Page 13 of Stranded With An Insatiable Shifter

My body begins to tingle and ache the longer I watch him.

I squeeze my thighs together and feel wetness. I’m aching for some pressure down there. For something…

I can’t deny the intense pull. The yearning. Every second I watch him, the more I’m drawn to him.

I close my eyes and shake those unhelpful thoughts out of my head. It’s probably because I’ve been alone all this time.

Maybe I’m just lonely. Or, maybe it’s something else.

But whatever it is, I’m not going to let him in. No matter what.

I’ve been a city girl long enough to know that when a naked creep shows up on your doorstep, you don’t open the door, no matter how hot he is.

I’m ignoring my gut, my heart, and my feelings on this one.

My brain is staying in control.

And he’s not coming in.

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Michael

You see now? I snarl at my bear. Look what you did, you fucking idiot. She’s terrified of us!

My inner bear growls back.

Oh, shut up. I told you this would happen.

What a mess.

My damn bear has been wandering through the mountains for weeks looking for our mate. He kept me trapped inside and wouldn’t let me out no matter how hard I tried to escape, how loud I screamed, no matter what I said. He didn’t trust me to find her and now look what happened.

We showed up naked on her campground and now she refuses to come out of that bus.

The worst part is, he’s ruined the one moment I’ve been waiting my entire life for. I finally saw her beautiful face. I finally breathed in her sweet essence. I finally heard her ethereal voice. But it didn’t go as I had always planned.

It couldn’t have gone worse.

I’ll have to cut my losses and try again. Standing here naked while she shouts at me to leave isn’t going to change her mind about coming out.

Maybe in a few days, I’ll run into her in town. I’ll have clothes on. There will be people around. Maybe I can strike up a conversation while her guard isn’t on red alert.

“Okay,” I say in a calm voice as I back away, still holding the rock over my cock. “I’ll leave. I wasn’t trying to hurt you. I just…”

What does it matter? She’s not going to believe anything I say anyway.

I step into the forest, toss the rock, and jog away. I barely get to the river before my inner grizzly bear has a full-on meltdown.

He’s snarling my ear off and thrashing around.

Easy, I try to tell him, but that just sets him off more.

“No!” I gasp as he makes a break for the surface. He’s so strong. I’ve never felt this kind of strength from him before. It’s like seeing our mate has leveled him up.

He bursts out of me easily, turns with a snort, and sprints back to her camp.

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