Shifters of Grrr 1 by Emerald Wright, Terra Wolf, Shelley Shifter, Artemis Wolffe, Wednesday Raven, Amelia Jade, Mercy May, Jacklyn Black, Rachael Slate, Eve Hunter Page B
Authors: Emerald Wright, Terra Wolf, Shelley Shifter, Artemis Wolffe, Wednesday Raven, Amelia Jade, Mercy May, Jacklyn Black, Rachael Slate, Eve Hunter
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through the ruins, tossing anything that looked recognizable into bins for sorting later. Other teams were sectioning off zones to prevent machines from driving over them. Those were places near the edge of the blaze, that for the most part, could easily be reclaimed.
The brothers had been informed that ash was usually nutrient heavy and that it was best to mix it up with the soil, and then add fresh soil to that. So to that end, landscaping companies were already working on areas like that, tilling the land, plants ready in their trucks once the earth was prepared.
The Fire Department had bought in to the plan, running long fire-hoses and setting up stations where regular hoses could be hooked up to water the ground beneath them. As the day progressed, huge trucks full of debris rumbled up the road and out of sight. Each time one of them left, Jake felt a little better about things.
More and more men and equipment were showing up as the day went on as well. Locals and those from nearby Seattle were all coming to pitch in. Although they were all only there for the money, it helped to create an atmosphere where everyone worked well together. There was the normal bitching and moaning about everyone getting in the way, but on the first day, he could tell that a huge amount of work would be done.
"What in the hell do you think you're doing?"
Jake spun, homing in on the sound immediately. He would recognize Harper's voice anywhere. As it so happened, she had already found him and was moving his way with a purpose. She repeated her question in a just as unfriendly tone when she stood but a few feet from him.
"I'm helping fix what I broke. It's not perfect, but it's the best I can do."
"I don't need your help mister. I built this from the ground up once, I can do so again." It was true, he knew she would do it again if left to her own devices.
"I don't doubt that for an instant Harper. You're smart, creative and I sense you can be relentless when you need to." She leaned back at that, giving him a curious look that he took to mean she was wondering where he was going with that. It was about time she accepted a few things.
"The thing is, you don't need to. I'm not doing this because I think you would fail in the attempt. I'm not that stupid. This is my way of showing you that you don't need to be alone, that it's okay to accept the help, and that really, I'm not going anywhere. I will right this wrong, and damnit woman, there is very little you're going to do to stop that."
Harper paused in her tirade momentarily, clearly not expecting the answer he provided.
"You had no right to do this without consulting with me first," she insisted, not willing to back down at all. He sighed, wanting to roll his eyes at the hopelessness of the situation, but well aware that doing so would be of no help to his cause.
"Perhaps you have a point there Harper, but you knew I was up to something here. You can't deny that you felt it through our bond, that I was trying to fix it."
She looked away quickly, not wanting to cave.
"You're going to have to admit sooner or later that you realize we're mated now, or else it's going to drive you crazy."
***
Harper
"That we're what?" Harper had to get him to repeat his statement, to ensure she had heard it correctly. When he restated the part about them being mated, that's where she got confused. It was not a term that humans generally used for each other. Who was he, she wondered silently, unsure about how she felt.
He was so confident about the fact that they were connected, that something serious was happening between them. She had to admit there had been times that he had made her feel things she had never felt before. When they had locked eyes the other day, something different had happened.
Although she was curious, intrigued by how it felt, she didn't want to let on just yet. It would be best if he didn't know she thought him intelligent and gorgeous. After all, he was still
The brothers had been informed that ash was usually nutrient heavy and that it was best to mix it up with the soil, and then add fresh soil to that. So to that end, landscaping companies were already working on areas like that, tilling the land, plants ready in their trucks once the earth was prepared.
The Fire Department had bought in to the plan, running long fire-hoses and setting up stations where regular hoses could be hooked up to water the ground beneath them. As the day progressed, huge trucks full of debris rumbled up the road and out of sight. Each time one of them left, Jake felt a little better about things.
More and more men and equipment were showing up as the day went on as well. Locals and those from nearby Seattle were all coming to pitch in. Although they were all only there for the money, it helped to create an atmosphere where everyone worked well together. There was the normal bitching and moaning about everyone getting in the way, but on the first day, he could tell that a huge amount of work would be done.
"What in the hell do you think you're doing?"
Jake spun, homing in on the sound immediately. He would recognize Harper's voice anywhere. As it so happened, she had already found him and was moving his way with a purpose. She repeated her question in a just as unfriendly tone when she stood but a few feet from him.
"I'm helping fix what I broke. It's not perfect, but it's the best I can do."
"I don't need your help mister. I built this from the ground up once, I can do so again." It was true, he knew she would do it again if left to her own devices.
"I don't doubt that for an instant Harper. You're smart, creative and I sense you can be relentless when you need to." She leaned back at that, giving him a curious look that he took to mean she was wondering where he was going with that. It was about time she accepted a few things.
"The thing is, you don't need to. I'm not doing this because I think you would fail in the attempt. I'm not that stupid. This is my way of showing you that you don't need to be alone, that it's okay to accept the help, and that really, I'm not going anywhere. I will right this wrong, and damnit woman, there is very little you're going to do to stop that."
Harper paused in her tirade momentarily, clearly not expecting the answer he provided.
"You had no right to do this without consulting with me first," she insisted, not willing to back down at all. He sighed, wanting to roll his eyes at the hopelessness of the situation, but well aware that doing so would be of no help to his cause.
"Perhaps you have a point there Harper, but you knew I was up to something here. You can't deny that you felt it through our bond, that I was trying to fix it."
She looked away quickly, not wanting to cave.
"You're going to have to admit sooner or later that you realize we're mated now, or else it's going to drive you crazy."
***
Harper
"That we're what?" Harper had to get him to repeat his statement, to ensure she had heard it correctly. When he restated the part about them being mated, that's where she got confused. It was not a term that humans generally used for each other. Who was he, she wondered silently, unsure about how she felt.
He was so confident about the fact that they were connected, that something serious was happening between them. She had to admit there had been times that he had made her feel things she had never felt before. When they had locked eyes the other day, something different had happened.
Although she was curious, intrigued by how it felt, she didn't want to let on just yet. It would be best if he didn't know she thought him intelligent and gorgeous. After all, he was still
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