by Tamara Hoffa
Jenna hid her smile behind her glass as she took a sip. How did she get so lucky? She was really waiting for the guy from Candid Camera or Punked to pop out and tell her this was all a big joke, because the too big, too fat, awkward girl just didn’t get the hunky guy, who by the way just happened to be the freaking alpha of a bear clan. In what universe did that happen? Maybe in the Twilight Zone, geeze, she really needed to stop watching late night television.
“I’m gonna go scrounge us up some snacks,” Bern said, he flipped the stereo on as he left the room and his customary country music flowed from the speakers hidden somewhere in the room. Jenna snuggled down into the couch and let her mind drift with the music as she sipped her wine. She was going to get to see Bern shift tonight. She was a little nervous, but a lot excited.
She’d never seen a shifted bear up close. Enough was enough, as soon as he got back she was going to ask him to shift, the anticipation was killing her. She was never going to be able to relax until after he shifted.
Bern came back into the room carrying a tray of cheese and crackers. Her stomach growled. Okay, maybe she would eat something before she asked him to shift, and make sure he did too, she certainly didn’t want a hungry bear on her hands. Jenna stifled a giggle and Bern gave her a curious look. Jenna chose to pretend she didn’t notice and dove into the cheese and crackers he had placed on the coffee table.
She crunched a few crackers and took a few sips of wine. Bern lounged at the opposite end of the sofa doing the same, but watching her intently. Finally she had enough. “What? Do I have cracker crumbs on my mouth or something?”
“No, but you are hiding something. What’s going on in that brain of yours, little one?”
“Is this more of that mate bond thing? Because if it is, I don’t think I like it.”
“No, it’s not the mate bond. I’m just getting to know you, and I can see the little hamster wheel turning in your head.”
“Hey, I resemble that remark!”
Bern moved so that his knee was touching hers on the sofa and kissed her temple. “I’m sorry, little one. I was only teasing. You have a big, beautiful, brain.” He punctuated each word with a kiss. “I only meant I can tell something is bothering you. He cupped her face in his hands and stared down into her eyes, “Tell me, what’s wrong?”
Jenna felt like a stupid fool. “Nothing is wrong, per se. I’m just nervous about seeing you shift.”
“I don’t have to shift today.”
“No,” she practically shouted. “I’m sorry. I want you to shift. I really want to see your bear. I’m just a little scared. I know it’s stupid. I know it’s still you when you shift…”
“Yes, it is, but I am different too. There are a few things I want to tell you before I shift. First and most important. Don’t run from me. While I still remain in control of my human thought when I shift, I also have…baser animal instincts. My bear, he wants you very much. If you run, he will chase you. He would never hurt you, but he will give chase, and I don’t want him to scare you.”
“Okay.” Jenna nodded.
“Second, obviously I won’t be able to talk to you when I shift. After we are mated and you change we will be able to communicate telepathically when we are shifted.”
Jenna gasped. “I didn’t know you could do that.”
“No, most humans don’t.”
“Wow, that’s really cool.”
“Yes, it is a wonderful gift. Anyway, I won’t be able to talk to you now, and I won’t be able to shift back for a few minutes. It takes a lot of energy to shift. So just sit quietly with me and wait. Okay?”
“Yes.”
“Are you ready?”
“Yes.”
Bern stood and pushed the coffee table to the side of the room, then he started to strip out of his clothes.
“What are you doing?”
“Taking my clothes off.”
Jenna could feel the blush coloring her cheeks. “What the hell for?”
“Because if I shift with them on I will either shred them or strangle on them.”
Duh, Jenna you are really not thinking tonight. “I never thought of that. I guess I thought maybe they just disappeared and reappeared when you shifted back.”
“Damn, that would be a nice trick. It would have saved me from a lot of embarrassing situations in the past too, I can tell you, but no, doesn’t happen.”
Jenna cleared her throat and looked at the floor. “You’re not going to see me change if you’re looking at the rug,” Bern teased. “It’s not like you haven’t seen me naked before, you know.”
“That was different,” Jenna grumbled.
Bern laughed. “Well it’s your choice, but don’t complain to me if you miss the show.”
Jenna looked up and glared at him. Bern looked smug, the bastard, and in the next moment her big bear of a man was…well a big bear. There was no cracking of bones or noise, like she expected, no flash of white light, in fact it was so fast, if she’d have blinked she’d have missed it. One minute he was a man, the next he was a bear. Magic.
He stood for a moment on his hind legs, startling her with his size. Bern stood about ten feet tall, covered in brown fur tipped with a light gold at the ends. His chocolate brown eyes were now that eerie amber color, and claws over two inches long extended from the end of his paws.
He dropped to all fours on the floor and then lay down on his belly, resting his head on his paws and Jenna swore he was trying to give her an innocent look. He nodded his head and made a cuffing noise deep in his throat.
Jenna scooched to the edge of the couch and waggled her fingers at Bern. “Hi.”
