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The bear squats down, looking at me. It seems to cock its head. Why is it looking at me like that? Why is it just staring at me?
The bear looks like it knows something I don’t know, and then suddenly, it hits me. I realize that it’s a bear. My kids are also bears.
Did this bear find my children?
Can it smell the kids on my clothes?
Suddenly, I push myself up. I’m pretty worn down and it takes me a few tries, but I manage to get to my feet.
“Have you seen my kids?” I whisper. “My cubs?”
The bear doesn’t move. If it understands me, I can’t tell. I bite my lip to keep from crying out. My wrists hurt from landing on them. Hell, even my legs hurt.
“My children,” I try again. “They’re out there. I have to find them. Have you seen them, Mr. Bear?” I whisper the words, but the bear just looks at me.
Okay, so it doesn’t know where my kids are. Either that, or it doesn’t speak human, but I’m still alive, and I don’t think this bear is going to kill me, so I turn and start walking away.
Instantly, the dog starts barking, nipping at my ankles.
“Please,” I whisper. I shake my leg, trying to get the dog to leave me alone, but I finally stop and turn back. The bear hasn’t moved, but he’s still watching me. Suddenly, I’m very aware that this bear is, in fact, a he.
I look at the creature, wondering what he’s going to do, and then he motions to me.
I point to myself, as though I can’t believe what’s happening right now, but he repeats the gesture. It’s like he wants me to follow him, and you know what? My night has been so crazy that somehow, I find myself moving after him.
One step at a time.
Chapter Three
Heath
I found her.
I don’t know how it happened, but I found her.
What luck.
As a matter of principal, when two little bear cubs come wandering into my home, I don’t leave them alone to fend for themselves. Tonight is very different from anything I could have predicted, though. The kids haven’t been abandoned, which was a fear that was nagging at the back of my mind.
After all, it’s no secret that taking care of children can be incredibly difficult.
If a human’s children randomly changed into bears, it would be natural for a parent to completely freak out. I mean, I’m not sure how someone could not know their kids were shifters. Maybe a woman mated with a shifter male and it was a one-night kind of deal. Perhaps there was a situation where the mom just really had no way to know.
I don’t know.
The woman is shaking as she follows me, though, and part of me thinks I should change back into my human form right now just so I can reassure her that everything is going to be fine, b
ut I don’t.
It’s fucking cold outside.
Besides, I don’t want to scare her even more. If I shift into my human form and she freaks out, I’m going to have a hell of a time convincing her that I’m not a freak and that her kids are safe.
I just want to help her find her kids.
So, I move slowly through the darkness, carefully guiding her back to my cabin. Soon we arrive at the little home, and she stops outside of my house and looks up at it. I wonder what she’s thinking as she eyes the design. It’s a beautiful cabin, at least if you ask me, but then again, I designed this place to live. I didn’t want something simple or tiny. I wanted something comfortable and wonderful to help me move on with my life.
I needed a place to just forget.
