Bearliest Catch by Bianca D'Arc

Author:Bianca D'Arc
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: mermaid, shapeshifter, shifter, grizzly, siren, alpha male, werebear, bear shifter

Chapter Six

Getting ready to take Jetty out on the boat was hard the next morning. They’d spent the night in bliss, dozing only to wake and make love again. Drew had never experienced another night like it in his life. It was near perfect. The only thing marring the moment was the fact that he’d have to let her go this morning.

And it wasn’t just letting her go. It was letting her go back out there—into danger. That’s what was really killing him.

In a break from his normal, lonely routine, Jetty helped him make sandwiches in the dark well before dawn. She laughed and joked with him as she smeared jelly and peanut butter on bread, licking her fingers and his mouth with equal gusto when they paused for a passionate kiss.

She went back to making sandwiches, a little breathless, but smiling. He loved watching her move. She brought light and joy into his home that hadn’t been there…ever.

“Mm. I haven’t had PB&J in years,” she told him, making two of the gooey sandwiches and putting them in plastic baggies.

Drew worked at her side, frying up the few eggs he had in the house and putting them on bread to make egg sandwiches. They didn’t have too much more time here before they’d have to head out on the boat, but he enjoyed every second he had in her presence.

Whether they were in bed or in the kitchen, just being with her made him feel…happy. Drew paused as the thought struck him. He hadn’t been truly happy in a very long time, so it was hard to name the feeling Jetty stirred in him, but he had to admit, he thought it felt like happiness. Something he hadn’t really expected to find again in this lifetime.

He’d seen too much. Done too much as a soldier. He’d been the witness—and sometimes the cause—of human suffering. His heart hadn’t been able to stand much more, which was why he’d been glad when he’d retired. Leaving the service when he had…well…it had almost been too late.

Drew had spent a lot of time thinking since rejoining his unit here. He’d sought the peace of the ocean, but it didn’t always fulfill him. Not like having Jetty near. He was fast learning that having her nearby went a long way toward curing what ailed him—emotionally, psychologically, and even spiritually.

She was light when he was in darkness. All she had to do was just be there, and he could finally see everything that had been missing in him for so very long.

But she had to leave. Soon.

She was going into danger, and he was going to deliver her into the arms of the beast. It didn’t sit well. Not at all.

“Jetty.” He spun to face her after turning off the stove. He’d finished with the eggs, and they were nearly packed and ready to go. He waited until he had her full attention before speaking further. “When we get out there today…” He walked a step closer to her, holding her gaze, trying to figure out how to express himself.

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