A Bear Shifter for Christmas: An Interracial Alpha Male Holiday Paranormal Romance by Jasmine Wylder

Author:Jasmine Wylder [Wylder, Jasmine]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Jasmine Wylder
Published: 2016-12-06T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

“It feels so good out here.”

I looked around at the trees, the sunshine that was peeking through the break in the overcast sky, and the crisp, cold air that swirled around my face in the space above my hooded sweatshirt and gave me an odd sense of peace. Derek looked over at me as if hoping I would agree with him.

There was a different look in his eyes today. He acted like something was definitely on his mind. I had a few ideas what might be worrying him or what he might have had to tell me, but I didn’t want to pry or ask him what was up. If he wanted to tell me then he would just come right out and say it.

"It is actually. I hardly miss the city at all," I said. This wasn't exactly true, but the peace and quiet were pretty sweet I had to admit. That was something you took for granted when you lived in a rural area like this. Nothing surrounding you but the sounds of nature.

“I sometimes think about coming back here and just giving it all up,” Derek said.

“So, moving here is giving up?” I asked. I wasn’t sure where this was going.

“Well, I mean the city life. I grew up in a small town and we lived just outside of it in the country. It was a nice idyllic place to grow up. I remember that I practically counted the days until I could leave the place and now I almost count the days until I come back.”

“Well, what’s stopping you? You can come back her anytime you want.”

“I feel like I’m giving up if I do that. And I just won’t let myself give up. I won’t let myself become a statistic.”

I looked at him as if he had lost his mind entirely. “You think that moving back to where you grew up and trying something new makes you a statistic?”

"Yea, to me it is. It doesn't feel like it would be trying something new. To me, it's giving up on what I set out to do and going back to what's safe. I can't let myself do that."

"I can understand that, I guess. But at some point, you have to ask yourself if you still have the same dream you had before. I've always believed that things happen for a reason, even bad things. And sometimes it is terrifyingly hard to find out what that is."

Derek looked at me and smiled. He stopped walking and just stood there.

“You are incredibly wise, Jackie Banks,” Derek said.

“Well, thank you. I’ve always thought so. Why else would you put up with me?” I joked. I wished instantly I hadn’t asked that last question. It was offhanded and I immediately felt like I had opened a can of worms. Was Derek going to take that bait?

I could see the gears turning in his eyes.

“I often wonder,” he said.

I laughed. “Hey, that isn’t fair.”

“What isn’t fair? Life is sure as hell turning out to not be fair.

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