Black Bear Down: BBW Bear Shifter Paranormal Romance (Return To Bear Bluff Book 3) by Harmony Raines

Author:Harmony Raines [Raines, Harmony]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: General Fiction
Published: 2016-11-01T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve – Jordan

Sweeter than any honey, warmer than any sun, Skyla was the center of his world as they kissed. He wanted to stay like this forever. In her arms, he could forget everything that had happened, everything he no longer was, and be everything she needed him to be.

But moments don’t last. Life moves on. And he had decided he was ready to move on. Even before this kiss, he had made a commitment to himself, and Skyla, to be the best he could be.

With these thoughts in his head, he pulled back, his eyes scanning her flushed face, seeing her lips swollen from their kiss, and he smiled. “I couldn’t help myself.”

“I’m not going to complain about that,” she answered, licking her lips. Did he linger on her lips as she did on his? He could taste her, the unique taste of his mate. And one taste was never going to be enough.

“You know what we are?”

“A couple of people sitting on the side of a mountain?” she asked, her expression hopeful. She wanted to hear it from his lips, and she deserved to hear it.

“You are my mate.” He savored the words. “I should have told you before, when we first met. But I wasn’t ready, didn’t think I had anything to offer you.”

“You have everything I need,” she said, her hand stroking his cheek. “I’ve never sought out relationships, I’ve thrown myself into my career. But now, being with you. It seems so right. I can’t explain it.”

“I wasn’t sure if you would feel it the same way I do.” He shook his head. “I always thought it was a shifter thing.”

“It is. At least for me, it wasn’t a smack between the eyes like it’s supposed to be for you. It’s deeper than that. A knowing.” She kissed his lips, a brief touch. “If you sent me away, I’d live, I don’t think I’d ever forget you, or if it would taint any other relationship I had with a man. But I would live.”

“Which is why I thought it was better for you to leave. Yesterday, in the hospital, I wanted to scream at you to get out. I wanted to make you see you were better off without me.” He smiled. “But that was yesterday.”

“And today?” She leaned on his shoulder, and he wrapped his arm around her, pulling her close.

“Today I’d fight anyone who tried to come between us. I might lose, but I’d fight all the same.”

“Jordan, I don’t want you to fight other men for me, but I do want you to fight.”

“My bear?” he asked, a whisper in his head catching him unawares. He stopped speaking, trying to figure out where it had come from and where it had gone.

“Not just your bear. You need to let your guilt go. Move on, be happy, remember your friends, but take the advice you would no doubt offer them, and live for them, love for them.”

“And what if I can’t… love…?”

Her fingers dug into him, he’d shocked her with his words.

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