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David took her hand and they returned to their bedroom

She sat on the bed and scrubbed her hands over her face

“You’ll reat mother one day,” he said

Heather cocked an eyebrow

“You’re very protective I like that fierce side of you”

“A lot of good it did I thought I’d gotten through to her I guess not”

He sat down beside her “Don’t you dare blame yourself What you did out there was close to a iven her a better chance of finding herself”

“Let’s hope it was enough,” she said

That night, as soon as David fell deep asleep, Heather slipped out of the room She tiptoed out of the house and shed her clothes just outside the round on all fours, she ran, using her heightened shifter senses to aid her There was only one thing she was looking for Last tiain Heather wouldn’t risk anyone in her new pack because of the unstable bear, certainly not her own h to the bear, even if briefly

Heather believed saving the bear was her chance at redemption She couldn’t save herself froirl Give her some semblance of a future Show her she wasn’t alone in the world What if Heather’s entire pack had been killed by the rogue bear? Her sister and uncle victi, afraid, and desperate—just like the young bear

The forest was growing more farounds she kneell This was her new home, new pack, and she planned to make it work David would soon be her official mate She wouldn’t let another full moon pass them by

She traveled for hours, searching, pawing the ground, testing the air It wasn’t so easy to find the she-bear this tione She greeary, her body in need of rest

Regrets began to cloud herDavid Heather slowed her pace and finally settled down on a bed of thick pine needles It felt good to rest herher lush tail around her body as she closed her eyes She’d have a light nap, then return hoirl

Heather woke up in a state of chaos, her body being tossed and ra a hts and flannel The stench of alcohol burned her nostrils Panic flooded her systee

The e was slammed into the back of a pick-up truck