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to me, but depending on how strong the predator was, there was no telling if it could pound away until it managed to find a weakness in the wood.
     
    And where was my valiant stranger? What if he walked in and was torn to shreds?
     
    I steeled myself to get back into the shower as quickly as I could, mindful of the pooling water at my feet. I’d only have one shot at this, and if I slipped against the wood before I got the back in there with the door shut…
     
    But I never found out if I was going to make it, because the mountain lion suddenly turned to face something outside, and was swept out of view by a charging bear.
     
    Oh my god, that’s the same fucking bear.
     
    I heard the animals battle it out with a horrible commotion outside and enough growling to threaten me with a heart attack. Eager to get to safety, I realized that I was frozen to the spot with fear.
     
    THIS IS SERIOUSLY NOT THE TIME.
     
    But I couldn’t budge. I listened to the howls and the fighting, worrying for my bear defender, until finally the cat’s howls died down. The bear wandered past the door, dragging the limp form of the mountain lion in its teeth, and dropped it somewhere around the side. It came back to the front, paused as it realized it was too big to fit, and lumbered forward to shrink…into the chiseled stranger.
     
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    The transformation was quick, graceful, and flawless. The fur and mass receded in an instant as he morphed mid-step. He in a stride, he warped from a massive grizzly on all fours into a strong, casual, upright stroll into the building.
     
    But within a few steps, he spotted me dead on, and gave a slight smile as he maneuvered into the kitchen, without skipping a beat.
     
    “You’re the…the…you’re the bear.” I stammered like an idiot.
     
    “I’m the bear,” he agreed, digging around in the cabinets.
     
    “You…saved me earlier. And just now.” I paused, thinking things through. “And when I was wandering, alone in the woods, you brought me here. You saved me three times today.”
     
    “Today? Yes, I think so,” he nodded. “But I’ve been keeping an eye on you for some time, Brianna. Whenever you’ve come too close to the woods, I’ve always made sure you were safe.”
     
    I stammered slightly. He knows my name? And he’s been protecting me?
     
    “What…what are you?”
     
    It didn’t mean to be rude, but it just dropped out of my mouth. I realized that I wasn’t feeling any fear or apprehension, just…I wasn’t sure.
     
    Appreciation. Interest. Hunger.
     
    “I am what you might call a werebear ,” he casually remarked, as if it were common knowledge that those were a thing. “I’m a shifter that can change form between a bear and human at will. One of a few,” he quickly added. His gaze turned to the window. “My brothers are still out in the woods. They should be here by nightfall.”
     
    “There are…more of you?”
     
    “Not many more. There’s just the three of us. There were other packs, but we’ve lost contact with them.” He reflected on this for a moment. “I know a few of them have died out. I’m not sure about the rest. We are the only three confirmed bear shifters that I’m aware of.”
     
    “I…see…” I responded, trying to fill the silence. “Why have you been watching me? Why am I important?”
     
    He turned to me, that sly half-smile on his lips. “You came here when you were young,” he remarked. “I remember it. You must have been 6, maybe 7. Your parents brought you. And you wandered too close to the woods, once. Do you remember what happened?”
     
    I did. I saw my first large cat, slowly advancing towards me. I was too young, too terrified to react. But I never remembered how or why I got away. I always imagined one of my parents pulled me to safety, somehow.
     
    “I was younger then, too. Not as big a bear. But I was big enough to