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new language, one spoken with my hands instead of my mouth. I had to concentrate. I wanted to see her smile again tonight like she had last night when I showed her what I’d learned.
    God, the glow of her smile when she read the sign with my name on it was probably one of the best moments of my life. She was so glorious and bright. So damned pretty, I lost my breath. I wanted to put that smile on her face every night, but that meant study time for me. I needed to learn sign language.
    Unfortunately, I quickly discovered American Sign Language was an intricate and complicated system of communicating. One with a different word placement and sentence structure than the spoken English I’d been using my entire life. I worked on the alphabet first, figuring that was a tedious but effective way to get our words across. My plan wasn’t perfect, but it was definitely a start. Unfortunately, a couple of the symbols for letters contained arrows. I assumed those arrows meant movements, but the explanation was unclear, and I wasn’t sure if I was getting them right.
    After an hour of trying again and again to memorize the entire alphabet, I slammed the book closed, tossed my glasses on the arm of the chair, and released a throaty growl. My bear wanted to be let loose, making his need to be free known with his mental noises. He wanted to run, to search the woods for the scent of our new friend and track her pretty ass down. Sadly, that wasn’t going to happen.
    Needing a good run and a little time with someone who may be able to help me figure this crap out, I stripped down and packed a bag with my dictionary and the clothes I’d been wearing. Naked and ready, I stepped outside. The temperature was dropping fast in the region, but it was still quite comfortable for a man like me. Any humans in a climate like this would be bundled up in down coats and layers, protecting themselves from the elements. Luckily, my polar bear side kept me toasty warm through even the harshest of winters. Speaking of, my bear thundered through my head, practically ready to burst through my skin. It was time to run.
    I tossed my bag off the porch and shifted on the fly, landing on four paws in the snow. I shook out my long, white fur, grabbed the bag with my teeth, and headed for town. Hopefully, I’d find a few answers there.
    Audrey didn’t seem surprised to see me when I came racing into the library. In fact, she looked pretty darn smug.
    “Am I missing something?” I asked, tossing my bag to the floor. I’d shifted behind the building and thrown my clothes back on before coming inside. I couldn’t go walking around naked in front of my brother’s mate. One, I thought of her as my sister, so that’d be weird. Two, my brother was a possessive son of a bitch. He’d rip my dick off.
    That smile of hers turned wickedly sarcastic. “Not really. Just won a bet, that’s all.”
    “What kind of bet?”
    “The kind where your brother said it’d take you two days to come back for my help and I said less than twenty-four hours. I win.” She stood up and headed for the coffee machine. “What is it today?”
    “I need to learn sign language.”
    “Yeah, that’s why you have the book.”
    “I know, but…” I huffed, scratching at my beard. Pictures of Nyla ran through my head, upsetting my bear, making him whine and chuff inside of me in a way he never had before. He was almost desperate and crazed over our little visitor. Fuck, what was it with this girl? I’d never felt so obsessed about someone, so positively out of control.
    “Tell me,” she said softly as she handed me a cup of coffee. “All joking aside, you know I’ll help if I can.”
    “Can you get that Internet hooked up?”
    She blinked. I hated computers, hated the Internet even more. I’d made my opinions on both known many times, usually loudly. But desperate times called for desperate measures. “Yeah, sure. What are we looking for?”
    “Videos. I need to see someone else