Blind Date Bear by Raines Harmony

Author:Raines, Harmony
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: General Fiction
Published: 2018-06-27T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight – Mason

Mason drove to the house early the next day and got to work weeding the garden. Not because he wanted to impress Tiana, but because he needed to do something, or he would go crazy.

The time since he saw his mate yesterday had gone by far too slowly and even a run over the mountains had not taken the edge off his restlessness. Sleep had evaded him, and food didn’t taste the same without Tiana there to share it with him.

He sensed her even before his enhanced hearing heard the car engine as it strained up the steep road. Thrusting the gardening fork into the ground, he leaned one hand on it, while he watched her come into view.

His heart raced, and his breathing came hard as if he’d run a marathon. The effect she had on him literally took his breath away.

“Hi there,” Tiana said as she got out of her car and shut the door. “You’ve been busy.”

“I wanted to impress you.” He grinned and wiped the sweat off his forehead before walking across the grass to meet her.

“You have.” She looked relaxed and cool in jeans and a loose shirt. Her feet were shod in sturdy boots, and her hair pulled back in a ponytail. She’d definitely come to work, not to watch Mason work.

Pity, his bear said lightly. You could show off for her.

He ignored his bear, who was finding it amusing to watch Mason flounder around, out of his depth, where their mate was concerned. Mason would likely be amused, too, if there wasn’t so much resting on his ability to impress their mate. Or his ability to explain what a shifter was and to make her understand she was the one for him.

The one and only, his bear said. Make sure you tell her that we will never leave, unlike that first husband of hers.

I hadn’t thought of that, Mason said sarcastically.

“Everything all right?” Tiana asked, her brow creased as she watched Mason having a conversation with himself.

Great, now she thinks you’re crazy, his bear huffed. Perhaps you should leave this all to me.

Mason shut his bear out of his head and went around to the trunk to help Tiana, who had packed enough food for a small army. “This looks good.”

Tiana looked up apologetically. “When I told my mom you’d offered to help with the house, she insisted on making enough food for an army.”

“You told her about me.” That was a step in the right direction. “She didn’t mind that I’d come to look at her house?”

“At first, yes. But then she decided she would rather sell it to someone we knew.” Tiana shrugged. “She doesn’t really know how to feel.”

“Well, I have been giving it all some thought.” He carried the cooler toward the house. “Inside or out?”

“Let’s take the food inside. You know, in case a passing bear decides to take advantage of the food.” She glanced at him sideways. Something had changed. Did she know he

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