Bearly Alive: A Crimson Hollow Novella by Marissa Dobson

Author:Marissa Dobson [Dobson, Marissa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Dobson Ink
Published: 2017-03-14T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

As their lips met, Becky grabbed the front of his shirt. She had planned to only stop him from pulling back but instead, she drew him closer to her. Just that fast, the kiss tore away all her hesitation and opened a door between them. She’d wanted him before but now, there was no holding back. “Don’t stop.”

“Becky…” Her name escaped his lips on a growl. “You have to be sure about this.”

“I’m sure.” She tugged his shirt out of the waistband of his jeans, dragging it up to reveal his chest. “I want you, Jase. All of you.”

“Is this because I went to speak with Mr. Howell?” He pulled back enough that he could look at her.

“No.” She continued to tug his shirt upward but with one hand it was impossible to get it over his head. “I’ve been thinking a lot about this mating and while I was upset that you marked me without talking to me about it first, I want this. I want us. Ours might be a relationship that’s out of the box, nothing like the kind I was raised to expect or believe they should be like, but that doesn’t change anything. I know you’ll treat Billy as if he were your own son; otherwise I wouldn’t even consider this. He’s been through enough and doesn’t need me getting involved with someone who will treat him as less than he deserves. Especially if we have more children.”

“You don’t have to worry about him. He’ll be my son. As for more children, there’s no if, it’s only when. One day I’ll have to pass the tribe on to our child and as much as I love Billy, it can’t be him. A Chief can be challenged for his position and Billy would never stand a chance against an Alpha shifter. He will always have a place here with the tribe but I will not put him in a position where he’d have to fight for his life against a shifter wanting to take over the tribe.”

“Challenged? You mean fight to the death? Someone could challenge you for the role of tribe leader? What if you’re killed?”

“Shh, baby.” He scooted closer to her and ran his hand down her arm. “Nothing is going to happen to me. For someone to come here and challenge me, they would have to have a death wish. I’m a strong Alpha and my tribe follows me. They’re not revolting and they’d never follow an outsider.”

“Did I ever tell you parts of the shifter world are downright barbaric?” Her hand stilled, no longer trying to pull the shirt over his head. “It’s scary.”

“There are differences in every society and every group has their own brutal ways. Your world is dangerous as well but you accept it because you’ve never known anything else.” His fingers brushed along the top of her air cast before moving back up her arm. “I should have kept quiet about that but I wanted you to understand that I couldn’t hand the tribe over to Billy.

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