Page 23 of A Bunny for the Bear
Smiling, I stroked his beard. “Hi, there, Alpha.”
He practically purred at my words.
“I wanted to tell you it’s ok to let the past go now. We might not have had a good first meeting, but ever since then you’ve shown me how good you will be to me. I recorded those videos for Hutton and for you. For both sides of my mate. I want us to be ok moving forward. Can you let the past go if I do too?”
It was a gamble as to whether he would respond or not. Our beasts weren’t always adept at communication with others.
But he was my mate. And I could tell he understood my words.
A few minutes of silence passed before he leaned forward and licked the side of my face. I squealed at the utter shock of it. I shouldn’t have been surprised though. He was basically an animal in human form.
In the next second, Hutton’s eyes were back to their normal color, and his jaw hung open. “Holy shit. I didn’t think he’d do that.”
Wiping the side of my face, I smiled at him. “Well, he definitely did. Do you agree with him and me to let the past go?”
“I do.” He paused. “What about your shifter side? Is it on board too?”
My entire body locked up at the question. I still hadn’t told him what I was. Part of me worried he’d reject us if he knew before the bond. And now with it done, I felt horrible to have trapped him with me.
What if he didn’t want me anymore? What if my bunny disgusted him?
Panic swelled so quickly I became dizzy with it. I couldn’t stop the waves of nausea or the way my body drooped. My defenses were gone, leaving only the most vulnerable parts of me.
Worst of all, my bunny had hidden deep inside of me. He didn’t want Hutton’s bear to go searching for us. Bonded pairs could sometimes feel their mate’s other half.
“Mate,” he said, voice urgent as his hands swept over me. “What’s wrong? I can feel the—fear? Are you scared of me? What have I done?”
The words became softer with each question. It was the change that brought me out of the crashing tides of my anxiety.
I took a few deep breaths until I was centered again. In a soft voice, I told him, “I’m terrified you’ll hate my shifter side. Is it ok for us to wait a bit longer to talk about it? I promise to tell you soon.”
“Anything you need, Omega. I’m happy to have you no matter what your animal side is. Even if you’re aquatic, and I have to move us closer to the water, I’d do it in a heartbeat if I got to have you.”
I snorted at the visual his words gave. “Not aquatic. Actually not a huge fan of water in general.”
He tilted his head, then smiled wide. “Good to know. I’m already learning so much about you.”
The conversation shifted from there. We spoke about the town and what it had been like for my mate growing up here. He shared some of the struggles as well as the good memories.
I told him about how I got the courage to come here and how his aunt had jumped to befriend me. “That was the first night I got to meet everyone,” I said when recounting things in the park.
“Are you serious?”
“Yep. I’d only known them all about an hour or so when you showed up.”
“Do you have any idea how big it speaks of you as a person that they all jumped in to protect you? I knew you were special, mate, but this only further confirms it,” he praised.
I blushed, burying my face against his chest. It was about that time his knot deflated enough to slip free. The wet sound of his cum gushing out of me had us both freezing.
“Well…” I started, only for him to interrupt with, “Fuck, I want to knot you all over again.”
With a laugh, I pushed off the bed and backed away from him. I could feel his seed dripping down my legs, but I refused to break eye contact with him.
“No more knotting yet, Alpha. We need to get clean and eat. I’m starved.”
His answering grin was laced with mischief. My mate prowled from the bed towards me. I stood frozen like the prey I was.
I didn’t feel any fear as he got closer. It was only lust rolling through me. Well, that and a need to eat to replenish my energy.
