Too Much To Bear: BBW Shifter Romance (Shifters of Spellholm Forest - The Bears) by Harmony Raines Read Free Book Online

look at this body of mine all the way home."
    "Ready Paris?" she asked her friend, trying to ignore him as he sauntered off.
    "Yes, if you two have finished flirting."
    "Beck has the mad idea I want to see his naked body. But he's full of himself," She raised her voice, so it would reach Beck who had moved away behind a thicket. "I've already told him I've seen bigger on a sheep."
    Paris giggled. "You two are made for each other, you know."
    "Don't say that, please."
    "It's true then?" Paris asked.
    Behind her Jenny felt the air fill with electricity, and knew he was shifting, she had missed the chance to see him naked, which she would have enjoyed despite her words. Her distraction confirmed everything to Paris.
    "When Beck arrived Wes said he was in such a state. He sent me upstairs to fetch that box, to get rid of me while Beck calmed down. He wouldn't tell me who Beck's mate was, but I got to thinking about how you had been on the road when Beck arrived. I couldn't believe it at first."
    "I know, we are so unsuited." Jenny shook her head in despair.
    "I don't know. I think you’ll probably do him some good. Wes keeps having a chuckle to himself about how hard Beck is working. You've made an honest man out of a rogue."
    "I haven't done anything. It's this mating thing. Do you feel strongly attracted to Wes, more than just love?" They walked towards the place where Beck had shifted.
    "It’s hard for me to know, I’ve never been with anyone else. I love Wes so much, I don’t know if it could be any more intense. If it can, then I can't wait to feel the strong bond a mated couple feel. I think that has me more excited about being able to change than anything else."
    Jenny saw the pile of clothes, neatly folded. He must have taken is time, and she had missed watching him bend down as he stripped. Missed seeing that wonderful toned butt of his. Opening her backpack, she fitted his clothes inside, and then looked to see where he had gone.
    Standing watching her, black fur begging to be touched, stood a bear. Her bear. It gave her such a thrill to see him this way, and to know his heart belonged to her even in this form. Bears were one of the most powerful of all those that changed.
    She had always been told she would be a small bird, it was a family tradition. Looking at him, for the first time she didn't feel worried about being something else. She wanted to be an equal to Beck. In human form he was so much more than her, his body beautifully sculptured, where as she was round and soft. He was strength, courage and self assuredness, she was soft and weak. Yet when she changed, she might for once be so different.
    "Come on, Paris. Let's press on and see if Mother Hart can see our future."
     

Beck
    Beck stretched, feeling good about taking his other form. He always felt more comfortable this way. Being a bear released him from the constraints he felt as a human. He could not say the wrong thing, or upset anyone with his behaviour. Bears were fierce, and strong, using body language to communicate.
    His actions towards Jenny had always been a result of the fact she was destined to be a bird. Her family had always been birds, so how could she be any different. He had used it ruthlessly against her while teasing her.
    However, she did not know why he had been so cruel. She thought it was because of her lovely curvy figure, but he knew they would fit together just right, his body inside hers, a perfect match.
    But a bird and a bear, that was not his fate. Mother Hart had told him things years ago.
    When Paris had asked him to take them to see Mother Hart, he should have said no. Some things were best left hidden, personal experience taught him that. Very much to his regret. What he hadn't told them was that he had once visited Mother Hart, and her words of wisdom, as a teenager, had shaped his relationship with Jenny. What he needed to know, was why she had told him a lie.
    He looked behind at the two women following him. His