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Right on cue, a deep booming crack of thunder rumbles through the log cabin.
I fly up so fast the chair knocks over behind me. My skin tightens over flexed muscles. My jaw clenches. My heart pounds.
“Here we go,” Leo mumbles as he grabs his mate and pulls her back.
“Just breathe,” Michael says as he slowly stands up. “In and out. Relax.”
I can’t breathe. I can’t relax. I have a savage maniac grizzly bear terrorizing me from the inside out.
He thrashes around, shredding and clawing my insides while snarling in my ear.
This fucking bear…
I bend over and cover my ears, forcing out raspy breaths.
He’s livid. He’s deranged. He’s out of control.
It’s just thunder, you fucking pussy. I yell at him.
He snarls back.
Every storm, I go through this shit.
He’s worse than a little kid or a frightened dog. He’s a giant seven-hundred-pound apex predator and he’s terrified of a booming sound. I’ve fucking had it.
The thunder rips through the cabin again. Closer this time.
I explode up as he surges to the surface, desperately trying to claw his way out.
“No,” I grunt through gritted teeth. You’re not fucking coming out!
He roars in fury. The nasty beast twists and wrenches and rushes to the surface.
I flex my whole body and struggle to force him back down. I crash into the table and all the plastic trains scatter off the board. Tara’s glass of wine tips over.
He’s so goddamn strong.
I feel a flash of fur tearing through my skin before I rein him back in.
“Not in here, please,” Leo says as he steps protectively in front of Tara. “We just had the floors redone.”
I force my eyes open and see Tara’s worried face. She’s nervous for me, not about the floors, but I still don’t want to ruin her cabin. She was so excited when they put in hardwood floors last month.
I turn and head for the door.
My legs feel like there’s concrete in them. Every move is hard when my grizzly is raging like this.
Michael rushes over and opens the door for me.
The rain comes slamming into the room, stinging wet. It’s dark out even though it’s only six o’clock in the summer. Those nasty storm clouds are smothering out the sun.
“Are you going to be okay?” my oldest brother asks as I face the storm.
“Same old, same old,” I grunt, putting on a brave face as I force my heavy legs outside. I’m immediately drenched. The rain soaks me to the bone.
“Can we… finish the game without you?” Michael asks as he’s about to close the door.
I turn to him with my chest and shoulders flexed. My eyes are probably glowing golden right now. I can feel my teeth pushing out against my lips. “Yeah,” I grunt.
