Desired by the Bear - Book 1: BBW Werebear Shifter Romance by V. Vaughn

Author:V. Vaughn [Vaughn, V.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sugarloaf Press
Published: 2016-07-10T18:30:00+00:00

18

Nadia

When we get in the SUV that came to pick up Darin and me, it takes me about five minutes to fall asleep. After a long day of fighting the bad guys I’m exhausted enough to sleep hard, and I don’t wake until we get to our destination, Orono, Maine. We’re at the alpha’s compound, where a dormitory was built to accommodate the arrival of the De Rozier clan when we first arrived.

I blink to clear my vision as I gaze out at the buildings lit up in the darkness, and before I can open my door, someone does it for me. “Thank god you’re okay,” says Annie, Tristan’s wife and the prima of my clan. She’s a black bear from the Le Roux clan, who saved us, and she tugs me out of the car and into an embrace. “I’ve been worried sick about you. Come on into the house, and let’s feed you.”

Annie is the kind of woman who wants to take care of everyone, and right now I’m happy to let her. She hugs Darin and then leads us toward the back entrance of her house. In the car I kicked off the too-small flip-flops I was wearing, and grass is wet under my feet as I walk. The aroma of coffee and bacon fills my nose, and I almost groan in appreciation. We enter a mudroom area that has hooks on the wall for werebear to put their clothes when they want to shift and run. Annie grabs a pair of shorts and tosses them to Darin without a word.

I keep walking into Annie’s kitchen. The pale-yellow walls glow with warmth in the light, and I spy platters of bacon and sausage on the table. Darin joins me as I sit, and Annie gives us coffee before she begins to make us omelets. Eggs crack as she says, “Tristan will be right down, and then you can tell us everything.”

I glance up to my alpha as he enters the room. Tristan’s tall and very attractive, with pale polar bear coloring, but he’s also got an intimidating presence that keeps women from flirting with him if he doesn’t want it. He walks over and kisses Annie on the cheek before he turns to us. “What do you know?”

The coffee pot clatters as Annie grabs it to pour a cup for Tristan, and he takes it before he sits to listen to Darin and me relay information. When we finish the story Tristan says to me, “There’s a press conference tomorrow where you’ll step down as the Ice Queen. You’ve had a family emergency that requires you to stay close to home. We’ve leaked that your mother is dying.”

I lost my parents over a decade ago, and I nod as sadness for the end of my career washes over me. I was sure this was going to happen, but the finality of it hurts. While the fame I had was stifling in ways, being a model was also the best job I’ve ever had.

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