Called by the Bear 7-9

Author:V. Vaughn [Vaughn, V.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-07-07T05:00:00+00:00

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Chapter 6

Carly

I walk into my home and the aroma of baked goods. I head straight to the kitchen to find a small feast’s worth of goodies on the table. The plastic of my shopping bags filled with chips, dip, and wine rustles when I set them down next to the peanut butter cookies, German chocolate cake, and pecan pie. “Wow. Sierra’s going to be in sugar heaven.”

Annie turns to me, and I notice flour on her cheek. “Yeah. I bake when I’m upset.” She’s holding a spatula with a chocolate chip cookie on it and extends her hand toward me. “Want one?”

I take the warm offering and bite into oozing heaven. A shameless moan escapes my lips before I swallow the mouthful down. “I’m not going to stay at pre-baby weight, am I?”

“Nope, not until I get over my heartache.”

I walk over and hug her. “I wish alpha powers let me wave a magic wand to make your Prince Charming materialize.”

“That would be a neat trick.” Annie steps away from me, and her eyes fill with moisture. “Can you conjure up a princess for Ian, too?”

“Oh, honey.” I pull her back to me. “Let it out. A little snot on my shoulder is nothing compared to what the babies do every day.”

Annie chuckles before the laughter turns to sobs. I imagine she’s crying about more than her love life, though. As strong as she is everyday, she’ll never get the one thing she wants: children of her own. No matter how close she is to my children, it has to be painful to know she’ll never be a mother.

If only I could fix part of this. I want to tell her another true mate will come along and she just needs to be patient. But I can’t promise something like that when we don’t even know if it can happen. Instead, I hold my dear sister-in-law and offer what small comfort I can. Her hair is silky under my fingers as I stroke it, and she tries to let the pain of heartbreak bleed away.

When she’s done, she pulls away. “I should make ice cream.”

I smile in response, because while I’m sure Sierra will arrive with enough supplies to make hot fudge sundaes for an army, Annie can’t help herself. “I’ll go cue up the cry movies. Any preferences?”

“Nope. Just make sure there’s plenty of tissues handy.”

I’m clicking through movies available with our online subscription when Sierra arrives. She stops to read through the list. “God, those are all so depressing.” She moves toward the kitchen as she calls out, “Put some comedy in there, too. We’re going to need it.”

I laugh when I hear her squeal over the whine of the ice cream maker. “I’ve died and gone to bakery heaven! Forget men, Annie. Marry me.”

I reach for the bowl of chips when the noise of the machine stops, and I say, “I’ll marry the first person to bring me wine.”

Annie leans over me from behind the couch and hands me a goblet full of pale-yellow liquid.

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