Page 3 of Hunny and the Bear

“I need you, Hunny.”

“Stop.Jason!”

“You’re carrying my pup,” he murmured reverently, and she almost scoffed at his audacity. Because they were both different animal shifters, their child would either be a wolf or a rabbit.And based on how he’d treated her for being a rabbit shifter, she knew he’d discard her and their child if it took after her.

He kissed her neck again, his teeth grazing over her sensitive skin as if he intended to sink them into her. Like he planned on biting her, giving her a perversion of a mating mark. It was all too much! She felt like she was drowning.

“Get your hands off of me!” Hunny shouted, blindly reaching for his face. The sound of her palm connecting with his cheek sounded so loud in the room, startling her almost as much as it did him. She doubted it hurt. She wasn’t at a proper angle to smack him like he deserved, but he broke away from her anyway, snarling angrily as he shot her a glare.

His chest rose and fell rapidly, his eyes glowing brightly as he curled his lip in disgust. “You hit me, you ungrateful bitch. Do that again and you’ll regret it.”

She flinched from the venom in his voice, but she didn’t back down. “You’re revolting, Jason. Like I would ever want to stay here with you after you’ve mated someone else! Like I’d ever want you to touch me again!”

He has to be out of his mind!

He smirked coldly, pressing a hand to his red cheek. “Fine. Raise that fucking brat by yourself. No one’s going to want a shifter whore and her bastard, so I hope you enjoy a life of loneliness. After all, isn’t that what you were running from when I met you?”

“Fuck you,” she seethed, a fresh wave of tears filling her eyes. What had she ever seen in this male? How washesupposed to be her perfect match?

“I’ll give you an hour to pack your shit and leave my territory,” Jason spat, backing toward the door. He kept his eyes firmly on her, like a predator stalking its prey. “When I come back, you better be long gone from here.”

With that, he turned and left, slamming the door behind him.

Hunny waited several seconds before she sank to her knees, all her strength leaving her as she sagged against the bed. A small sob left her throat, the tears she’d been holding back finally falling down her cheeks.

She’d been such an idiot. How could she have thought that finding her true mate would turn her life around? That the one person specifically designed by fate to be hers wouldn’t destroy her trust, her heart? If she’d learned anything over the last five years, it was that she could only rely on herself.

Wiping at her cheeks with the back of her hand, Hunny took a deep, shuddering breath.

“You’re okay,” she whispered to herself, repeating it over and over until she almost believed it. Another minute passed before she pushed to her feet, ignoring the way her legs shook as she began moving around the cabin, numbly gathering her things.

She didn’t have a lot, just what she could fit into her truck at a moment’s notice. It only took about five minutes before Hunny was ready, gathering her suitcase and leaving the cabin, stepping into the crisp night air. She didn’t even bother closing the door because honestly …? She was petty and Jason could go fuck himself.

Maybe she’d get lucky and a bear would wander in there, ready to eat him when he came back.

Her lips twitched as she neared her truck, the image of him screaming in fear and running away from a grizzly flitting through her head.

A twig snapped to the left. Hunny tensed, whipping toward the noise, her senses on high alert.

There, standing less than ten feet away, on the edge of the woods, was a naked woman with a mating mark proudly displayed on her neck. When Hunny’s eyes met hers, they glowed an ominous blue, signaling the woman was a wolf shifter.The wind kicked up, carrying a now familiar scent to Hunny’s lungs.

Of course, Jason’s chosen mate would show up to watch Hunny slink off into the night.

Just perfect,she thought sarcastically.

“Natasha, right?” Hunny guessed, running a hand down her face in exhaustion. “How long have you been lurking out here?”

The female narrowed her eyes. “Long enough to hear Jason’s offer.”

“Then you’ll know I rejected it. And you’ll also know that I’m leaving.”

Natasha tilted her head, studying Hunny with a calculating look. It made her nervous, and her grip on the suitcase handle tightened until her knuckles went white. “I know that you’re carrying his pup, the future of this pack, if it’s born a wolf.”

“My child won’t be the future of any wolf pack, so don’t worry,” Hunny bit out.

Natasha smiled then, flashing a set of wickedly sharp canines. “Oh, I’m not worried. In fact, I’m here to guarantee it.” The wolf held up her hand, and within a second, it shifted, her nails lengthening into deadly claws.

Oh, shit.

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