Page 22 of Saved By the Grizzly Bear

We share a look, and then I laugh.

“Sex,” I mutter as he hops out to open my door.

I’m still smiling as I walk into the resort and head up to my room. That smile drops when I see my parents outside of my hotel room.

“There you are!” My mom exclaims.

“Where have you been all day? You disappeared. Do you have any idea how rude that is to us and to Randolph?” My dad snaps.

I want to tell them that I don’t care about them or Randolph, but I know that would only cause problems.

“We paid for this trip, set all of this up, and you keep running off,” he says.

“So ungrateful,” my mom adds.

It’s on the tip of my tongue to remind them that I never asked to come on this trip, but I swallow the words down instead.

“Sorry,” I mumble. “I was just exploring.”

“I expect you to meet us for breakfast tomorrow. Eight am sharp,” my dad orders and I nod.

“Got it.”

They frown and for a moment, I’m afraid that they’re going to keep berating me, but they just sigh and stomp off down the hall. I slip into my hotel room and sigh, trying to forget about my parents and Randolph.

As I get ready for bed, I can’t help but wonder what tomorrow will be like.

EIGHT

Alec

It’s my wedding day and the night of the full moon. I can already feel the mating heat now, and it’s only noon. I know that by tonight, I’ll be even more desperate for my mate.

I wonder if Morgan can feel it too.

I hope so, my bear grumbles.

I get dressed and pull on the one and only suit that I own. It’s a little tight in the shoulders, and I hope I don’t rip anything as I get ready to head to the courthouse. I’m supposed to be meeting Morgan there at three for our wedding. I wish I could pick her up, but she sent me a message this morning to say that she was already in town with her parents and she would just meet me there.

It’s quarter to three now, and I hurry to grab my keys and get out of the house. I drape my suit coat over the passenger seat and head down the mountain and into town. I arrive in plenty of time, and I jog up the courthouse steps and inside.

I stop dead in my tracks when I get into the building and spot all of my friends there.

“What are you guys doing here?” I ask them as I head over to greet them.

“You thought that we were going to miss your wedding?” Davis asks with a smirk, and I laugh.

“Well, I knew that you had work.”

“We wouldn’t miss this,” Niko says sincerely, and I smile.

All the guys are here with their fated mates, and I smile and thank each of them for coming. Then I turn and try to spot my mate. The courthouse is pretty quiet, and it doesn’t take me long to realize that she’s not here yet.

I glance out the front windows and scan the streets, but there’s no sign of Morgan there either. I pull out my phone and am about to text her when I get a message.

Morgan: Headed there now! Sorry, it took me longer than I expected to get away from my parents today.

Alec: It’s okay. I’m here, just inside the doors.

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