too.”
“I’ll drive us. As long as that heap of junk in my yard makes it that far.”
“Great!”
They chatted for hours, discussing their plans and hopes for the future, and it was late by the time they left.
“See you on Wednesday, hun!” Caitlyn said as they hugged each other goodbye, and Raven half skipped all the way home.
Chapter Six
The tour was going well. Timo and the other bears performed their shows night after night in one small town after another, to rapturous reactions from their overwhelmingly female audience. If they weren’t too far from Hope Valley, they’d go back home after the show and do their jobs the following day. But if they were far away, they’d book into a hotel and sleep the night there. It helped that they were shifters and could all pile into the same hotel room and sleep anywhere in their bear form, which kept the costs down. But it was sometimes hard to sneak ten big, muscular men past the front desk clerks, when there were only supposed to be two people sleeping in the room. Creative solutions included shifting outside the hotel, and sneaking in through the bathroom window or over the balcony.
The bears’ routines were getting better and better. It was hard for the mated guys to be away from their mates so much, but the single guys were getting a lot of confidence from all the female attention – that was, all the single guys apart from Timo. Ever since he’d mated with Raven, he’d been moping around, unable to get her out of his head. She was so present in his thoughts – her hair, her eyes, her lips. That sweet, voluptuous body. The way she’d come so hard around his cock, and still needed more from him. Her cute, sassy personality. She was his mate, and he’d let her get away.
“Timo, what’s wrong? You’re like a bear with a sore head,” Dalton said at the end of a show in Gallina. All the bears were having a beer to celebrate doing their biggest ever show, but Timo was sitting by himself, looking at his phone.
“No, just the idiot who let his mate get away,” he said. Dalton frowned.
“Well, go get her back, doofus,” he said. Timo let out a long breath.
“She ran away from me. We mated. It was really hot – at least I thought so – but she left without even giving me her number.”
“Did you ask for it?”
“No. She was on a call as she left me, and then she ran for her taxi. She doesn’t live anywhere near here.”
“Well where does she live?” Dalton was talking to him like he was simple-minded, but he didn’t really blame him.
“I can’t remember the name of the town. When we spoke to each other, I was so overwhelmed by knowing that she was my mate that I forgot most of our conversation.”
“And the ladies think you’re a red-blooded bear,” Dalton chided. Timo let out a very uncharacteristic growl.
“I am red-blooded. I’m just too polite for my own good.” Dalton hmmphed.
“What are you looking at on your phone?” Dalton asked, peering over his shoulder.
“Just the map. I’m looking at all the towns in the surrounding states, trying to remember the one she mentioned.”
“Any idea what kind of an area we’re talking about?” Timo shook his head. Then a bolt of recollection hit him.
“Wait – she was having a bachelorette party. And she said it was a three-state tour.”
“Great! That narrows it down. So it has to be one of the states adjoining ours.” Dalton scratched his head. “Or one of the states adjoining one of those states.” Timo sighed.
“That leaves a lot of options.”
“It sure does.” They kept looking at the map, saying the names of all the small towns that crisscrossed the landscape out loud.
“Will you even recognize the name if you see it?” Dalton said.
“I don’t know.” Dalton looked at Timo sideways and laughed.
“Dude.” He shook his head slowly.
“It’s got to be worth a try. What else can I do? – Oh – wait. I think this is it.” Dalton squinted at
“I’ll drive us. As long as that heap of junk in my yard makes it that far.”
“Great!”
They chatted for hours, discussing their plans and hopes for the future, and it was late by the time they left.
“See you on Wednesday, hun!” Caitlyn said as they hugged each other goodbye, and Raven half skipped all the way home.
Chapter Six
The tour was going well. Timo and the other bears performed their shows night after night in one small town after another, to rapturous reactions from their overwhelmingly female audience. If they weren’t too far from Hope Valley, they’d go back home after the show and do their jobs the following day. But if they were far away, they’d book into a hotel and sleep the night there. It helped that they were shifters and could all pile into the same hotel room and sleep anywhere in their bear form, which kept the costs down. But it was sometimes hard to sneak ten big, muscular men past the front desk clerks, when there were only supposed to be two people sleeping in the room. Creative solutions included shifting outside the hotel, and sneaking in through the bathroom window or over the balcony.
The bears’ routines were getting better and better. It was hard for the mated guys to be away from their mates so much, but the single guys were getting a lot of confidence from all the female attention – that was, all the single guys apart from Timo. Ever since he’d mated with Raven, he’d been moping around, unable to get her out of his head. She was so present in his thoughts – her hair, her eyes, her lips. That sweet, voluptuous body. The way she’d come so hard around his cock, and still needed more from him. Her cute, sassy personality. She was his mate, and he’d let her get away.
“Timo, what’s wrong? You’re like a bear with a sore head,” Dalton said at the end of a show in Gallina. All the bears were having a beer to celebrate doing their biggest ever show, but Timo was sitting by himself, looking at his phone.
“No, just the idiot who let his mate get away,” he said. Dalton frowned.
“Well, go get her back, doofus,” he said. Timo let out a long breath.
“She ran away from me. We mated. It was really hot – at least I thought so – but she left without even giving me her number.”
“Did you ask for it?”
“No. She was on a call as she left me, and then she ran for her taxi. She doesn’t live anywhere near here.”
“Well where does she live?” Dalton was talking to him like he was simple-minded, but he didn’t really blame him.
“I can’t remember the name of the town. When we spoke to each other, I was so overwhelmed by knowing that she was my mate that I forgot most of our conversation.”
“And the ladies think you’re a red-blooded bear,” Dalton chided. Timo let out a very uncharacteristic growl.
“I am red-blooded. I’m just too polite for my own good.” Dalton hmmphed.
“What are you looking at on your phone?” Dalton asked, peering over his shoulder.
“Just the map. I’m looking at all the towns in the surrounding states, trying to remember the one she mentioned.”
“Any idea what kind of an area we’re talking about?” Timo shook his head. Then a bolt of recollection hit him.
“Wait – she was having a bachelorette party. And she said it was a three-state tour.”
“Great! That narrows it down. So it has to be one of the states adjoining ours.” Dalton scratched his head. “Or one of the states adjoining one of those states.” Timo sighed.
“That leaves a lot of options.”
“It sure does.” They kept looking at the map, saying the names of all the small towns that crisscrossed the landscape out loud.
“Will you even recognize the name if you see it?” Dalton said.
“I don’t know.” Dalton looked at Timo sideways and laughed.
“Dude.” He shook his head slowly.
“It’s got to be worth a try. What else can I do? – Oh – wait. I think this is it.” Dalton squinted at
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