Her Grizzly Outlaw (2 page)

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Cain Trainer

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Fallina
(Cain and Beth
Wern
(d)) (m)

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Boston “Tuck” Oakley

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“Shane “Pierce” Booker

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Thayer “Rock”
Ollin

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Sebastian “Ruin” Hollander

HER GRIZZLY OUTLAW

The Grizzly MC, 8

Jenika
Snow

Copyright © 2014

Chapter
One

Tarren
, sixteen years old

“I’m ready to go for a swim,”
Tarren
said and put her beer on the deck. “And done talking
about whether our dads will catch us drinking these piss weak beers.” She took
off her tank and shorts. Now in nothing but a bikini, she stretched her arms
high above her head and grinned over at Lucas. God, she had wanted him for as
long as she could remember, but he was off limits, or should she say
she
was off limits. Her dad, Dallas, was
not a man that liked his daughter to be seen with the opposite sex. It was
ridiculous, even if she was only sixteen. But there was something about Lucas,
something that had these butterflies moving around in her belly, had her palms
sweating, and had her heart racing. But
Tarren
could
mask all
that,
could just pretend that she was immune
to the charm of Lucas Landon. It was hard, but she pretty much had that shit
down.

“Damn,
Tarren
, when did you get so curvy?”
Lucas said. He was staring at
her in a totally lewd manner, and brought his beer can to his mouth to take a
long drink.

She felt her cheeks start to
heart from his clear observation, but she quickly pushed away her
embarrassment. Putting on a mask of indifference, she scoffed at what he said.
“I’m not a little kid anymore, Lucas. I mean, look at you and the other guys.”

Lucas glanced down at himself.

Yeah, he knew he looked good,
especially with the bulging muscles, and the animal magnetism that had any and
all females dropping their panties in hopes the twins would catch their eyes.
She glanced at
Nico
, Lucas’s twin brother. They were
identical, right down to their short dark hair and piercing blue eyes. When had
she realized she wanted Lucas Landon? God, she didn’t even know. But they were
pals, buddies, had grown up together, and she knew that nothing could ever come
between them. If they did get together it would be hell because her father
wanted her to stay away from guys like the Landon brothers. Despite the fact
her father and their father were in the same MC, The Grizzlies, and that they
probably had run wild in the town of Steel Corner before they had finally
settled down, that didn’t mean her dad was any less protective. Yeah, Dallas
was one fierce grizzly shifting papa bear. Maybe it was because her father had
lost
a son years
ago, and she had been his first
little girl since he had gone through that tragedy? Or maybe it was just
because he knew Lucas was a player, a male that liked pussy, and didn’t care
who he got it from?

She stared at Lucas, turned her
attention to
Nico
and Alexis, and saw that her best
friend was eyeing the other Landon twin fiercely. Alexis was the daughter of
Brick, a scarred and hardcore male that was also the Sergeant at Arms for the
club. Alexis tried to act like she didn’t want
Nico
,
but it was clear she did. But
Tarren
didn’t say
anything, never revealed to Alexis that she knew how much the bear shifting
sixteen year old male meant to her, because admitting that would mean she’d
have to come clean with her own feelings. She’d have to end up admitting she
had been hiding her feelings for a certain Landon twin herself.

Tarren
looked at the guys again, at how
muscular they were from playing high school sports, but it wasn’t just about
them all being athletic, but because of their genetics, too.

“Yeah, but I think you got that
way overnight,” Lucas said through a grin.

They were all Grizzly MC
children,
offspring of members of a motorcycle club that had
a reputation for being trouble and that people should stay away from them. And
that trickled down to
Tarren
and the rest of the
kids, too. Buts despite the fact they were somewhat looked down upon and
feared, no one screwed with a Grizzly kid, and not just because they had bikers
for dads. Lucas and
Nico
had reputations for not
putting up with shit, either, and because of that, and who their father was
they didn’t have a lot of hassle from anyone. But
Tarren
also didn’t give a shit what anyone thought, and was fine with putting them in
their place when the time called for it, no matter who they were.

Tarren
watched Lucas speak to
Nico
, and then she looked at Alexis. The other girl watched
her. Did Alexis know she had a thing for Lucas? If she did she didn’t act like
it or show it on her face. Clearing her throat,
Tarren
looked away, knowing that she didn’t want to be obvious, and didn’t want Alexis
asking any questions. All that would serve to do was make things really awkward
between them.

“Come on, I’m ready to get in.”

She watched as Alexis’s little
brother, Odin, took off his shirt and tossed it aside. He went to the edge of
the deck, right between Alexis and
Nico
, and dove
right in. Her focus was on the lake when Lucas came up to her, picked her up
easily, and tossed her in the water. She squealed out right before crashing
into the lake. She broke free of the surface of the water, sputtered out, and
pushed her hair out of the way. She glanced up at Lucas just in time to see him
do a cannonball. He crashed into the water right beside her, spraying her with
droplets.

