any this morning. We have a bush in
the backyard.”
“I can go get some for you,” Madison offered, eager for an
excuse to get off the couch and move around.
“It’s late. I’m not going to make you search around some
silly berries.”
“No, don’t worry about it. I want to be useful. Just point
me towards a basket,” she said, getting up from the couch and walking around it
to stand before him.
“Well, okay,” he shook his head. “If you insist.” He leaned
down to place a kiss on her forehead, causing her stomach to do flips. Then a sneaky
smile crossed his lips and he trailed his fingers along the front of the
bathrobe he had lent her, moving the fabric with his fingers to reveal more of
her right breast.
“There’s a basket by the backdoor. Don’t stay out too late,
okay?”
Madison nodded and grinned up at him, tightening the the tie
of the bathrobe around her waist. Even the little kiss on her cheek had put her
in such a state that she could hardly breathe, let alone talk.
She found her way to the backyard, stepping off the wooden
steps of the porch into the dimly lit backyard. Madison spotted the bushes straightaway
and began picking them with her free hand, the basket in her other. She
realized quickly that she had been foolish to offer, since picking berries in
the evening actually proved to be slightly difficult. She mostly relied on
their firmness, testing them between her forefinger and thumb.
When she decided that she had collected enough berries, she
turned back to go into the house. She was just about to step onto the first
step of the back porch when she heard it: a rustling in the bushes that sounded
much louder than any small critter could cause.
Maybe it’s a deer ,
she thought, even though she was paralyzed with fear.
Then she heard that wicked growl, the same one from earlier.
She turned and opened her mouth to scream, but nothing came
out. The mountain lion stared her down, blood streaming down its side.
From the other side of the yard a dark brown blur shot
across it, pummeling the creature down again.
“Will!” Madison managed as she ran up to the door, throwing it
open and calling out in a panicked frenzy. But before she could his name a second
time he came rushing out, his eyes smaller and darker, fangs protruding from
his mouth and tufts of sandy hair bursting from his neck and down his chest.
Madison yelped in horror, stepping backwards so that she
almost fell down the stairs. But Will caught her quickly, much faster than any
person could actually react.
“Don’t worry. Just trust me,” he said as he moved her to the
side. He rushed down the stairs and pulled down his jeans to reveal his legs, misshapen
and completely covered in a thick, sandy fur.
“Holy shit,” Madison whispered in horror. He was turning
into a bear. A big, blonde grizzly bear. And he threw himself at another
panther that had shown up behind the first, one that she hadn’t even seen
earlier. There was a horrific clash of fangs and claws, and Madison held her
hands over her eyes, peaking through her fingers in horror.
One of the panthers had Will’s neck in its mouth and she
cried out, but the other bear quickly pummeled that panther to the side,
pinning it down to the ground and roaring in its face. It rapidly shrank, the
tufts of hair pulling into its body, its entire shape shifting, until it was
nothing more than the naked body of a scrawny man.
“Jake,” she gasped, watching the thin man pant, his eyes
closed as his bloody body lay defeated between the big brown paws of the bear.
Then the other panther shrank, similarly beaten up and
defeated, until a much bigger man was left in the buff. It was Paul, a deep red
gash across his chest.
“Fine,” Paul coughed. “We’ll leave her.”
The bear above him roared, shrinking down into a man, poised
over Paul as his fur retracted into his tan skin.
“Get out of Titusville while you’re at it,” Caleb
the backyard.”
“I can go get some for you,” Madison offered, eager for an
excuse to get off the couch and move around.
“It’s late. I’m not going to make you search around some
silly berries.”
“No, don’t worry about it. I want to be useful. Just point
me towards a basket,” she said, getting up from the couch and walking around it
to stand before him.
“Well, okay,” he shook his head. “If you insist.” He leaned
down to place a kiss on her forehead, causing her stomach to do flips. Then a sneaky
smile crossed his lips and he trailed his fingers along the front of the
bathrobe he had lent her, moving the fabric with his fingers to reveal more of
her right breast.
“There’s a basket by the backdoor. Don’t stay out too late,
okay?”
Madison nodded and grinned up at him, tightening the the tie
of the bathrobe around her waist. Even the little kiss on her cheek had put her
in such a state that she could hardly breathe, let alone talk.
She found her way to the backyard, stepping off the wooden
steps of the porch into the dimly lit backyard. Madison spotted the bushes straightaway
and began picking them with her free hand, the basket in her other. She
realized quickly that she had been foolish to offer, since picking berries in
the evening actually proved to be slightly difficult. She mostly relied on
their firmness, testing them between her forefinger and thumb.
When she decided that she had collected enough berries, she
turned back to go into the house. She was just about to step onto the first
step of the back porch when she heard it: a rustling in the bushes that sounded
much louder than any small critter could cause.
Maybe it’s a deer ,
she thought, even though she was paralyzed with fear.
Then she heard that wicked growl, the same one from earlier.
She turned and opened her mouth to scream, but nothing came
out. The mountain lion stared her down, blood streaming down its side.
From the other side of the yard a dark brown blur shot
across it, pummeling the creature down again.
“Will!” Madison managed as she ran up to the door, throwing it
open and calling out in a panicked frenzy. But before she could his name a second
time he came rushing out, his eyes smaller and darker, fangs protruding from
his mouth and tufts of sandy hair bursting from his neck and down his chest.
Madison yelped in horror, stepping backwards so that she
almost fell down the stairs. But Will caught her quickly, much faster than any
person could actually react.
“Don’t worry. Just trust me,” he said as he moved her to the
side. He rushed down the stairs and pulled down his jeans to reveal his legs, misshapen
and completely covered in a thick, sandy fur.
“Holy shit,” Madison whispered in horror. He was turning
into a bear. A big, blonde grizzly bear. And he threw himself at another
panther that had shown up behind the first, one that she hadn’t even seen
earlier. There was a horrific clash of fangs and claws, and Madison held her
hands over her eyes, peaking through her fingers in horror.
One of the panthers had Will’s neck in its mouth and she
cried out, but the other bear quickly pummeled that panther to the side,
pinning it down to the ground and roaring in its face. It rapidly shrank, the
tufts of hair pulling into its body, its entire shape shifting, until it was
nothing more than the naked body of a scrawny man.
“Jake,” she gasped, watching the thin man pant, his eyes
closed as his bloody body lay defeated between the big brown paws of the bear.
Then the other panther shrank, similarly beaten up and
defeated, until a much bigger man was left in the buff. It was Paul, a deep red
gash across his chest.
“Fine,” Paul coughed. “We’ll leave her.”
The bear above him roared, shrinking down into a man, poised
over Paul as his fur retracted into his tan skin.
“Get out of Titusville while you’re at it,” Caleb
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