Page 19 of Sunshine for the Grumpy Grizzly

That motherfucker. My blood boils.

“I-I’m not ready. I need to shower and stuff,” she protests.

He snickers to himself. “You can do all that while I’m in the tub.”

“I don’t know. I’m not real comfortable…”

He slams his hand against the door. “Lucy Cole, you open the door right now, or you’ll never work in this industry again.”

The last thing I hear is her little feet, padding across the floor.

Then I’m flying across the dirt. My bear’s massive heart is pounding with adrenaline, colossal jaws parted…

And my razor-sharp canines sink into his neck.

A strangled yell bursts from his lips.

I shake him.

Not hard enough to break his neck.

Just hard enough to make him wish he’d never been born. His limb flail, then he goes as limp as a ragdoll.

When I decide that he’s been punished enough, I let him drop. He hits the ground like the sack of shit he is. Then I look up.

The door is open.

Lucy is standing there in a flimsy white nightdress, her hand clapped over her mouth.

Crap.She saw everything. I didn’t want her to find out about me like this.

Her eyes are huge and freaked out.

Then something totally unexpected happens.

She opens the door wider.

I don’t hesitate.

I charge in, and she slams it behind me.

And I shift.

This is gonna scare her even more, but I need her to know there’s a man in here.

My body cracks and snaps and pulls in on itself. There’s an almighty crunch and here I am, up on two legs, arms hanging loose at my sides.

It’s a long time before I raise my head and look at her.

Her beautiful eyes are still huge, but now they’re sparkling like diamonds. Because they’re wet.

“You’re a… a bear,” she murmurs.

“A shapeshifter.” I raise my hands and let them drop to my sides. “Half man, half beast.”

Her eyes scan me from head to toe, taking in my body. That’s when I realize that I’m naked. Humans aren’t cool with that.

And not only that, but her eyes have zeroed in on my dick.

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