Decision (Shifters Forever More Book 2) by Elle Thorne

Author:Elle Thorne [Thorne, Elle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Paranormal & Contemporary Romance, Women's Fiction, Forever Love, Adult Themes, The Shifters Mate, Supernatural Fantasy, Protection & Safety, Life-Changes, Second Chance Reunion, Multicultural & Interspecies Relationships, Romantic Schemes, Dangerous & Deadly, Romantic Suspense, Mythical Creatures, Action & Adventure, SciFi Fantasy Romance, Hearts Desire, Futuristic, Beautiful & Feisty, Genetic Engineering Fiction, Fated Mates Romance, Furever Shifter Mates, Shifters Forever Worlds, Shifters Forever More Series
Publisher: Barbed Borders Press
Published: 2019-10-27T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty

Help her, Krisztián mouthed the words to Mairi. Please.

Mairi nodded, reached across the table, and took Ciara’s hands in hers. “The only chance ye have at peace is to release the bear.”

Her head snapped up. “That would make me a shifter.” She looked up at Krisztián.

Their eyes met. He saw the worry and the horror in hers. How could he tell her it wasn’t so bad? That he had a relationship with his bear that was not acrimonious? He wanted to give her assurances, but he had no clue of how her bear would be with her. He had known plenty of shifters who were at odds with their shifter animal. He’d even heard of a shifter’s animal driving the shifter to death.

He paused in massaging her head and placed his hands on her shoulders. “I can help you. With being a shifter, I mean.” Though he had no idea whether she would still be an intuitive or not or what that might do to those skills. Skills she used for work. Skills which defined her very being.

Ciara swallowed. She clenched her jaw then unclenched it. “Can you help me?” she asked Mairi. “Can you release the bear? If you do, will it still be in my head?”

Mairi glanced at him, her gaze letting him know that matters pertaining to shifters were his forte, not hers.

He stepped to the side then knelt before Ciara. “Your bear is a part of you. Whether it was soul-chained or not, it is still a part of who you are.”

She shook her head, as though she didn’t want to accept this.

He took her by the shoulders. “Look at me.”

Her eyes widened. “The bear just went silent. Completely silent.”

His bear told him what her bear was doing. “Your bear is showing you what life can be like with her in your life. She doesn’t have to do what she’s been doing. The roaring, the clawing, that is not constant when one is a shifter.”

She cocked her head. “So, if she were freed, then she wouldn’t hurt me that way?” Her gaze seemed unfocused, as though she were somewhere far away.

“No. Our bears communicate with us, but they don’t spend all their time trying to hurt us. An occasional growl, snarl, roar, some type of communication. None of the clawing the brain stuff, though. Haven’t had that happen. I’d say that’s a special situation, probably brought on by the circumstance you’re in.”

Her eyes zeroed in on his and narrowed. “By circumstance you mean—”

“The soul-chained thing. That’s probably making your bear nuts.” He put his hands on her knees and drew closer to her. “Imagine this. Imagine being locked up, without an ability to communicate with a single soul all your life. Unable to interact, voice an opinion, have a choice. Then suddenly, for a brief spell, you’re kind of out of that prison, but not fully. Now, you’ve had a taste of freedom. Then you face staying locked up. Or staying in limbo-hell.”

“That’s what my bear’s going through?”

He nodded.

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