House of Bears 3
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AMY STAR & SAMANTHA SNOW
Copyright © 2020 BY AMY STAR & SAMANTHA SNOW
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About This Book
As Holly finds herself growing closer to Trevor in a way she never expected. This causes a ripple effect that has significant consequences for Holly and the rest of the group.
However, when Holly and Trevor realize they are trapped inside the town they have to turn to a mysterious vampire to help them figure out just what is going on.
Can they trust this stranger or are they all about to walk into a trap?
CHAPTER ONE
CHAPTER TWO
CHAPTER THREE
CHAPTER FOUR
CHAPTER FIVE
CHAPTER SIX
CHAPTER SEVEN
CHAPTER EIGHT
CHAPTER NINE
CHAPTER TEN
CHAPTER ELEVEN
CHAPTER TWELVE
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
CHAPTER FIFTEEN
CHAPTER SIXTEEN
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
CHAPTER NINETEEN
CHAPTER TWENTY
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE
CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR
CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE
CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN
CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT
CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE
CHAPTER THIRTY
CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE
CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO
CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE
CHAPTER ONE—HOLLY
All this time, Holly imagined Golden Oak to be some kind of run-down ghost town filled with haggard residents and ever-present thunderclouds. That couldn’t be further from the truth.
It took all of five minutes of being inside Golden Oak’s borders for Holly to understand where the name came from. Every tree as far as the eye could see was covered in yellow, orange, and bright red leaves. The forest surrounding the picturesque town looked like a sea of gold.
Golden leaves were all Holly could see from the window in her room.
Trevor didn’t throw her in a cave and lock her in a cage this time. He gave her a room with a comfortable bed, plenty of blankets, a TV, a shelf teeming with books, a squishy armchair, and even a fireplace. Not to mention a dresser filled with warm, comfortable clothes like the chunky knit sweater she wore now. It was a good thing she had it.
Golden Oak was colder than Silver Spruce.
Holly vaguely remembered Trevor explaining to her why the leaves were always gold. Something about the consistently chilly weather paired with just a little bit of magic kept the forest surrounding the town in a permanent state of autumn.
As much as Holly hated being there, she couldn’t deny how beautiful the forest was.
She didn’t look away from the window when someone knocked on her door. It wasn’t like she could answer it. The door was locked from the outside. The knock was a courtesy, if it could even be considered that. She was, after all, a prisoner. That didn’t change, no matter how comfortable the room was.
“Are you decent?” Trevor’s voice came from the other side of the door.
Holly didn’t answer. It wasn’t like anything she said made a difference to Trevor.
With a loud click, he unlocked the door and let it swing open. “Good morning,” he said.
“It’s past noon,” Holly muttered.
“I know, I just wanted to see if you’d speak to correct me.”
Holly fell silent once more.
“And we’re back to the silent treatment.”
Anger sparked in Holly’s chest. “Oh, I’m sorry,” she seethed. “I’ll try to be more pleasant and personable to the man who’s kidnapped me not once, but twice.”
“I didn’t kidnap you twice. You went willingly.”
“I went because I didn’t have a choice,” she snapped. “I did it to save the life of the man I love.”
“You made a choice, then?”
“Excuse me?” Only now did Holly look away from the window.
“You picked a mate.”
Holly smirked at his deep scowl and furrowed brow.
His upper lip curled back, exposing his canines. An echo of the bear that lurked beneath his skin.
“Does that make you angry?” she taunted.
Trevor clenched his fists until his knuckles turned white.
“It does, doesn’t it?” She smiled, showing her teeth right back at him. “Between the two of us, who do you think has more of a right to be angry? I’ll give you a hint. It’s not you.”
Technically, she hadn’t chosen a mate. She wasn’t even close to making that kind of decision.
As the human vessel of a mythical entity called the Maiden, Holly was fated to carry the child of the Bear Clan King. Any firstborn son from the Silver Spruce territory was eligible to be the father, but the choice was ultimately hers.
Discovering all of this was enough of a bomb to her life, but what Holly really didn’t count on was that every Silver Spruce firstborn—with the exception of Trevor—was a dream come true.
Holly loved Loch, the man Trevor used to force Holly to come to Golden Oak. Holly also loved the other three firstborn sons, Johnny, Keller, and Garret.
Loch was the only one who knew she loved him. Holly hadn’t gotten the chance to tell the others. She wasn’t sure it was the wisest course of action. Part of her would be happy to settle down with any of them. The other part hated the thought that she’d have to give three of them up at some point.
If she’d been given a lifetime to get to know every firstborn son, she might’ve been ready to make a decision right now. Instead, she was dragged into this life from her grandmother from beyond the grave two months ago.
Two months wasn’t enough time for anyone to pop the question
