Mooning Over a Monster: A Bear Shifter Loves Lady Monster Romance by Lauren Connolly

Author:Lauren Connolly [Connolly, Lauren]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-11-28T16:00:00+00:00

7

Mahon’s chest is comfier than any pillow I’ve ever owned. My torso is propped over his as he lies, sprawled on his back across the cushioned platform I use in place of a couch. If I need to, I can fold my wings in tight enough to use seating with a back, but I’d rather give all my limbs room to stretch.

“More popcorn?” the bear asks.

In response, I open my mouth, which has him chuckling. The vibrations press directly against my scales, and I love the sensation. Sometimes, I forget how good it is to simply touch another living being.

Mahon reaches into the massive bowl at his side and hand-feeds me a few butter-covered kernels. Normally, I’d handle the job myself, but my fingers are busy on my gaming controller.

After I puked for almost ten minutes straight, my stomach finally stopped heaving, and I collapsed in a quivering mess on the bathroom floor. Instead of retreating with a grossed-out expression, Mahon wiped my face clean with a washcloth, and then he picked me up and carried me to my living room, where he sat down and cradled me against his chest until the aftershocks of the spell eased.

“What would make you feel better?” he asked.

“Ginger ale and video games,” I mumbled back.

His deep chuckle also helped my recovery.

An hour later, here we are, acting like a couple in my home, and I feel better than I did before I adhered that patch to my scales. Even though I’m the only one playing the game, the bear shifter doesn’t seem interested in switching up the activity. His eyes stay locked on the screen, watching as I direct a CGI cat to explore a postapocalyptic city. He occasionally asks questions about the game while feeding me popcorn and holding the straw in my ginger ale up to my lips.

This is a certain kind of heaven.

“Have you ever gone to an all-mythics gathering in town? Like when the MacNamaras hold an only-in-the-know party at their house? Not using the human-looking spell, I mean.”

Since this question veers off from the video game, I press pause and meet his gaze. “No, I haven’t.” Not even with the patch.

“Do you just not wanna? Or is there something else?” There’s no judgment in the dip of his ginger brows. Just curiosity.

Levi has brought up this topic before too, trying to get me out of my house. As if I don’t want that myself. But having only mythics in the room doesn’t solve all my problems.

Still, I don’t get the urge to snap a response at Mahon like I have with Levi.

“When I was younger, my mother took me to a few mythics-only playdates. She wanted me to be able to interact with other kids my age.”

His kind face twists in a grimace. “Did those cubs bully you?”

Letting my chin rest on his belly, I shrug. “Not exactly. They just acted like kids. I was a strange-looking thing to them, so they poked me. Laughed. Ran away. It wasn’t fun, but that’s not what stuck with me.

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