were in human form, or vice versa. I dated a few humans in college, but we were never close enough for me to trust them like this. I never told them I was a shifter. I certainly never offered myself for them to touch and play with at their discretion.
But for Mia?
I’m offering her everything: all of me. She can do whatever she wants to me in this moment and I don’t even care. As long as she smiles, as long as she stays here with me, she can do anything.
She runs her hands through the fur on my neck.
“You’re amazing,” she whispers. “I’ve always wondered what kind of animal you were. Do you know that Richard never told me?” She speaking quietly, but openly, and I wonder if it’s easier for her to talk to me like this.
I can’t say anything back. All I can do is listen. Maybe it’s helping her to be brave. I don’t know. It’s hard to keep breathing, hard to remind myself not to hold my breath. She moves down my back and begins to pet me there. Then she walks around me still tracing her hands over my body, until she comes back to my face and strokes my head.
“You’re so gorgeous, Aidan. I had no idea.” As I look at her now, I notice the tears in her eyes. “Just think. We’re going to have a baby, Aidan: you and me. We’re going to be parents. We’re going to have a little baby bear and he’s going to be perfect, just like you. Or she,” she adds with a smile. Then Mia pats her tummy. “Maybe it’ll be a girl, but I don’t care. No matter what our baby is, he or she is going to be so loved.”
She kisses my head and I move so I’m sitting. Mia doesn’t need any prompting. She just comes up and snuggles against me, crying quietly in the moment. I wrap my arms around her, mindful of my paws, and I hold my sweet mate.
“I was scared to call you,” she admits after a moment. “I wasn’t sure if it would make me needy, you know? I thought we had this crazy connection, but you never really know with guys. It was such a spur-of-the-moment thing, you and me. It just…I didn’t want to be ‘that girl.’”
She could never be “that girl.”
She’ll only ever be amazing to me.
Slowly, I shift back, and suddenly I’m holding her against my bare skin. Mia doesn’t react except to snuggle closer to me, and I stroke her hair. I don’t mind that we’re in the middle of the woods, in the dark, on the ground. The only thing that matters right now is that we’re together.
“You don’t mind being with a big ol’ bear?” I ask.
“You don’t mind being with a tiny little human?” She shoots back.
“Not at all. You’re perfect to me, Mia.”
“I have some baggage.”
“We all do.”
“I have a big brother who’s a little overprotective of me.”
“I’ll deal with him.”
“Are you really okay with this? The baby thing?”
I turn Mia so that her back is to my chest, and I rest my hands on her belly.
“Mia, I’ve never wanted anything as much as I want you and this baby. I want both of you.”
“You have no idea how good it is to hear you say that.”
“Were you worried?”
“A little.”
“You shouldn’t be.”
“You’re amazing, you know that?”
“Move to Honeypot. Come live with me.”
“Okay.”
“That’s it?”
“That’s it, Aidan. I’ll come to Honeypot.”
Chapter 9
Mia
We make out in the woods a little bit more before returning to Aidan’s place. The house is dark except for the porch light, which shines like a beacon.
This is going to be my home.
The realization is strange as we walk inside. Aidan locks the door, then turns to me. He’s still naked. He carried his clothes back and I didn’t complain about the view. Now that we’re home, inside this comfortable house, I’m ready to see where this is going to go. I’m ready for more.
He drops his clothes on the floor and I dive for him. He lifts me effortlessly and pushes me back against the wall. My legs wrap around him as we kiss hard, fast, deep. We’re
But for Mia?
I’m offering her everything: all of me. She can do whatever she wants to me in this moment and I don’t even care. As long as she smiles, as long as she stays here with me, she can do anything.
She runs her hands through the fur on my neck.
“You’re amazing,” she whispers. “I’ve always wondered what kind of animal you were. Do you know that Richard never told me?” She speaking quietly, but openly, and I wonder if it’s easier for her to talk to me like this.
I can’t say anything back. All I can do is listen. Maybe it’s helping her to be brave. I don’t know. It’s hard to keep breathing, hard to remind myself not to hold my breath. She moves down my back and begins to pet me there. Then she walks around me still tracing her hands over my body, until she comes back to my face and strokes my head.
“You’re so gorgeous, Aidan. I had no idea.” As I look at her now, I notice the tears in her eyes. “Just think. We’re going to have a baby, Aidan: you and me. We’re going to be parents. We’re going to have a little baby bear and he’s going to be perfect, just like you. Or she,” she adds with a smile. Then Mia pats her tummy. “Maybe it’ll be a girl, but I don’t care. No matter what our baby is, he or she is going to be so loved.”
She kisses my head and I move so I’m sitting. Mia doesn’t need any prompting. She just comes up and snuggles against me, crying quietly in the moment. I wrap my arms around her, mindful of my paws, and I hold my sweet mate.
“I was scared to call you,” she admits after a moment. “I wasn’t sure if it would make me needy, you know? I thought we had this crazy connection, but you never really know with guys. It was such a spur-of-the-moment thing, you and me. It just…I didn’t want to be ‘that girl.’”
She could never be “that girl.”
She’ll only ever be amazing to me.
Slowly, I shift back, and suddenly I’m holding her against my bare skin. Mia doesn’t react except to snuggle closer to me, and I stroke her hair. I don’t mind that we’re in the middle of the woods, in the dark, on the ground. The only thing that matters right now is that we’re together.
“You don’t mind being with a big ol’ bear?” I ask.
“You don’t mind being with a tiny little human?” She shoots back.
“Not at all. You’re perfect to me, Mia.”
“I have some baggage.”
“We all do.”
“I have a big brother who’s a little overprotective of me.”
“I’ll deal with him.”
“Are you really okay with this? The baby thing?”
I turn Mia so that her back is to my chest, and I rest my hands on her belly.
“Mia, I’ve never wanted anything as much as I want you and this baby. I want both of you.”
“You have no idea how good it is to hear you say that.”
“Were you worried?”
“A little.”
“You shouldn’t be.”
“You’re amazing, you know that?”
“Move to Honeypot. Come live with me.”
“Okay.”
“That’s it?”
“That’s it, Aidan. I’ll come to Honeypot.”
Chapter 9
Mia
We make out in the woods a little bit more before returning to Aidan’s place. The house is dark except for the porch light, which shines like a beacon.
This is going to be my home.
The realization is strange as we walk inside. Aidan locks the door, then turns to me. He’s still naked. He carried his clothes back and I didn’t complain about the view. Now that we’re home, inside this comfortable house, I’m ready to see where this is going to go. I’m ready for more.
He drops his clothes on the floor and I dive for him. He lifts me effortlessly and pushes me back against the wall. My legs wrap around him as we kiss hard, fast, deep. We’re
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