longer.”
“Thank you, I will.”
The woman left and Logan stared at Becca’s unconscious body on the bed.
When he’d told her about his bear, she’d run and didn’t come back until she’d needed his protection. After they’d made love, she’d expressed her desire to return home as soon as possible. She knew nothing about shifters, and possibly hated bears, but he couldn’t let her die.
“She’s going to hate me,” he whispered to no one in particular.
“No she won’t, she loves you,” Layla said. “We’ll give you some privacy.”
The two men filed out of the room and his sister followed, closing the door behind her.
He stared at his mate and watched the random twitches her body made as the clock ticked on. He only had a few minutes left to act, and he needed to get on with it.
He kneeled on the floor next to the bed and pushed up her shirt sleeve. Both sets of his canines elongated and he clamped down on her upper arm, releasing the enzyme that would change her into a bear shifter.
Becca released a tiny moan, and then her body visibly relaxed. It was as if a weight had been lifted, and she sank further into the comforter covering the mattress. The twitching stopped and he could see her chest moving air again. The clock ticked past the fifteen minute mark and her steady, deep breaths indicated the process had begun.
Only time would tell her reaction to his choice. In three days, he would discover if she hated him for turning her into a monster, or thanked him for saving her life.
He reentered the living room and prepared to take her home.
Chapter Four
Laughter filled the air and Rebecca stood back and watched the four people standing around the counter in the coffee house. She wanted to join them, but they seemed so far away. Every time she took a step toward them, it was as if she hadn’t moved an inch.
The two men were big, muscular and handsome, but they weren’t her bear.
“Logan!”
She cried out for him, but the only sound that filled the air was the laughter from the group. The woman behind the counter was tall, thin, and beautiful. Rebecca recognized her as a friend, though she didn’t know her name.
“Logan!”
She yelled his name again, but he didn’t come for her. Why didn’t he come?
The second woman at the counter was shorter than the others, and had more curves than most women. Her body type seemed familiar, and she liked the way the woman rocked her outfit.
Suddenly, the woman turned to grab her coffee and Rebecca saw herself.
She screamed at the woman to leave the drink, but her warnings went unheard. The woman picked up the cup and took a swallow of the warm brew. Seconds later, she fell to the floor and her body thrashed around wildly.
The men tried to restrain her while the woman shouted directions to her staff and made a phone call. The room fell silent as she watched the men carry her to the back of the building.
“Logan!”
She yelled his name again, and then screamed when she saw a bear running toward her. He crashed through the coffee shop window and bit down on her arm.
The room went black as the pain was instantly replaced by pleasure, and she slumped against the animal.
“I love you,” she whispered.
“I love you, too,” the bear growled back.
Rebecca gasped and opened her eyes.
She recognized the darkened room immediately, and looked around for Logan.
She located him sleeping on the other side of the bed. He rested on his back, fully dressed on top of the covers, and his arms were crossed across his chest. His hair looked wild, but the jeans and belt he wore seemed incredibly uncomfortable, and she wondered why he hadn’t taken off all of his clothes.
Because he doesn’t want you .
She wanted to kick her nagging, know-it-all inner voice, but she knew the girl was on to something.
The last thing she remembered was standing in the coffee house with Jake, Mason and Layla. Mason had just finished telling a funny story, and she