My Heart to Bear

Some Alaskan adventure it was turning out to be... first the float plane crashed in the forest... and then she was being followed by a handsome grizzly bear shifter?

Katherine York expected only to spend some quality time with her big brother, but didn't know sibling re-bonding would be done in an airplane over glaciers and remote forests of southeastern Alaska. She hadn't wanted to go up in the tiny float plane, but Owen was a damned good pilot and insisted upon showing his sister the beauty of his home state. When the engine fails, the plane is crash landed deep into the woods, far from civilization. With Owen hurt, Kat does the only logical thing... she goes to find help.

Evan Mattison is a tracker for the Priest Point police department... and a damned good one. A perk of being a grizzly bear shifter. When a call comes in that an aircraft went down north of town and that one of the survivors is on foot, Evan is sent to find her. Only when Evan picks up Kat's scent does he realize this isn't a typical search and rescue... this time, he's searching for his mate.

This story is intended only for readers over the age of 18 as it contains adult language and sexual situations.

Excerpt:

“Kat,” Evan said, still so low she could barely hear him. “I have the situation under control, ok? I don’t want you to be afraid of what I’m about to do.”

Kat wrinkled her brow, confused. Why would she be afraid of Evan shooting the bear? And why wouldn’t he just do it and get it over with already?

Kat watched Evan slowly lean down and put the shotgun on the ground. He must be going to use the pistol, she thought. But instead of removing the pistol from its holster, he took the holster off entirely. Kat was baffled, but sure there must be some reason. Some obscure, little-known reason why one would not want to have a holster on when shooting a bear. But then again, everything about shooting a bear was obscure and little-known to her. He dropped his pack quietly to the ground and started taking off his shirt. Kat’s eyes got wide as she momentarily forgot about the massive predator in front of them and saw only the muscles of Evan’s back and arms. How is a human being built like that? she wondered. Each individual muscle was well-defined and rippled with his motion. Kat swallowed hard. Good God, the man looks like he’s chiseled out of marble! Does he do anything but work out? He doesn’t look like he has an ounce of fat on him!

She saw a flicker of movement beyond Evan

“Just trust me, Kat,” he said, still taking off his pants.

Kat found herself distracted again as Evan dropped his pants and boxers together. That ass! she thought. Does it ever stop? His legs were just as muscular as the rest of him and she momentarily imagined what it would be like to feel them against hers in bed. Another movement beyond him brought her back to reality. If they survived, she’d have plenty of time to check him out later. Of course, he’d have clothes on again... She let her eyes linger on his perfect backside for another moment to cement it in her memory, then spoke up. “Evan, the bear!”

“It’s ok, Kat,” he said, still not turning to look at her. He seemed to be focusing his eyes on the bear even if he was inexplicably stripping down to his admittedly very nice birthday suit. “Don’t be scared.”

Kat watched him roll his neck and inhale deeply. She blinked her eyes hard as he exhaled. It looked like he was actually getting bigger, his legs lengthening and his shoulders broadening.