Silverback Bear (Return to Bear Creek Book 10) by Harmony Raines

Author:Harmony Raines [Raines, Harmony]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: General Fiction
Published: 2017-10-20T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve – Dean

“This was supposed to be a fun picnic,” Dean said as they packed up the food. “Instead, it seems to have turned serious.”

“I’m glad we got everything cleared up.” Elizabeth passed Dean the half-finished bottle of wine. “And if we don’t conceive, I’m OK with fostering.”

He paused, the bottle half in, half out of the backpack. “You don’t have to make any big decisions today.”

“I do.” Elizabeth stood up straight and looked around them. “Bear Creek is a good place to raise children. And it doesn’t really matter if they’re ours or someone else’s. They all deserve love." Elizabeth turned to face the place where Dean’s father had taught him how to shift. “How many children have you brought up here and helped them shift for the first time?”

Dean fastened the backpack and then hefted it onto his shoulders. “More than I can remember.”

“Show me.” Elizabeth faced him, her eyes filled with excitement. “Please. I know you shifted last night, but it was so dark. I want to see you again. I want to walk with your bear, watch him move, and get to know him.”

His bear roared in anticipation. “I’ll make sure he behaves himself,” Dean promised Elizabeth.

“Is there a chance he won’t?”

“There’s a good chance he might drool all over you, and lick your face to see how good you taste.” Dean cracked a grin. “I’m not even joking.”

“I’m intrigued. I thought he looked like such a serious bear.” He sensed the thrill of anticipation that coursed through Elizabeth. She looked alive, invincible.

Dean winced as his bear shivered in excitement within him. “Now he’ll go out of his way to prove he is anything but serious.”

“I’m looking forward to it.” She closed the space between them. “I’ve spent my whole life being serious. I mean, I had fun with Suzie, but I never really let go. With you, I think I finally see that happening.”

“Oh, you don’t want my bear to decide to really let go.”

“We’ll see.” Elizabeth took hold of Dean’s hand and they walked back to the trail.

You will behave, Dean told his bear.

I always do, he retorted.

No, you don’t. You remember the time we went to a poker tournament down in Bear Bluff, and you danced in the street?

I lost a bet with a mountain lion, his bear answered. I had to.

You were not supposed to be gambling!

With some apprehension, Dean left the trail and walked across the rough ground to a small area, screened by low trees that clung to the mountainside. The breeze lessened and the ground was peppered with small yellow flowers that had forced their way through the hard ground to welcome the spring sunshine.

“Right here.” Dean pointed to the spot where he stood. “There’s a smooth rock you can sit on.” He pointed to a flat rock he had sat on countless times as he taught his kids to shift. As he watched Elizabeth sit in the same spot, his mind wandered back in time and he could see his father’s face, filled with pride and love.

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