Fates Hands by Lori Ameling
Chapter 73

Chapter 73

Chapter 8–Book 2

Jack wasn’t sure what to do first. That was something of a rarity for him.

“It is because you are having trouble keeping it in your pants. Jack.”

“Go eat some grass, you asshole bear.”

Brutus has a way of being brutally honest in the rudest of ways. Jack is pretty sure it is intentional too.

He was in a pickle right now, he had to help her and keep her safe. To do that he was going to have to

reveal something about himself that might have her running and screaming again.

“Yeah, wait till she replaces out that the bear the other day, watching her while she was swimming n*ked,

is none other than you.”

“Don’t you mean us, furball?”

“Oh, fine then go and tell her that you shift into a bear. That is why you’re half-n*ked in the woods. I’m

sure that will help your case. She thought you were Mr. Crazypants before…..Brutus continued to laugh

and roll around.”

“You do know you asshole, that if she is my mate she is also your mate as well. It might interest you to

start to help out a little, instead of just laugh.”

Jack decided to not listen to Brutus and go and tell Nova his secret. Hoping that she wasn’t going to

think he had fallen off the deep end. He didn’t tell Brutus his full plan was to shift right there in front of

her.

See if Mr. Smartass Bear will still be laughing when he is in the spotlight.

Brutus stopped laughing when he heard those thoughts.

James was standing in his living room looking down at his useless piece of shit wife. He left her passed

out on the bathroom floor and went to Nova’s bedroom to check things out.

When he got there he noticed that her jacket and purse were gone, her work shoes though were still

there. He went over to the floorboard by the wall and lifted it. Little clever Nova thought that he wouldn’t

replace where she had hidden her diary.

Most of the time it was pretty boring stuff or girl things. Which he had no real interest in. Once in a

while, though it would give him a little bit of information, like he found out she was afraid of the dark and

spiders of

any size.

He hadn‘t looked in it for a long while simply because it just got too boring. This time though he might

replace something useful in it. Still, she never revealed where she hid her money though. Which always

irked him. Not that he cared that she had it, just the fact that it was something he couldn’t control.

He opened the diary to the back where all the new things will be written. That was when he read the

last four pages about this guy she met and how they were going to take her money, so they can use it

to run far

away.

It even had a list of things she was going to need to take with, and when she was planning on meeting

him.

He whipped the diary at the bedroom

window shattering the window to pieces. He didn’t care, how dare she run off with another man. James

thought that he should have been the one she wanted, his charm and looks should have been all she

needed.

That f**king slut!!

He left the house and went to his shed, where he was God. When he went through the back to his

secret entrance, he stopped. The dust on the floor had been disturbed. Not a lot, but enough to see

that the footprints belonged to someone with small feet.

So Nova was in here. What was she doing in here? Did that stupid mother of hers tell her where she

could replace more jewelry? Something wasn’t sitting with him about all this. He would think that if Nova

had a guy he would be picking her up or they would be doing things together.

At the very least her activities should have increased. None of that had happened though. Her

backpack was gone as well as her hiking boots.

That little b*tch has run off into the f**king woods. He smiled at that thought, his favorite game.

Hide and Seek.

Jack walked over to Nova and sat down next to her, she looked at him but didn’t say anything.

“Nova, what I am about to tell you will make you think my cheese has slid off my cracker. I can assure

you that it has not and that everything I tell you will be the truth.”

“Alright, Jack what is it you wish to tell me. I will try to keep an open mind.”

“The reason I am out here in the middle of the woods with only jogging pants on is that I can shift into a

grizzly bear.”

Nova stared at him like he just grew two heads and wings.

“I am telling you the truth and I will show you now what I say is true. Please don’t run away screaming,

Brutus my bear will not harm you.”

He stood up took off the pants and shifted right there in front of her into Brutus.

She gasped but she didn’t run away, either it was shock or thinking that she was hallucinating either

way she just sat there in silence.

Brutus walked up to her and licked her face. She came out of whatever trance she was in and bolted

like a startled deer.

Brutus ran after her and stopped in front of her to keep her from running too far away. He then looked

at her and made a chuffing sound. He rubbed his face on her.

Then he did something that had Jack in stunned disbelief, he lay on the ground belly up and wiggled

his feet.

This made Nova start to laugh. She couldn’t stop laughing, it was like she was having a manic episode

and couldn’t stop herself. Finally, Jack was before her and though n*ked managed to calm her down.

“Am I like starving and lost in the woods hallucinating all this stuff, am I about to die and don’t have the

understanding that death is near. Have I become one of those crazy

people?”

“No sweetheart you are not crazy, I am here and we are real. I could never

harm you. I am here to protect you and take you to my clan, so we can figure out what is going on and

get you out of what sounds like to me, a hell hole.”

“Way to go, Jack, Take her to your clan. Now that doesn’t sound like something a bit crazy and corny.”

“Shut up furball, you are the one that slobbered all over her face and made her run for her life.”

She was looking at him curiously.

“Your face goes blank like your daydreaming, what are you doing exactly?

“I am talking with my bear, Brutus.”

“If I hadn’t seen it with my own eyes, I would still be thinking I have found a crazypants but either we

are both nuts or this is real. I am so tired that,

to be honest, I don’t care anymore. Take me to your leader, Bearman.”

“He smiled at her humor, we are not aliens, we are bear shifters. As far as taking you to the leader you

are looking at him.”

He stood up and put his pants back on, he was going to have to go back to his camp to get the rest of

his clothes and other things. Then get her out of this forest as soon as possible. It shouldn’t take more

than a few more days in human form.

Well, this way anyway he will have some time to replace out more about her and she can learn more about

him. He wanted to hear all of her story, he also wanted her to tell him her full name.

One thing was for certain she was not going to be carrying that backpack. He didn’t even pack like that

for his hikes. She must of been packing for a move and now he knew that she was running away it

made a lot more sense.

She stood up and he grabbed her back pack.

“Let me carry this for a little while, you have been through a lot in the last few days. Take a rest to let it

all soak in.”

With that they were on their way.

The Sheriff decided to wait and see when the FBI Agent went back to his cabin for the night. He had to

talk to James as soon as possible about the new problem.

Once the Agent was in his cabin, Sheriff Avery wasted no time going to see James. He hoped that he

would replace him in his house and not in that creepy shed of his. Doesn’t matter though he was going to

corner him and tell him about the plan he has to get rid of the FBI without raising too much suspicion.

When he got to James place though the front door was wide open, he went inside to replace the place

empty except for Kathy passed out on the bathroom floor.

He noticed also that Nova’s bedroom window was smashed to pieces. Putting two and two together he

figured that he went after Nova as his next target.

What f**king part of lay low didn’t that piece of crap understand? Seriously, his own step daughter! No

one would replace that suspicious now will they.

In frustration Avery shut the door behind him to take a look around the property, maybe he could replace

some sort of clue as to where that idiot was heading

Agent David was hiding in the woods just outside of the property that the sheriff was now patrolling

Watching him and wondering what he was looking for, he did notice that the Sheriff gave that odd

looking shed a wide berth. The Sheriff thought that he had gone to bed, he waited till he saw that idiot

drive off and followed him here.

He had left his car at the cabin and shifted into his grizzly bear. It was easy as pie, the sheriff just drove

right up to this house and went inside like he owned it.

Agent David waited till the Sheriff

Agent David waited till the Sheriff looking really pissed off, got in his vehicle and drove away.