Bear Fire: Bear Shifter Paranormal Romance (BBW) (Pine Ridge BBW Bear Shifter Paranormal Romance Series Book 4) by Belinda Meyers

Author:Belinda Meyers [Meyers, Belinda]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Publisher: UNKNOWN
Published: 2016-08-20T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 7

Confusion filled Jackie, but also wonder. When she studied Matt, she only saw honesty and tenderness there. And maybe something else, too. Maybe … could it really be the beginnings of something stronger? Something deeper?

She thought so. It frightened her, but also exhilarated her. She felt a fluttery feeling in her belly and had to fight the urge to pull away from Matt. She’d never allowed herself to feel for a man before. Or anyone, really. Not since she’d lost her dad and grandmother. And after she’d moved to New York, she rarely spoke to her mom anymore.

It was just her, just Jackie, existing in her own strange, shadowy world, alone and isolated, just as she’d been since Walsh stole her fire. Sure, she knew people, had contacts. But not friends. Not confederates. Occasionally she’d tour the bars and drag a man back to her place for a screw, but that was it. Just physical need, with little satisfaction, either physical or emotional.

She’d told herself she was beyond that now. That she was cold. She had no fire, right? It only made sense. If she wasn’t hot, she must be cold. Like ice. She was Jackie Ice Queen Gage, strong and proud.

But here Matt comes, all heat and heart, and strangely—heck, almost magically—she felt her own heart begin to thaw in response.

“What is it?” he said, evidently seeing something in her face.

She looked away. “N-nothing.”

Gently, he grabbed her jaw and turned her face back to his. His eyes met hers like a blow, but a good kind of blow, and she gasped. She felt like she was staring right into his soul, and he was staring into hers. The ground seemed to move beneath her. Her breath caught in her throat.

He crushed his lips to hers. She kissed back, passionately, playing her tongue against his. She knew he felt it, too, that connection, that spark. This kiss was something bigger than just a kiss, it was a seal, a contract—a promise. It was their vow to each other that they meant something to each other and that their lovemaking hadn’t been a simple one night stand but the beginning of something larger and deeper than either had ever experienced before. She knew bear shifters believed in fated mates, and that if Matt felt this way about her then that meant … that meant …

“Mate,” she sighed when they parted.

His eyes went wide. “What did you say?”

She was surprised to feel a smile tug at the corner of her lips. “Mates,” she said. “That’s what you bears believe, right?”

“Darlin’, belief doesn’t enter into it.” He tapped his chest over his heart. “My bear can feel it. In here. It just is.”

Gulp. “What does your bear say … about us?”

“He doesn’t speak. He growls.”

She rolled her eyes. “What does he growl?”

“He growls …” Matt smiled, a huge wide smile, then ducked his head and buried his head against her navel. He gave her a loud, growling raspberry, and she giggled and beat playfully at his shoulders.

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