All Chapters of The Maverick Pride Tales: Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

“Are you alright?”“Yes. I am fine. Jess, you good?”“Yeah, yeah. Guess I’ll take my lunch to go if y’all are gonna be at each other again,” she scrunched her nose, and Elissa couldn’t stifle her laugh.“Oh, hush. We’ll eat together. Hunter, put on some clothes,” she smiled, and slapped her mate as he growled at his sister.“Quit it. She stays, and we are gonna eat with our clothes on.”“Uh, Neta?”Brayden ran in and stopped at the sight that greeted his eyes.The big man tilted his head and surveyed the room. His eyes bled to black as they rested on Jessica. Then he was crossing the room and hauling the fiery redhead to her feet, checking her over for injury.“I’m okay,” she said quickly, and turned around when her brother stood up.“Ewww! Hunter, put that thing away, for fuck’s sake.”“Brayden.”Hunter narrowed his eyes at the big man and cocked his head towards the mess in the hall.“Call the cleaner. Get this waste out of my house. I want every inch of the hallway c

Sighing inwardly, Jessica remembered her link, and worked double time to shield her thoughts and emotions from both Elissa and Brayden.She didn’t need to make any more of an ass of herself. Hadn’t she done that by always running after Lance, the youngest of her brother’s guards?But that was a whole other thing. Not the unrequited love everyone seemed to think she felt.Why did you yelp?Brayden asked.Oh, no. I mean, we’re fine. Uh, I just stepped on a stone back there.Jessica replied, and if Tigers could blush, hers would be beet red.The Bear nodded and turned around, completely ignoring Jessica. That was pretty much par for the course these last few weeks.Ever since that scene in the kitchen, Brayden had acted like she pretty much did not exist. Not that she understood why. Like at all.Oh well.If he hated her so much, Jess just would not bother him. Okay, so she’d been a little annoying with all the questions when he’d first joined the Pride.But could sh

Brayden shook his head as he ambled out of the forest. The females were safe, and it was better for everyone if he got the fuck out of there.He made his way to the back of the Pride House. He entered his suite of rooms through his private balcony and jumped right in the shower.The custom-built stall was enormous. Big enough for a Bear to move around in. It was cold as hell outside, and the steaming water felt good over his skin.The original bathroom had been larger than any typical one, but at six-foot seven-inches tall and two-hundred and eighty pounds, he’d needed more space.It was a good thing he was in the construction business.Even the specially built facilities of the Pride House were a little bit tight for Brayden. Typically, Tiger Shifters had leaner builds than Bears, though the Neta was wider than the rest of them.Brayden still towered over everyone in the Pride. Something that used to get his hackles up. He supposed it wasn’t anyone’s fault. Shifters were p

“Excuse me, Mr. Stregovich?”Jessica snuck inside the conference room shortly after leaving the scene in the living room behind.Whatever it was that had the Pride Beta wanting to strangle Reg was probably something she did not want to know about. Bad enough her she-Cat was ready to climb the big, burly Bear after his macho display.Eeek!All those muscles. Who could blame her? Brayden was built like an Olympian god, for fuck’s sake.To think he’d seen her almost naked moments before had her heart skipping beats. Jessica was all Shifter, but she’d gotten some recessive gene or something that made her curvy and rounded where her peers were svelte and lean.Embarrassment made her cheeks pink, especially since she’d caught Brayden checking out the Pride’s own personal beyotch gang. Those skinny females gave Shifters a bad name.She understood why Hunter invited them, he was their Neta. But she would never understand how they could sleep around with every male that whistled at them,

Jessica arrived at her boutique just in time to field calls and prep online orders.It had been a mad rush that morning for whatever reason. Though Jess figured it was due to a certain white haired Witch setting up dates left and right.Kylie, a young female Tiger who helped manage the store while working on her own designs, was so glad to see her, the woman tackle-hugged Jess.“It’s been insanity here all morning!”“That’s good, right? I am sorry I’m late, I uh, had a meeting,” Jessica replied.“OMG! You went to see him, didn’t you?”“Who?”“That matchmaking Witch everyone is talking about! Well,” the she-Tiger prompted.“Who did he set you up with? Not Lance, right? That guy is so conceited!”Jessica laughed and the two young college girls she’d hired part time walked in, not even looking up from their phones. She told them what needed doing and took Kylie’s arm, pulling the woman to the back of the store. She didn’t need everyone knowing her business.“Oh, and by