Bear With Me by Moxie North Read Free Book Online

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    “I have to get him to talk to me first, before I need to worry about moving.”
    Parking the huge Hummer in front of the cabin, she saw the lights were all still on. Walking up to the house, the door swung open and Connie Rochon rushed out towards her.
    “Oh, sweetheart, I’m sorry I raised such an asshole.”
    At his mother’s acknowledgment of the shitty situation, Mackenzie burst into tears. The kind women folded her into her arms and squeezed.
    “We will figure this all out. He’s my youngest and I’m afraid we’ve spoiled him,” she tried to explain.
    Turning, Connie led her back into the house. She saw Edward, Dax, and the rest of the family in the living room including Cage and Wyatt.
    Dax walked up to her and Connie let her go into her brother’s arms. “You okay, Kenzi?”
    “Yeah, he was in the bar trying to pick a fight with a bunch of bikers.” At this, she saw Cage and Wyatt both turn to her.
    “He what,” Cage growled.
    “Don’t worry, I got him out of there. I don’t think he was going to go back after I left. He did let me know that he wasn’t interested in me. That kinda sucked,” she admitted.
    “We talked to him, Kenzi. He does want you, his bear is over the moon. It’s just that…” Cage tried to explain.
    “Conner and his bear tend to butt heads and until one of them wins out, they stay in limbo about things. I know he wants you, he just has to work it all out first. Get his head on straight, then I’m sure he’ll come for you,” Wyatt said encouragingly.
    “Your brother better get his head out of his ass and fast. I don’t like my sister upset,” Dax growled towards the three bears standing across from him.
    Cage couldn’t help but return the growl; his Alpha bear didn’t like being challenged. Even if it was from another Alpha shifter. “I understand how upsetting this is Dax, but I think we all need to work together so we have the best outcome here.”
    Dax snorted, “Best outcome huh? Why don’t you call my mother and tell her what went down tonight and I’ll go kick some sense into your brother? Deal?”
    “Although I can see how some ass kicking would be beneficial, I think we need to all sleep on this. Give everyone some time to settle down and we can meet here for breakfast and come up with some kind of game plan to make sure Kenzi and Conner end up happily together. Because that is what we all really want, right?” Edward sagely suggested.
    “That seems like a splendid idea,” Connie called out clapping her hands. She was not about to let her sons and Dax tear up her living room scrapping over Conner.
    “Let’s get poor Kenzi tucked into her bed. She’s had a long day, and the rest of you can head home. Breakfast is at seven, I’ll make Swedish pancakes,” she said.
    Cage laughed at this, he was surrounded by women who thought every problem could be solved with food.
    Hearing the pancake plan, Sophie jumped off the couch where she and Jinger had been doing a tennis match of head swings as the shifters in the room barked at each other. “Ohh, I’ve never made those! Will you teach me?”
    The women gathered around Mackenzie, pulling her from her brother’s arms and chatted about batter and lemons as they hustled her down the hallway. Kenzi managed to look over her shoulder as she was dragged down the hall to see her brother give her a head nod telling her it would be okay.
    Once the women had vacated the living room, the men turned back to each other.
    “Who needs a beer?” Wyatt was already heading to the kitchen.
    A chorus of yes’s echoed in the room. Dax dropped to a chair across from the two sofas that faced each other. The Rochon men took their seats once they had beers in hand.
    “Well, fuck,” Dax said, popping the top of his beer and taking a long swig.
    “Yup,” Cage agreed, tipping his bottle back.
    “You boys will be the death of me,” their dad said shaking his head.
    “Hey! I’m the good one! No trouble from me,”