Bearly Hanging On (A Werebear Shifter BBW Romance) (Laid Bear Book 3) by Marina Maddix

Author:Marina Maddix [Maddix, Marina]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Tags: paranormal werebear bbw shifter romance
Published: 2014-09-05T07:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER THIRTEEN

Crystal hadn’t said a word when she stumbled into her grandparents’ house in a stupor that night, she just went straight to her room and crawled under the covers. It was the only thing she could think to do. What the hell else would a girl do after seeing her boyfriend turn into a fucking grizzly?

She lay there shivering, her mind a spinning mass of color and sound so loud that it turned into a comforting white hiss. Everything would be just fine if the white hiss never stopped. No need to think. No need to remember.

But it wasn’t to be. Minutes or hours or days after pulling the cover over her head, her grandmother tapped softly on her door. “Crissy? Baby? Can I come in?”

There wasn’t much Crystal could do to stop her. She could barely breathe, much less speak. And movement of any kind was completely out of the question. The squeak of the old bedsprings and a gentle dipping on one side of the mattress told her Nana was sitting next to her, the lump under the covers.

“I just got off the phone with Pop-Pop’s boss, Mr. Pearce.”

A lump formed in her throat at the sound of Chet’s family name. She tried to swallow it down but it was stuck. Sighing, she resigned herself to living with a big bulge in her throat for the rest of her life, which wouldn’t be too much longer, considering it was cutting off her supply of oxygen. She tried to muster the energy to care but failed miserably.

Nana stroked the pile of bedclothes that was Crystal, trying to soothe her. “He tells me you had a, um, nasty surprise tonight. You wanna talk about it?”

The lump in her throat cleared enough for her to squeak out, “Nuh uh.”

“Oh, my poor, sweet Crissy,” Nana moaned, sniffing back tears. “Please talk to me. I can’t stand to see you like this. Ever since you were a tiny, little thing, it hurt my heart to see you in pain. Now do your ol’ Nana a favor and tell her everything.”

Nana and Pop-Pop had been the steady force in Crystal’s life. They’d loved her unconditionally and let her stay with them whenever life with Mom got to be too much. They’d never asked for a thing in return except for love and respect, both of which she happily gave. The least she could do was tell them what happened — if she could remember any of it.

Slowly, like a turtle emerging from its shell, Crystal pulled the covers down just enough to peek out from under them. Nana’s eyes widened in alarm, no doubt at her own wide, staring, dead eyes. She was probably white as her sheet, too. I wonder if my hair turned white, too, she thought absently, not really caring one way or the other. It was so strange not being able to feel.

“You won’t believe me,” she finally whispered, the shivering growing stronger.

Nana brushed a wisp of hair from Crystal’s eyes.

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