Hearten (Bayou Bear Chronicles) by Lila Felix

Author:Lila Felix [Felix, Lila]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Rebel Writer Productions, LLC / Lila Felix
Published: 2014-07-18T00:00:00+00:00

Rev

Hawke said that in his time without the Coeur, physical labor had helped him pass the time. In the two days since I’d left Martha in front of her house, I’d become more and more irritable.

Screw irritable, I was downright vile.

I swore that every time I went to the Alpha’s home, I could scent her from the outside of her home. The sun was on my back, but every part of me was ingrained with rain.

In four days’ time, I’d ruined the mating I’d waited all my life for.

Honestly, I didn’t know what she wanted from me. She was so hot and cold. One moment, she was talking about marking me, and the next, she was scared of me taking everything from her.

In the meantime, Schuylar’s order was being taken care of. His order was outrageous by any standards, and his payment was even more so.

The coy wolf had paid me five hundred dollars for one birdhouse.

One birdhouse.

He was insane.

Or very much committed to his mate.

Either way I’d give my left lung to be in either state.

I’d been taking a break from my work, sitting on a chair my father had made, when I heard footsteps in the brush around my cabin. My entire body tensed as I realized it could be none other than Martha. Her footsteps were light and soon enough, her scent on the wind confirmed it.

“Hiding much?” My mate had started with sarcasm, which was my language.

“Avoiding much?” I quipped back.

“Maybe I’m done avoiding.”

“Congratulations.”

Okay, that was full on asshole.

Maybe she wasn’t the only one holding a grudge.

Her breaths were short and forced. She was attempting to calm herself, but it wasn’t working.

“Just get over here already.”

She stepped toward me carefully and reached out her hand. I took it, and then pulled her to sit in my lap. Turning her sideways, I wrapped my arms around her. For animals, and especially bears, touch was so important. It validated relationships of all kinds.

Six words from her and I’d melted into a pile of male bear goo.

The calm washed over us both instantly.

I didn’t know what to say to her. Anything I said was either taken wrong or taken defensively. The last thing I wanted was for her to turn around and leave again.

“I finished the book.” I figured starting on an ominous topic would serve us both well.

“What did you think?”

“I think you’re brilliant. You’re very talented.”

Contrary to holding her career close to her heart, she squirmed under my praise.

“What are you doing here?”

She shrugged and tears bubbled in the corners of her eyes. “I missed you.”

Most people, in my knowledge, hung on and waited for the words ‘I love you.’ But my mate, sitting so near, admitting something as raw and honest as her missing me—I couldn’t imagine anything could trump that feeling.

“I’ve missed you every second.”

She laughed as the tears contradicted her by flowing down her face. “What did you miss most? My selfishness or my unwillingness to let you actually act like my mate?”

I chuckled at her.

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