Bear Naked For Christmas (Bear Oak Novella) by Edith Hawkes

Author:Edith Hawkes [Hawkes, Edith]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Paranormal, Contemporary, Fiction, Romance, Forever Love, Adult, Erotic, Bear Shifter, Mate, Seasonal, Christmas, Supernatural, Protection, Bachelor, Single Woman, Short Story, Bear Oaks Clan, Scarfell Mountain, Holiday Whimsy, Winter, Festive Season, Holiday, Novella, Cabin, Handsome Stranger, Wish List, Family Tradition, Neighbor, Vacation, Dark Secret, Ex-Boyfriend, Chaos, Topsy-Turvy, Series, Serial
Goodreads: 28231062
Publisher: E. Hawkes
Published: 2015-12-15T05:00:00+00:00

Five

For the rest of the day and early into the night, my head was spinning; I was unsure of what I’d seen. It couldn’t have been real. I must’ve bumped my head on the car hood or something and hallucinated the whole thing, I thought. There was no way Noah had turned into a bear in the blink of an eye right in front of me.

It just wasn’t possible.

Stunned and dazed, I felt like a zombie and spent most of my time alone in my room, going over and over what had happened.

I couldn’t even begin to think about telling my mom and dad about what happened. They would’ve thought I’d gone mad, most likely would have locked me up or at least thought I was on drugs, prescribing them for myself—I was after all a doctor with access to all sort of medical hallucinogens. No, the best thing would be to forget it ever happened and not even mention it.

My thoughts of Noah and the incredible sight that I’d seen completely dwarfed what Simon had done, and to be honest, I was glad about that. I didn’t need to think about how he’d almost kidnapped me. But Simon had been afraid… the shock on his face clearly indicated that he’d seen something, too. Something that was scary enough to cause him to flee as fast as he did. Had he seen the same thing I had? He was probably the only person I could ask about the whole experience, but speaking to him again was the last thing I wanted to do, let alone inviting him over to have a little chat about my possible hallucination. He’d only use me reaching out to him as an excuse to worm his way back into my life.

For most of the night, I lay awake thinking, playing it over and over in my mind, but I must’ve eventually drifted off to sleep. When I woke the next morning to the smells of Christmas floating around the house, it all seemed like a dream, a mirage that was fading away. I let it drift away from the corners of my mind and got ready for the day ahead.

But there was still the memory of the kiss that had shocked me to my core. I hadn't expected Noah to grab me like that, or for me to respond so passionately, and though it was clear that my body wanted it, logically it couldn’t have come at a worse time.

I’d just gone out of heavy relationship, for God’s sake, did I really need to throw myself into something new? Especially when there was a chance I was actually losing my marbles.

Maybe I could ask Noah about it when he arrived today, but the more I thought about it, the more it sounded foolish. I mean what was I supposed to say? “Did you turn into a bear yesterday? How about some honey on toast? And how about those Chicago Bears, eh?” I couldn’t just drop that into casual conversation without coming off like a complete and utter nut job.

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