Bait for the Grizzly, Bride No More
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A month before we made our engagement official, Blake, the man I planned to marry, suggested taking a trip to the Rocky Mountains with his friends.
His close friend Brooke handed out bottles of bear spray she claimed had cost her a fortune.
The sickly sweet smell seemed wrong to me. I warned everyone not to use it, but they accused me of being jealous of her. To defend Brooke, Blake sprayed the entire bottle all over me in front of everyone.
That night, a crazed grizzly followed the scent straight to our campsite.
Everyone piled into the SUV. Blake shoved me back outside and locked the doors.
“Caroline, aren’t you always the one putting everyone else first? Then keep it away from us!”
Brooke curled up against his chest, smug satisfaction gleaming in her eyes.
As the bear’s fangs crushed my shoulder blade, the SUV sped away.
For three years, I had hidden the fact that I was the Carrington family’s heiress and lived like I was broke just to be with him. I had paid for the respectable life he pretended he could afford.
And all I got in return was a car door locked from the inside.
When I opened my eyes again, I was back beside the campfire on the first night of the trip.
His close friend Brooke handed out bottles of bear spray she claimed had cost her a fortune.
The sickly sweet smell seemed wrong to me. I warned everyone not to use it, but they accused me of being jealous of her. To defend Brooke, Blake sprayed the entire bottle all over me in front of everyone.
That night, a crazed grizzly followed the scent straight to our campsite.
Everyone piled into the SUV. Blake shoved me back outside and locked the doors.
“Caroline, aren’t you always the one putting everyone else first? Then keep it away from us!”
Brooke curled up against his chest, smug satisfaction gleaming in her eyes.
As the bear’s fangs crushed my shoulder blade, the SUV sped away.
For three years, I had hidden the fact that I was the Carrington family’s heiress and lived like I was broke just to be with him. I had paid for the respectable life he pretended he could afford.
And all I got in return was a car door locked from the inside.
When I opened my eyes again, I was back beside the campfire on the first night of the trip.

















































