Free Hunted (BBW Bear Shifter) (Northern Terrace: A BBW Paranormal Romance Series Book 1) by Elle Gordon
Authors: Elle Gordon
Sister Blister
“I’m telling you the truth, Charlotte!” my sister Kayla yelled at me in my dark bedroom. “I saw something out there!”
“You probably just saw a deer,” I said sitting up from the bed.
“That wasn’t a deer,” she said much more softly. I flicked on a light and saw that Kayla was shaking with fear. My sister was seventeen years old and very mature for her age. When she was much younger, it might have been easier for me to dismiss her fears. However, now I could see that she was truly terrified of something that she saw that night.
“Come sit down next to me,” I said to her while patting an open spot on my bed.
“If you’re just going to tell me that I’m a liar,” Kayla started. “Then I don’t want to talk about it with you.”
“It’s fine, Kayla,” I said with a much more empathetic tone. “You just woke me up in the middle of the night screaming that you saw something outside of your window. I was startled.”
“You have no idea,” Kayla said as she sat next to me. She still looked utterly terrified, so I wrapped my arms around her.
“So what happened?”
“I was reading in my bed when–“
“Kayla, it’s two in the morning!” I said interrupting her.
“I couldn’t sleep…”
“Still, two a.m.?”
“You’re not our mom, you know,” she said rolling her eyes.
“Yes, but I’m your big sister, and you are visiting me this week, so it’s my responsibility to look over you.”
“Are you going to let me finish this story?” Kayla scathed.
“I’m sorry,” I simmered down. “Go on.”
“Like I was saying, I couldn’t go to sleep, so I was reading. I was just using the LED light on my phone as a lamp when the power ran out. It was now completely dark in the room. Wandering around for a bit, I looked for the light switch. When I came up to the window, I saw something moving outside… I’m getting goosebumps just thinking about it.”
“What happened, Kayla?” I demanded. At this point in the story, I was glued to the edge of the bed.
“I’m sorry,” she started again. “It was like a monster or something. Hairy, glowing yellows eyes… and it was looking into your window.”
“Shut up,” I said giving her a sideways look. “You are just making this stuff up to scare me.”
“I’m not, Charlotte!” Kayla screamed. “I’m telling you that I saw something scary in your backyard, and it was watching you in your room!”
“Are you sleeping in here tonight?” I asked through a quivering jaw.
“Yes,” Kayla replied as she nodded her head.
“Good,” I said succinctly. Then I moved open the sheets and turned off the light. We huddled close as I stared out the window. “You don’t think that it can get up here, can it?”
“We’re on the second story,” she said. “It was big, but I couldn’t imagine that it could.”
“What do you think it was?” I asked.
“It was a monster,” she replied.
“Crap,” I said.
“I’m never coming to visit you again, you know.”
“It was probably just a moose that lives in the woods,” I said, hoping that there was a possibility.
“I’m not taking
“I’m telling you the truth, Charlotte!” my sister Kayla yelled at me in my dark bedroom. “I saw something out there!”
“You probably just saw a deer,” I said sitting up from the bed.
“That wasn’t a deer,” she said much more softly. I flicked on a light and saw that Kayla was shaking with fear. My sister was seventeen years old and very mature for her age. When she was much younger, it might have been easier for me to dismiss her fears. However, now I could see that she was truly terrified of something that she saw that night.
“Come sit down next to me,” I said to her while patting an open spot on my bed.
“If you’re just going to tell me that I’m a liar,” Kayla started. “Then I don’t want to talk about it with you.”
“It’s fine, Kayla,” I said with a much more empathetic tone. “You just woke me up in the middle of the night screaming that you saw something outside of your window. I was startled.”
“You have no idea,” Kayla said as she sat next to me. She still looked utterly terrified, so I wrapped my arms around her.
“So what happened?”
“I was reading in my bed when–“
“Kayla, it’s two in the morning!” I said interrupting her.
“I couldn’t sleep…”
“Still, two a.m.?”
“You’re not our mom, you know,” she said rolling her eyes.
“Yes, but I’m your big sister, and you are visiting me this week, so it’s my responsibility to look over you.”
“Are you going to let me finish this story?” Kayla scathed.
“I’m sorry,” I simmered down. “Go on.”
“Like I was saying, I couldn’t go to sleep, so I was reading. I was just using the LED light on my phone as a lamp when the power ran out. It was now completely dark in the room. Wandering around for a bit, I looked for the light switch. When I came up to the window, I saw something moving outside… I’m getting goosebumps just thinking about it.”
“What happened, Kayla?” I demanded. At this point in the story, I was glued to the edge of the bed.
“I’m sorry,” she started again. “It was like a monster or something. Hairy, glowing yellows eyes… and it was looking into your window.”
“Shut up,” I said giving her a sideways look. “You are just making this stuff up to scare me.”
“I’m not, Charlotte!” Kayla screamed. “I’m telling you that I saw something scary in your backyard, and it was watching you in your room!”
“Are you sleeping in here tonight?” I asked through a quivering jaw.
“Yes,” Kayla replied as she nodded her head.
“Good,” I said succinctly. Then I moved open the sheets and turned off the light. We huddled close as I stared out the window. “You don’t think that it can get up here, can it?”
“We’re on the second story,” she said. “It was big, but I couldn’t imagine that it could.”
“What do you think it was?” I asked.
“It was a monster,” she replied.
“Crap,” I said.
“I’m never coming to visit you again, you know.”
“It was probably just a moose that lives in the woods,” I said, hoping that there was a possibility.
“I’m not taking