Her Bear Protector (BBW Shifter Romance) by Burrows Bonnie

Author:Burrows, Bonnie [Burrows, Bonnie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2014-05-22T07:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FIVE

Even in the dim light from the candles on the bedside table, I could see his face pale. Suddenly not giggly anymore, I scooted closer to look at him better.

"Aaron?"

He didn't answer, seeming to be struggling to form words, but no sound was coming out of his mouth.

"Aaron, look at me."

He didn't.

"Why won't you answer me? It was just a silly joke; your answer couldn't possibly be anything other than a definitive no, could it?"

He didn't respond.

"Could it, Aaron?"

He sighed, and I rolled back on my back, slightly dizzy, all of a sudden at a loss for words myself. We both stared at the ceiling, silent. And when I finally was able to speak again, at least half a minute later, the words that came out of my mouth surprised me.

"I think I've always known. I honestly think I've known since the second I saw you standing on my porch, your eyes the same deep green as the bear's. I knew you were the bear. And not on any conscious level, but, deep inside, I knew. I knew the day you rescued me in the woods, in bear form, that you weren't any ordinary bear. I knew you were human at the same time. I knew everything, but I let Sergeant Laine talk me out of it. I guess I just wasn't ready to deal with -- with the unusualness of it all after everything I'd already been through that day. And then, the day after, I guess I just let the knowledge sit in my subconscious, even while we were getting to know each other. Even though deep in my heart, I knew. And I don't even know exactly why it's taken me a few days to actually realize this and say it out loud. I've always been the type of person to believe in paranormal things or unusual things; I think there's so many things in this universe that can't be explained by science, or that aren't even known to science. There's more to this world than we can imagine. There's even shape-shifting bears, I guess. I believed in the possibility of things like this, but I guess when it happens to you, when you actually experience something unusual that isn't a part of other people's realities, I guess it just feels strange and you don't want to admit it to yourself right away."

Aaron took my hand, turning his face toward me. "Does this in any way change how you feel about me?"

I brushed my lips against his. "No, not at all. Although, I guess I do have some questions, though."

"You can ask me anything."

"Okay, well…first thing. How did this -- how did this all happen?"

His eyes twinkled in the candlelight. "Are you up for a little story?"

"Yes. I want to hear everything."

He took a deep breath. "Okay, then. I'll start from the beginning, here in these wilds, in the eighteen-fifties, during the early years of the copper rush. I was a miner, who, like many others, had flocked in from other states to get in on the boom.

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