    “You won't talk?”
Damien let his claws slice out. “Maybe you won't mind losing
an eye. Or maybe I should claw out your tongue, you fucking liar!”
    Damien dragged his claws down
Ian's face and forced his mouth open. He pushed the tip of his claw
into the man's gums and watched his mouth fill with blood.
    Damien made the bastard
swallow his own blood and grabbed him by the hair. “Tell me
where she is,” he snarled. “Last chance to speak. After
this, you won't be able to speak at all. I'll make you eat your own
tongue, you piece of shit.”
    Ian covered his mouth with
his hand in terror. “I don't have her,” he said in a
rush. “Frank's men must have taken her away.”
    “Frank?” Damien
shook him hard. “Who the hell is Frank? Why would Frank take
Penelope?”
    “Because...of the
accounts.” Ian grimaced. “And the money.”
    Damien grabbed Ian and Ben
and pushed his claws into their chins. “Don't fuck with me.”
    “No, no, I'm telling
you the truth! Frank Fronzo would have sent his men to get her. I
let them know where to find her...”
    “You got Ben to hide
something in her laptop,” Damien said slowly. “This is a
frame-up, isn't it?”
    “I planned it
perfectly. She goes down, I go free!” Ian looked at Damien
and said earnestly, “Listen, I'll give you half the amount. I
don't know why you're poking your nose into Penelope's business but
let me tell you this. She ain't worth it. Take the money, man. One
million bucks! It's yours!”
    “Shut up!” Damien
roared.
    His phone started to buzz
again. Damien stared at the two men and saw that there was only one
thing to do. He banged their heads together and knocked them both
out at the same time. Dropping the two scumbags on the ground, he
fished his phone out of his pocket and answered the call.
    It was his cousin, Reid.
“Where are you? Lunch break is over! You're supposed to be
back at the work site...” Reid scolded.
    “Penelope's in
trouble.”
    “What do you need?”
Reid said immediately.
    “I need a ride.”
Damien nudged the two unconscious men with his boot and said, “I
have a delivery to make.”
    His cousin didn't ask any
further questions. “Tell me where you are. I'll be there in
five minutes.”

CHAPTER
TWENTY-SEVEN

    Damien glanced at his watch
as his cousin's car rounded the corner on squealing tires. Not bad.
Five minutes and forty-eight seconds.
    Reid pulled his car to a
screeching halt as soon as he spotted Damien.
    “Come on, we've got to
load the trash in your