“You ass.”
She gasped out, wiped the water
from her face again, and then started chucking. The water was cold despite the
heat outside, and then everyone started laughing. Lucas dipped low beneath the
surface, and she cried out when he started tickling her. She tried to push him
away, but she couldn’t see him very well, and her movements were slow because
of being in the lake. He broke through the water, spit out a spray of the fluid
at her face, and then started chuckling.

Odin and Lucas started wrestling,
and
Tarren
glanced at Alexis and
Nico
.
They faced each other, their expression intimate, and she swore she could feel
their connection as if she were standing right in front of them. And then
Nico
lifted his hand and started touching Alexis all soft
and tenderly, and she wished that she could have that kind of electricity, that
kind of connection with someone.

She looked at Lucas, saw that he
was oblivious to what was happening, and then she faced her best friend again.
She and
Nico
were smiling at each other, and then
Nico
grabbed her hand and they jumped into the water.
Tarren
started laughing, trying to make it seem like she
wasn’t affected, when in fact she was, deeply.
Tarren
didn’t know if she was comfortable with that emotion.

****

Tarren
, eighteen years old

The party was crazy, rowdy, and
the alcohol flowed like water.
Tarren
tossed back
another shot, saw Alex and
Nico
all but making out in
the secluded woods that surrounded the lake they were currently party around,
and she rolled her eyes and turned away. The couple was inseparable, but
although it was nauseating at times because they loved each other so much, it
also was depressing because
Tarren
didn’t have
anything like that. Yes, she was young, but so were they, and she knew what she
wanted out of life. Alexis and
Nico
had loved each
other for as long as any of the Grizzly kids could remember. It was one of
those soul mate deals, and although Alexis had never come out and said that, or
used that term,
Tarren
could see that deep down
emotion reflected on her face.

She heard a giggle off to the
side and looked over at where Lucas stood. He had a blonde girl pushed up
against a tree and had his mouth by her hear. The way the girl was sighing and
giggling told
Tarren
that Lucas was probably working
his charm, and that the blonde would have her panties around her ankles before
the night ended.

Of course
Tarren
knew she had no claim on him, but she hated seeing him with other girls. She
loved him. It was the sad, painful truth, but she knew nothing would ever
happen between them. The girl had her shirt pushed almost all the way down, and
her tits were popping right over the edge of her tube top. She was a definite
slut. Lucas pulled back and braced a hand on the trunk beside the blonde’s
head. He had a bottle of whiskey in the other hand and brought it to his mouth,
taking a long swallow. Maybe he felt
Tarren
staring
him, because he glanced over at her. With the shadows covering his face she saw
the way he looked right at her, as if he could stare into her soul and knew
exactly how much she wanted him.

“Hey,
Tarren
.”

She turned and faced Brandon, one
of the human guys that she had graduated with. He was gorgeous in that jock,
football-playing way. He grinned at her, flashed his straight white teeth, and
lifted a beer to her.

“Thought you could use something
to chase those shots you’ve been throwing back.”

She took the beer and popped the
top before he could help her out with that. “Thanks.”
Tarren
tipped the bottle back and drank some of the lukewarm alcohol, but still felt
the way Lucas stared at her. It was a tingling in the back of her neck and a
realization that he was so very close.

“So, plans for college?” Brandon
asked, and brought his beer to his mouth.” He stared at her, and then reached
out and brushed a piece of her hair off of her shoulder. Brandon was not her
type, and definitely not what she really wanted, so his touch felt a bit
awkward to her.

She shook her head and took a
step back. “No. I am thinking of taking a year off, but I haven’t decided yet.”
And then she felt this heat on her back, felt this presence right behind her,
and knew it was Lucas.

Brandon looked over her shoulder,
his eyes widening for a split second before he retreated a step.

“Don’t you have a football to
throw or some shit?” Lucas said from behind her, his voice deep, yet
surprisingly
clear
.
Tarren
would have assumed he was pretty close to being trashed, yet he didn’t have a
slur in his voice at all.

Brandon didn’t even respond, just
tipped his chin toward Lucas and turned to leave.
Tarren
turned around and faced Lucas, her eyes narrowing little at the cocky grin he
wore.

“Hey,” he said in that smooth,
deep voice of his.

“Why did you cock block?” she
asked, teasing him, but a little annoyed at this sudden territorial gleam that
entered his eyes. It was like he was her big brother or something, thinking he
was looking out for her.

“Are you serious?” he asked, not
sounding shocked by her question, but amused.

She lifted a brow at him. “What?”

He eyed her up and down, and she
felt a little zing of electricity slam into her. “Unless you’re hiding a dick
between your curvy as fuck legs, I’d say I wasn’t cock blocking anyone but that
douche that was totally trying to hit on you.”

“He wasn’t hitting on me,”
Tarren
said, although she knew he had been.

He didn’t respond, but grinned,
looked behind him at the blonde that was still staring at them, and then turned
and faced
Tarren
again. “Let’s go for a walk and
talk.”

She cocked an eyebrow again.
“Talk and walk?” She had to chuckle at her words. “Am I going to regret gong in
the woods with you, Lucas Landon?”
Tarren
smiled, but
gave him a curious look. “You’re not going to get all weird drunk on me and
start talking about guy stuff that will either bore me, make me gag, or have
me
wincing?”