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mysterious man was as warm as a
furnace, and in moments, Jennifer found herself breathing slowly
and evenly, sleep overtaking her almost as quickly as it had him.
Maybe in the morning, she thought idly as she began to drop off
into unconsciousness, she would find out just what kind of person
was capable of turning into a bear.

Chapter Three

 
     
    Jennifer woke suddenly, aware of light
in the cave and the absence of the heat of the mysterious man’s
body behind her. She sat up in the strangely comfortable bed,
looking around startled. For a moment she was disoriented, unable
to completely remember what had happened the night before or why
she was in the homey cave. Memory flooded her: Liam’s crude
come-on, his attempt to force her to get close to him, the
appearance of the strange man and his transformation. Jennifer
gasped, remembering finally that she had crawled into bed with the
strange man after dressing his wounds and watching him fall into a
deep sleep. “You!” she cried out, looking for and finding the
strange man as he moved about in the early morning gloom of his
cave. He had a bundle of clothes under his arm, and when she cried
out, he turned to look at her with his odd golden eyes.
     
    “You didn’t have to help me,” he said,
pressing his lips together. He was slightly pale, and he staggered
slightly as he stepped away from the hamper he had taken the
clothes from.
     
    “You changed into a bear. How did you
do that? What are you? Why do you live here?” Jennifer sat up and
threw her legs over the edge of the bed.
     
    “I would have been fine if you had just
left me,” The man insisted, giving her a slightly petulant look.
Jennifer shook her head.
     
    “How long have you been living off the
grid like this? And how do you manage to do this… how are you so
comfortable?” Jennifer stood, gesturing around the cave of
comforts. The man grunted, reaching down to shift the clothing in
his arms. He let out a low growl.
     
    “You should just go back to where you
came from,” he said. Jennifer snorted.
     
    “Not a good chance of that now.
Besides, you still need help; look at you.” The man shook his
head.
     
    “I’m fine.” He started toward the
entrance to the cave and then crumpled in pain, falling to his
knees. Jennifer sighed. She was right; in some respects, the
mysterious man who had come to her rescue was, in fact, every bit
as bull-headed as Liam, although he seemed to be less interested in
enforcing his will on her than he was in being left
alone.
     
    “You’re not fine. You’re still in pain,
and you’re still recovering from those wounds. Let me help you. I
promise I won’t tell anyone about your place or anything I’ve seen.
I just… sort of feel like I owe it to you, since the only reason
you’re hurt is because you went after Liam for me.” The man closed
his eyes for a moment before sighing and gesturing mutely for her
to approach.
     
    Jennifer collected the clothes that had
fallen from his grasp and helped the man back onto his feet. “Can
you make the climb down?” she asked him, remembering that while the
steps and handholds had made it easier for her, she hadn’t been
injured. But then, she thought, he had managed to get up to his
lair, hadn’t he?
     
    “Yes,” the man said, his voice rough.
She caught the sight of a bright flush in his cheeks and smiled
slightly to herself at the thought of his wounded masculine pride.
At least, she thought, if he was going to let her help him, she
might be able to find out more about the man.
     
    In spite of his wounds, the man seemed
determined to get through his normal routine, and Jennifer went
with him, helping him clean his clothes in the river, scrubbing and
beating them against a rock. She tried to get him to talk about
himself, but for the first hour at least, it seemed utterly
impossible; he answered her questions with grunts or not at all,
his monosyllables interspersed with grumbling comments that he