Total pages in book: 48
Estimated words: 45266 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 226(@200wpm)___ 181(@250wpm)___ 151(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 45266 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 226(@200wpm)___ 181(@250wpm)___ 151(@300wpm)
Olivia even reached out and easily clasped Molly’s hand. “I’m confused. You looked like you were listening to something. Who were you focused on?”
“Two of the bears. I think they were both good ones. One of them was the one I heard talking to a bad guy earlier. This time he was with a friendly sort.”
Olivia shifted her attention to Khloe. “Who is on their way here?”
“Thorn and Surge. Both friendly.”
Olivia turned back toward Molly. “But you heard them talking?”
“Yes. It was odd. I didn’t understand. Sort of muffled as if they were jogging. Are they coming this way in human form?”
Everyone gasped at once.
Molly stiffened. “What?”
“Holy shit,” Gavin muttered as he set a hand on her shoulder.
Damon set his palms on his mate’s biceps at the same time, so the six of them were facing each other in a triangle.
“Someone tell me what’s going on,” Molly insisted.
Olivia was still squeezing her hand. “I think you can hear them speaking to each other telepathically.”
“Telepathically? You don’t think they were speaking out loud?” That would explain the odd muffled sounds, but Molly shuddered at the thought. It was impossible to wrap her head around.
Olivia nodded. “I guess you couldn’t hear me, though. I tried to communicate with you while we were both shifted, but you didn’t hear me, did you?”
Molly shook her head before considering Olivia couldn’t see her. “No. I only heard the bears. Surely I wasn’t in their heads.” That seemed so farfetched.
“Nothing would surprise any of us anymore, Molly,” Damon said.
Khloe took a deep breath. “I guess we’ll find out when they get here.”
“What were they saying?” Gavin asked.
Molly shuddered as she recalled their discussion. “They were talking about two other bears named Drow and Firat. They were mad that those two keep snooping on us, and they’re worried they won’t always realize it, and we might get hurt. They want to go to their council and ask for someone to take action or at least let them keep closer tabs on the two rogue bears.”
“That’s incredible,” Arion said, making Molly aware that everyone else had also gathered outside around them.
Felix sighed. “I still think we should keep Molly’s abilities a secret from the bears for now. Even though Surge and Thorn have proven to have our best interests at heart time and again, it might not hurt to have Molly’s ability in our back pocket in case we need her one day.”
Gavin pulled her closer. “I agree. Besides the fact that she can spy on them and warn us when something is going down, I wouldn’t want her ability to get back to Drow or Firat. They already see us as the enemy. There’s no telling what they might do if they found out Molly can hear them plotting.” He tensed at her back, and Molly followed suit.
Her Daddy was right. She didn’t want to live in fear of rogue bear shifters.
The two voices suddenly filtered into her consciousness again, and she held up a hand to keep anyone from speaking, grateful when everyone hushed.
Molly patted her Daddy’s arm before wiggling free of him and stepping away from the others to shift. She could hear fine in her human form, but her wolf could block the rest of the noises far better than her human and filter out the precise communication she was interested in.
A few seconds later, she was in her wolf body, ears perked, head tipped.
Khloe spoke. “They’re almost here. Two minutes.”
Molly nodded, grateful for the information. It really helped her understand distances. That wasn’t something she had mastered yet. She would need to practice. It would be easy. Daddy could arrange a time when everyone had conversations in their homes so Molly could begin to memorize at what distance she was hearing each of them. Easy enough.
Khloe and Olivia shifted next to Molly while she focused on the approaching bears.
“I don’t think they’re going to be too pleased to see us.”
“I doubt it. Wasn’t Gavin’s mating ceremony a few weeks ago? It seems like every time a new female joins the Alphas there’s a new round of unrest that stirs up Drow and Firat. That can’t be a coincidence.”
“I agree.”
Molly looked toward Olivia who was watching her, head tipped to one side. It didn’t seem that Olivia was able to hear the bears yet. How close did they have to be for her to communicate with them?
A more pressing question was whether or not Molly would be able to speak telepathically with the bears. The idea freaked her out, but it was also kind of cool.
Khloe suddenly shifted to human form, followed by Olivia.
Molly wasn’t sure why, but she felt like it would be better if she remained in her wolf skin.
Arion, Brock, and Elias were in wolf form, and the three of them took up a protective stance flanking the group.