Kodiak Moment: Paranormal Bear Shifter Romance by Chant Zoe

Author:Chant, Zoe [Chant, Zoe]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-05-27T05:00:00+00:00

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Dalewood was a quiet, sleepy place, whose welcome sign proudly proclaimed its one thousand and fifty-one residents. There seemed to be one main road that passed straight through the center. All the shops and the single lone hotel were gathered there. The side roads seemed to branch out into residential areas.

Nessa found a parking space in the lot beside the drugstore and simply slumped over in her seat, resting her head against the steering wheel. Bear shifter.

In a way, it made perfect sense, thrilling her to her core.

At the same time, it scared her, straight to that selfsame core.

She had only been lost in her thoughts for a couple of minutes, when there was a knock at her window. She looked up, rubbing her face, to see the concerned face of a police officer looking at her. And if memory served her, it was the same officer that she had seen visiting James the other day. She rolled down the window.

“You okay, ma’am?” he asked, and she mustered up a smile.

“Fine, thank you officer,” she lied.

Obviously not well enough as he tilted his head and regarded her quizzically.

“You sure, ma’am? You look like you’ve had a bit of a shock, if you don’t mind my saying so.”

Was it really that obvious, she asked herself, and took a glance at the mirror. Ah, yes, milk-white skin, wide eyes, yep, she looked shocked. Possibly headbutting the steering wheel also gave it away.

“I don’t mind you saying. I just…saw something that I didn’t expect to see,” she answered, guessing that he wasn’t going to let her get away with avoiding the question, and in truth, being grateful for his concern.

“Anything I need to know about?” he asked.

“Do bears come under your jurisdiction?” she asked facetiously.

“Only when they start jaywalking down the high street.” He grinned at her. “We breed them big up here. You’re that photographer that Kenny opened the cabin up for, right?”

“That’s right.”

“If you saw a bear on your way down from there, better let James know,” he said. “He likes to know if he’s got to watch out when in the woods.”

It sounded all so perfectly innocent, but Nessa stifled a slightly hysterical giggle. “I’m pretty sure that he already knows about this one.”

She didn’t miss his abrupt startlement, and the amazement, and amusement in his eyes. He flipped his hat off, showily rolling it down his arm. “I think that now I’m off duty, you and I need to have a chat about this wandering bear. How does coffee and pie at our local diner sound?”

“Like heaven,” she admitted.

Her as-yet-unnamed policeman friend escorted her from her car, across the quiet street, and towards a sleepy-looking diner. He pushed open the door to a carillon of tiny cymbals and gestured her inside.

The diner was cozy, painted in a pale duck-egg blue, with the seats upholstered in navy. The counters and tabletops were cream, with the waitress behind the counter wearing a primrose-yellow apron. She looked up and smiled politely at Nessa, with the smile warming to a true one as she spied the officer on Nessa’s heels.

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