The Bear's Embrace by Victoria Kane

Author:Victoria Kane [Kane, Victoria]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-03-15T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 7

A hand on her shoulder woke Laura up from terrible dreams. Her eyes snapped open. She had fallen asleep on the couch at some point the night before.

Rick was standing in front of her, looking like his normal self again. The room around them was still dark.

“What time is it?” she asked, rubbing the sleep out of her eyes and standing.

“About 4:30,” he answered. “I’ll go grab my truck and be back in a few minutes. Get anything you need to bring with you ready now.”

She nodded to him, and he turned to the front door.

“Awe crap!” he said, pausing at the front door.

“What??” Laura’s heart jumped to her throat at the thought that something might stop them from leaving right away.

“I left the damn salmon in the oven last night!” he cried, turning back to her with a look of such devastated sadness that she couldn’t help but snort in amusement.

“There goes that fancy dinner you promised me,” she said quietly, feigning disappointment.

It was amazing how an emergency situation could let you compartmentalize things, Laura thought. A few hours ago she had been in a pretty severe state of shock upon finding out Rick was somehow part bear. Now they were trading jokes like everything was completely normal.

“Guess I’ll have to make it up to you by driving you halfway across the country,” he said, opening the door and stepping onto the front step. “Back in a couple minutes.”

He closed the door behind him as he left. She heard his footsteps on the small set of stairs leading from the porch, then nothing.

Laura stood up and started to get ready. Before anything, she had to clean up the living room. She quickly scrubbed the blood off the floor with some paper towel, then dropped it and the two bullets in the trash can. Some of the pictures on one wall had shifted when Rick had thrown the guy into it, so she straightened them quickly. There wasn’t much she could do about the cracked paneling where the man had struck, however.

She threw on a black hoodie over her t-shirt, then packed all of her clothes back in her duffel bag to bring in case she wouldn’t be coming back. If they could help Craig get out from under his debt, she supposed there wouldn’t be any reason to come back.

The thought of being back in New York, of staying there surrounded by concrete and people – for some reason it sent pangs of sadness through her. She had always considered herself a city girl, someone that was used to the luxuries that could only be found in a major metropolis. Somehow, in just one afternoon Rick had made her rethink this.

And Rick. Her feelings of attraction for him were still there, and still strong, but everything was so confused now. He wasn’t even human was he? Now that the initial shock had worn off Laura was dying to know more about him, about what he was.

She thought back to when he had come charging in last night, all fury and strength.

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