Grizzly Dare – Rhys Everly

Long after he left, I stared at the door, like Lookah. As if waiting for my owner to come back and give me life again. I felt exposed out here, on my own, with a stranger in the house. Not that Slade was a stranger stranger. He’d been a regular like most of the other guys from their little group. Their Navy SEALs group. But I didn’t know Slade well. Not like I knew Dare. I guessed Dare was also a stranger. Or he had been until two weeks ago when he pulled me into his arms and carried me away to safety.

We’d gotten closer since then. A lot closer. I mean, we slept in the same bed. It didn’t get closer than that. Well, it did, but we hadn’t gone there. I didn’t think we ever would. If he was interested in me in that way, he’d have said so by now. Or done something about it at least. It was okay. I’d made my peace with that.

And yet every second he was away from me was agony. Torture. My stomach hurt and my head throbbed. What if he found Victor? What then? What if he didn’t come back? I should have gone with him. I shouldn’t have stayed behind. Maybe if I was there I could help…somehow. “Are you okay?” Slade asked me after a while—not sure how long—and I finally looked away from the door. “Yeah. Uhm…I’m okay.” I glanced at the brioche dough and decided to put it in the oven.

Only then did I turn around and looked at Slade in the eyes. “Are you hungry? Want pancakes?” Before he could reply I got to work. “I could do with some pancakes.” “S-sure,” Slade added but I wasn’t listening anymore. I was too busy mixing in ingredients. I could feel Slade’s gaze on me as I poured the batter on the pan but soon he turned his attention to his laptop.

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OceanofPDF.com CONTENTS Trigger Warnings Character List 1. Dare 2. Zach 3. Dare 4. Zach 5. Dare 6. Zach 7. Dare 8. Zach 9. Dare 10. Zach 11. Dare 12. Zach 13. Dare 14. Zach 15. Dare 16. Zach 17. Dare 18. Zach 19. Dare 20. Zach 21. Dare 22. Zach 23. Zach 24. Dare 25. Dare 26.

Zach 27. Dare 28. Zach 29. Dare 30. Zach 31. Dare 32. Zach 33. Dare 34. Zach 35. Dare 36. Zach 37. Dare 38. Zach 39. Dare Chapter 40 Epilogue A Letter from Rhys Also by Rhys Audiobooks About the Author Cast of Characters OceanofPDF.com TRIGGER WARNINGS Past abusive relationship Mentions of emotional and physical abuse PTSD and anxiety responses Violence Death OceanofPDF.com CHARACTER LIST For a list of the characters of Mayberry Protectors and Mayberry Holm in general, flip to the back of the book.

Or for a visual list, visit: https://www.rhyswritesromance.com/mayberry- cast OceanofPDF.com S ONE DARE ome days were hard. Most days were hard, especially when you’ve had your heart, mind, soul—hell, your entire world—destroyed and you’re still trying to pick up the pieces. Most days it was tough to get out of bed. If it weren’t for my responsibilities, I’d probably never leave the house. I’d sit inside and go through the motions, pretending I was okay, when I was just existing.

I’d been in survival mode for the past five years, yet it felt like an entire lifetime. And how could it not, considering how much I’d lost and how busy I’ve kept since. Thankfully, there was a ray of sunshine in my life. It was only one, but it was so bright it had the capacity to make me feel good if I let it.

The ray’s name was Zach. And that was who I was going to see this morning.

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