Double Bear: BBW Paranormal Menage Shape Shifter Romance (Bear Mountain Book 3) by Ruby Shae Read Free Book Online Page B

immortality. We’ve never found the one . Until you.”
    “Me,” she said in deadpan voice and Cade knew she didn’t believe them.
    “Yes, you. We love you, Sam, and we want to be with you always.”
    “Even if I believed your story, I’m not immortal. I’ll eventually die.”
    “No, you won’t. The mate mark will not give you the ability to shift, but it will grant you immortality. You’ll always be with us.”
    “The mate mark?”
    “It’s done during sex. We have to bite you during orgasm without protection. It’s the only way to trigger the process,” Cade explained. He didn’t see the harm in speaking since their confession already looked like a train wreck.
    “So, let me get this straight. You’re bear shifters. You can shift into bears and you want me to allow you both to bite me during unprotected sex so I can gain immortality and live with you forever?”
    “Yes,” they both said in unison.
    She smirked and shook her head, tears filling her eyes.
    “I knew you were too good to be true. Why tell me this elaborate story? Why lead me on?” she looked back and forth between the two of them. “Why not just dump me and allow me some dignity before you go back to your club whores? I know,” she held out her hands as if to stop them from moving toward her, “you don’t want me pining over you, right? You don’t want me running up to you in the mall, begging for sex, when you’re out with one of your women? Well, you got your wish. You’re both assholes and I never want to see you again.”
    “Sam—” Collin said.
    “Don’t leave—” Cade started.
    She stormed passed them and opened the door, but turned back to face them one last time.
    “You know the worst part? I knew you were leaving soon, but chose to be with you anyway. I knew how much I’d hurt when you left—knew I’d probably be alone for the rest of my life—but I thought it was worth it because I thought you cared about me, too. At least a little bit. Thank you for making it easy for me to get over you.”
    She slammed the door, making her words final, and left them alone staring after her.
    “What the fuck just happened?” Cade roared.
    “Hell if I know. That didn’t go according to plan.”
    “You think? Fuck this. I’m going for a run,” Cade said and walked out the door.
    “Cade, wait—”
    He heard Collin call after him, but he didn’t care. He had to run before he chased down Sam and took all of her choices away. She was their mate and her rejection cut deeper than any knife or gunshot wound, both of which he’d experienced several times.
    The magic allowed him to stay clothed during the shift, so he took off running in human form without worrying about his attire.
    He ran down the row of cottages, passed the property line for the bed and breakfast, and kept running until he crossed the border into the National Park. When he was deep into the park, and he sensed no other humans, he shifted in mid-stride. In his bear form he ran faster, deep into the dense trees, until he could no longer see the lights from the town.
    An hour later, he ran out of steam. Exhausted, he spread out over a large boulder and listened to the sounds of the park.
    It didn’t take long for him to sense Collin approaching, and within minutes his brother lumbered toward him in bear form and sat down next to the boulder on the forest floor.
    He ran to fight his anger and pain, but Collin was always cool and collected. He’d probably already started hatching out a plan to convince Sam they were telling the truth. The easiest way would involve shifting in front of her, but would she give them the chance?
    They had to try. What other choice did they have?
    The fight for their mate wasn’t over yet.
     
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    Sam raced out into the darkness as the tears streamed down her face. She didn’t mind being out in the dark, she was used to walking home from the theater alone this time of night, but the temperature had dropped significantly.