Bear Humbug! by Harmony Raines

Author:Harmony Raines [Raines, Harmony]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: General Fiction
Published: 2016-01-05T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven – Declan

She needed to quit looking at him like that. If not, he would be stripping her body and making love to her here in the light of the fire. He could imagine the warm glow illuminating her curvy body. Damn, how he wanted to take all those layers of clothing off, unwrapping her like a gift on Christmas morning.

“Why don’t you go to the cave entrance and fill this with snow?” He passed her a tin mug. Although, he thought, he should be the one going to fetch it, perhaps diving into the snow face first to help him cool off.

“Sure,” she said, taking it and rushing off as if his bear was snapping at her heels.

But his bear didn’t want to snap at her heels; instead, he wanted to nip her neck and then graze his teeth across her nipples, so taut with the cold.

“Fill it real full, it will melt down to almost nothing,” he growled, his emotions spiralling out of control.

Maybe it was being here in an old bear den. It made him feel closer to his animal, and that animal wanted to be closer to his mate. No, that wasn’t fair. All of him wanted to be closer to their mate.

“Here,” she said, passing it back to him.

“Thank you.” He reached for it, taking it from her, his fingers brushing hers. She had taken her gloves off, and this first contact of skin against skin made him fall back with shock. Her eyes flew to his; she felt it too. He knew she did.

But she backed off, going to the other side of the fire and sitting down on the ground, looking exhausted. He needed to get himself under control. He was making this harder for her, when as bonded mates, he should be making it easier. But he wanted her more than the air in his lungs and the blood in his veins.

“Sorry, I don’t know what’s come over me,” he said when he took in the hunted look in her eyes. She had sensed the predator in him. Could she feel his bear, so close to the surface now? He had no idea how these things worked for those who couldn’t change, who didn’t have another, more primal side to them.

“It’s OK. I appreciate what you're doing for me and for Jason.” She stared at the flames and he was sure she was going to go to sleep on the spot. Looking at his watch, he realised why. They had set off from his office mid-afternoon, but now it was late, and the cold had depleted her energy.

“Here,” he said, throwing her a chocolate bar. “Eat this, while I make our dinner. Here’s some coffee too.”

“Thank you. I was OK until we stopped. Now I’m exhausted.” She unwrapped the chocolate and took a bite. “Oh, sugar rush.”

“Good, I hope you can keep your eyes open to eat something warm and then we can sleep for a few hours before making an attempt to reach the caves.

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