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I foundto as h the tree line, she slowly stood and set her bon I didn’t one into the tent an hour before, rustled around, and had co the weapon I couldn’t blah I wanted her to be safe, to feel safe

I didn’t like that she was out here all alone for God kne long It wasn’t safe in the woods, and even though this was property that belonged to ed to her, because she was my mate—that didn’t et hurt, lost

And when I finally stepped into the clearing, staring at her, watching as her throat worked when she sed, s her nerves, her anxiousness, I hated that I was the reason she felt this way I lowered ers rapped tightly around the butt, her hand slightly shaking She was trying to appear strong, and although she was nervous, she wasn’t afraid in the face of clear danger

Although I wasn’t dangerous to her per se, she didn’t really know that Maybe she didn’t knoas her ether irrevocably

She was half-bear, so in hindsight, those kinds of instincts could’ve been dulled, muted But the way she looked atrained in her as what I felt, this undeniable bond and irrefutable love I felt for her

But she would

I would never walk away from her, no matter what

Chapter Five

Mena

In front of rizzly, his fur dark-brown, almost black in color His body was powerful I could smell the Alpha come from him The realization he wasn’t just an animal but a shifter who no doubt lived in these woodsI wouldn’t actually use it but having it for show, as well as letting him know if it came down to it I would protect myself at all costs

“Why don’t you shift back? I assu to say toin the woods bynot to show him how anxious I was, that his e But even so, I didn’t feel like he would hurt er

In fact, I felt the opposite I felt safe around hiainst as iven the fact that I didn’t knoho this person ho the shifter really was beneath the fur and the power and the height and weight of his bear

He didn’tmoments, and I didn’t even think he breathed But then he finally let out of huff, air blowing out his nose as if he were sighing, maybe nervous himself

I felt the air change, beco the hair on my arms to stand on end I watched as his body rizzly bear to theand ht close to six and a half feet He had muscles stacked on each other, and his skin was covered in tattoos So htness pool in ht a man covered in tattoos would be so incredibly sexy

In fact, I never thought any man was reh it was a little strange if I really thought about it, a twenty-soin who had never wanted a relationship, it had never really bothered ht to be alone