Rogue Bear by Amelia Jade

Author:Amelia Jade [Jade, Amelia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Jadestone Press
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

Calan

"You're the first person to be in this home, besides the police, since I left."

Calan wasn't sure why he was telling her this, but right now, anything seemed better than nothing. His body was still on fire from her kiss earlier. It had taken every ounce of his mighty will to pull away, to wrestle his bear into submission. He had wanted her so strongly, in fact, he still did. The roaring in his ears had barely subsided an octave, still demanding that he stride forward and have his way with her.

"Calan, why did you wait so long to come back?"

There it was. The question he had been avoiding, the one he hoped nobody would ask. He had no idea how to go about answering that question, mainly because Calan wasn't fully sure himself. Part of it was the pain of finally acknowledging what had happened and what he had lost. The other...well, how did he tell her that?

"I needed time," he said finally after a long pause, not sure if the words he needed to say to her were going to come.

If he didn't handle this properly, she would assume that perhaps he wasn't here to stay. That he was only back for a short time, possibly to get the house ready to sell and then drift on in his life.

Am I here to stay?

It was a question that had echoed around in his head, despite the action he had been taking to clean the place up and prepare it. It would not take long at all for the property to sell. He received several offers every year on it, despite never listing it or mentioning to a soul that he was even thinking about it. If he put it up on the market, it would likely sell in a matter of weeks, if that.

No, what he needed to do was settle down. Things were turning a corner with Harley now, it seemed, and if he wanted that to continue, Calan knew he would have to open up to her more. To be completely honest about his intents and motives.

"I spent fifteen years wandering the country, never putting down roots. I couldn't bear the thought of making friends or having anyone close to me. You have no idea how alone I was. I pushed away everyone out of fear, fear that I might begin to care for them, and that something bad would happen to them, too."

He stopped abruptly, not sure what else to say. It was more than he had intended, revealing things about himself he wasn't sure he was ready to say. He knew that in time Harley would come to know his every strength and weakness, along with all his secrets. This wasn't the time for him to be offloading his emotional rollercoaster upon her though. She needed him to be a rock, something she could anchor herself too, to realize that there was more to living out there than being alone.

Calan had already come to that conclusion before he returned to Bear Bluffs.

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