Free Kingpin Bear (A Paranormal Shape Shifter Romance) (The Agency Book 4) by Amelia Jade Page B

addition, there is one other factor you haven’t included in your calculations,” he said softly, reaching out and planting his lips where his fingers had been, bringing an instant redness to her face.
    “And what’s that?” she asked just as quietly.
    “There’s a reason I’m the leader,” he said, his voice becoming a hardened growl as his bear rumbled within him, coming to the surface ready for battle. His eyes swiveled outward as he exited the car, limbs creaking slightly as he strode toward the house that contained his man.
    The pain from being cramped up no longer registered.
    The odds against him no longer mattered.
    All that concerned him was ensuring his entire team was safe.
    The length of his stride increased, and his muscles rippled as he flexed them.
    The neighborhood was a fancy one, with enough space for another house between each existing building. This gave people living there plenty of privacy, as large trees and shrubs grew up between the properties.
    I’m coming, Justin.
    He hadn’t wanted to speak his name aloud around Nadia. He knew he was becoming interested in the woman, but there was still something she was hiding that made him want to do the same. Perhaps after they had known each other for more than a few hours, he would feel more comfortable talking to her about everything going on.
    If only his bear would hold off that long. It had been insistent, yanking him toward her every chance it could. When Jared let his guard down for a split second, its yearning to be close to her, to touch her and caress her was almost more than he could withstand.
    Jared shook his head, focusing back on the task at hand. In this, he and the wild animal within him were in agreement.
    It was time to kick some ass.
    He strode up the front walk, acting unconcerned, as if he belonged. The darkness hid his features from the two guards long enough for him to come close to within striking range.
    “Hey! You—” the man’s voice cut off with a strangled sound as he crumpled to the ground, his throat crushed by a vicious sideways chop from Jared’s hand.
    The other guard reacted swifter, throwing an off-balance punch from where his hand had been resting at his hip. The speed of it caught Jared off guard. Instead of evade it and end up off balance himself, he spun with the blow. As he did he stepped backward and drove his elbow hard into the guard’s stomach. His hand became a fist as he rotated his arm until his fist pointed upward, and then he extended, his fist catching the stunned guard in the chin.
    His jaw snapped together and his eyes glassed over, but Jared wasn’t done with him yet. A flurry of punches broke several ribs, followed by a forearm that broke the guard’s nose. Somehow the Agent was still on his feet.
    The front door started to creak open—it was now behind Jared as he’d worked over his opponent. Without thinking, he grabbed the man’s neck and pants, spun, and hurled him through the open doorway.
    The improvised battering ram hit with such force the door slammed off its hinges, taking the third guard behind it to his back. A fourth guard was hit square in the torso by the flying missile of his comrade and they went down together, momentarily dazed.
    Jared stepped through the doorway, pausing only long enough to deliver a booted kick to the guard under the door, snapping his neck violently enough to ensure he would never rise again.
    The fourth guard shoved the dead body of guard number two off of him just in time to receive a knee to the stomach as Jared dropped his entire weight onto the man’s midsection, cracking ribs and more as he did. Reaching down, the big Alpha Sentinel punched the hardwood floor until it cracked and he could rip off a foot-long chunk.
    Before the guard could react he thrust it up and into the underside of the man’s jaw and into his skull.
    “Any more takers?” he growled, rising slowly to his feet as shouts sounded inside the house.
    Another pair of