Bear Seeking Bride: Thorn (Bear Canyon Brides Book 6) (BBW Paranormal Bear-Shifter Menage Romance) by Ruby Shae Read Free Book Online

it was so extreme. Truthfully, I would expect you to lose your cool before Gavin,” she laughed.
    “I might have,” he laughed with her, “but I figured it out before he did.”
    “Figured what out?” she asked.
    “You’re not dumping us,” he said, “but you think we’re still searching for a mate.”
    “Dumping you?” she asked. “How can I dump you if we’re not together?”
    “That’s the problem,” he told her. “In our eyes, we are together. You’re our mate, Ava.”
    “But…that can’t be right,” she said. “Bree and the girls said a mated bear is possessive, dominating and extremely…hands on. Except for our first date-night together, neither one of you has even tried to touch me. I though you both just wanted to be friends.”
    “That’s where we went wrong,” he admitted. “In an effort to convince you to give us a chance, we decided to give you time to get to know us, to trust us, before we did anything physical. Unfortunately, it’s been very difficult to control ourselves and you’ve just witnessed a negative result. Please don’t judge him, Ava. He loves you…and so do I.”
    “Oh, Hawk,” she said. “I love you both, too. Very much.”
    He leaned forward, placed his hand on the nape of her neck and slid his hand into her hair. His lips crashed down on hers, and when she opened her mouth slightly, he shoved his tongue inside her mouth. She eagerly met him stroke for stroke with the same desperate force, and his dick hardened to the point of pain.
    He moved his chair closer and wrapped her hair around his fist like he’d longed to do since he’d first laid eyes on her. It was softer than he’d imagined, and she moaned and leaned in closer, placing her hand on his thigh. His cock twitched, aching to rest in her hand, and he broke the kiss. He couldn’t go any further without Gavin. Not their first time.
    “Go get him, Hawk,” she whispered, as if reading his mind. Her chest heaved, as if begging for his caress, her freckled cheeks held a soft pink glow, and her blue eyes sparkled, revealing her arousal. His mate wanted him as much as he wanted her and he’d never seen a more beautiful sight. “Go find my other mate and bring him back home.”
    “I shouldn’t be too long,” he said, standing.
    “Good,” she said, following him to the door. “Can I see your bear before you go?”
    His heart swelled at her request, and he gave her a quick, chaste kiss on the lips.
    “Of course.”
    He stepped outside and called his bear. She watched the full thirty second shift, and then pet his head and tugged on his ear. Her fingers felt like heaven and it took all of his control not to shift back and forget about finding his brother.
    They shouldn’t have waited so long to touch their mate.
    He nudged her thigh with his muzzle, urging her to go back inside the house.
    “Okay, I’m going.”
    She held her hands in the air, to prove she no longer touched him, but she didn’t leave. Instead she leaned down and placed a kiss on top of his furry forehead.
    “Be safe.”
    He waited until she went back inside their home and closed the glass door, and then he ran.
    His giant paws ate up the canyon floor as he dodged through trees and bushes, looking for Gavin. He ran along the edge of the small stream, knowing how much his brother loved the cool water, and along the way he checked two caves they liked to nap in, but they were both empty. He ran another mile before he picked up Gavin’s scent, and then spotted him near the water at the edge of town.
    The bear lay on the canyon floor, swirling the water with his paw. When Hawk approached, he grunted and continued playing with the cool liquid. Hawk shifted into his human form and Gavin reluctantly followed.
    “I’m sorry,” Gavin said, still staring at the stream.
    “I know,” Hawk said, “and Ava does, too. She’s not leaving us.”
    “What do you mean?” Gavin asked.
    “I only figured it out a few seconds before you