gone. No thoughts, no function. She stood, dumbfounded.
What did he mean? What could he possibly mean? She didn’t need to ask.
“I was the bear you saw in the alley. It was so dark, I didn’t see you. Sometimes I lose control of the shift, but it’s still me. When you screamed and ran, in my mind… I still feel like a man, sometimes. I chased after you to tell you it was okay, not to be scared. It wasn’t until you were gone that I realized what had actually happened and how it must’ve looked. I’m so sorry. After we were together, I knew you’d never accept me in my real form.”
“Richard,” she said cautiously, “this isn’t funny. I was serious when I told you that story.”
“I’m being serious,” he shouted, grabbing her arms.
Then without warning, he pushed her into her apartment and turned into a bear. Melody fell back onto her couch, staring up at the beast before her.
Instead of feeling afraid, she looked up into its eyes and saw Richard staring back. As quickly as he’d changed, he was back to his human form.
“I know we can’t be together. I’m a monster. But I had to tell you. You had to know that I didn’t think you were crazy. You’re not crazy.”
Richard turned to leave, but Melody jumped to her feet and grabbed his arm.
“Don’t go.”
He swung his head to look at her, the same way the bear had done that night.
How had she missed the similarities before?
“I love you. Don’t go. That monster I’d been so afraid of, I didn’t know him. I know you. The bear I saw just now was you, not a beast. I’m not afraid of you.”
Richard swallowed and turned his body to face her.
“Really?”
To answer his question, she reached up and pulled him in for a kiss. Richard returned the kiss with a burning passion. They’d been away from one another for only a couple of days, but it felt like an eternity.
To be together in one another’s arms again, for everything to suddenly make sense, they couldn’t touch one another enough.
Their clothes were off in an instant, but this time she pushed him down to the couch and straddled his lap.
They kissed deeply, full of love and affection. Reaching down, she guided his hardness inside of her and lowered herself onto him. They moaned together and resumed kissing.
She lightly caressed his cheek as she moved her hips in a gentle rocking motion. The slow rhythm built rapidly. Under her, he bucked up into her, thrusting deeper inside as she pressed herself down.
As they made love, he locked his mouth around her nipple and sucked. As he did, he reached up and fondled the other breast while wrapping his other arm around her middle.
Holding her close, he forced her down onto him harder. Melody grabbed onto the back of the couch and used it for leverage. Soon she was slapping down on top of him.
As they both reached their orgasm, their moans echoing throughout her apartment, she knew she’d found the man she was to be with for the rest of her life.
This was her bear.
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Stranded With The Lion
Ashley Hunter
Copyright 2015 by Ashley Hunter
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First edition, 2015
Chapter 1
When Indrid Liander was six years old, she had witnessed a terrible event in front of her own home. While—at the time—domestic disturbances weren’t out of the norm and even common in the area she grew up in, the situation was permanently glued to her mind.
Memories of red and blue lights flashing through the curtains of the living room, the sounds of screaming, the eventual