The big goof tipped his head to the side and let his tongue hang out. Oh boy that was one long tongue. Jenna got down onto the floor and crawled toward Bern. He chuffed his encouragement and she laughed. When she reached his head she asked. “Is it okay if I pet you? I forgot to ask before you shifted.”
The big bear awkwardly nodded its head and Jenna gently stroked the fur between his eyes. He crept closer until his head was resting in her lap and she was scratching behind his ears. A sound almost like a purr resonated from the bear’s chest. “Oh you like that, do you?”
Jenna was astonished at the feel of the bear’s fur. The outside was coarse and stiff, almost wiry, but underneath it was soft as down. She bent her face down to press it into the scruff of his neck and all at once her lap was no longer full of furry bear, but fully aroused naked man flesh.
In a flash she was on her back with Bern’s naked body covering hers. His arousal pressed against her thigh as his lips captured hers in a kiss she might consider giving up double chocolate fudge ice cream for.
Bern kissed her eyelids, her cheeks, her nose, down her neck, then he pulled back and looked deep into her eyes. “We should not have done this… I didn’t think.” He ground his erection against her and peppered her face with kisses, in a frenzy of motion.
Jenna placed her hands on either side of his face halting his movements. His lower body continued to undulate. “What’s the matter, Bern? What’s wrong?”
“My bear…he wants you now. Wants to mate. Wants to mark you. Make you ours for always. I don’t know if I can hold him back. You should leave.”
Jenna released her hold on his head, and he buried his face in her neck. He held her tight, but so carefully, she felt protected, safe, loved. No, she wasn’t going to leave. Despite whatever reservations she’d had about the mate bond, she was already in love with Bern. Maybe the goddess did know something after all. She was sure they were meant to be together and she was ready to take the next step.
She stroked the back of the shaggy hair she adored. “It’s okay, baby. I’m not going anywhere, but upstairs, with you.” Bern pulled back and looked down at her. “Take me to bed, and make me your mate,” she said as tears filled her eyes.
Her big naked bear stood with her in his arms and never paused. He took the stairs two at a time until he reached his bedroom on the sec
ond floor. Jenna didn’t have time to do more than catch a glimpse of his large bedroom before she dropped into the center of a very large soft bed. She didn’t bounce as the pillow top and the thick gray comforter absorbed her weight. Bern came down beside her and began stripping off her clothes before she had time to blink.
“I’m sorry, little one. I’m not going to be able to go slow, but I promise I’ll make sure you’re ready for me,” Bern growled as the last of her clothing went sailing over his shoulder.
Frankly his impatience and excitement must be contagious, because Jenna was hot as hell. His cave man, or should she say bear, act had her creaming like Magic Mike was doing a private strip tease all for her.
Bern pressed her knees apart and took a long swipe of her pussy from bottom to top. She shuddered and arched off the bed, keening his name. His tongue circled her clit and he inserted a finger into her channel, pushing deep until he found her sweet spot. One finger became two and he lapped and sucked her clit as he massaged that magic spot inside her until she came screaming his name.
He continued to pump his fingers in and out, slowing his rhythm and gently licking around her clit until she was a quivering mass of Jell-O. His fingers slipped from her mound and he kissed up her rounded belly, stopping to play for a moment with her belly button. His hands came up to grasp her breasts, kneading and plucking at her taut nipples. It felt like there was a string connecting her nipples to her pussy and every time he strummed it both organs vibrated.
Bern played her like a virtuoso. Her body his instrument. He kissed and caressed, tweaked and plucked, until she was trembling on the brink of orgasm without him even penetrating her. He finally reached her mouth and kissed her long and deep, mimicking the act her body longed to complete.
Bern reached to the bedside table for a condom and she whispered in his ear. “I’m on the pill.”
He pulled back to look down at her. “I have never taken a woman bare.” A shudder wracked his body.
“I think you like the idea.”
He buried his mouth in the crease of her neck and shoulder and his cock in her hot sheath at the same time. Jenna arched off the bed and shouted his name in ecstasy. Nothing had ever felt so good.
“Jenna, my Jenna,” Bern murmured over and over as he thrust in and out. His arms wrapped around her shoulders holding her in place for his thrusts. Faster and faster, hard and strong, he thrust into her in a driving rhythm in time to the chanting of her name.
He reached between them and thumbed her clit, the last little bit of stimulation she needed to throw her over the edge, and as she threw back her head in climax, Bern struck, biting the flesh between her neck and shoulder and growling out his climax.
There was a brief flash of pain and then Jenna was thrown into a second orgasm, like nothing she had ever felt before in her life. If a normal orgasm was fireworks, this was a star going super nova. The universe exploded, her body split into a million pieces and reformed. Every muscle in her body convulsed, she arched off the bed, hell for a moment she wasn’t sure she didn’t levitate, and then everything went black.
When she opened her eyes Bern was beside her and there was something cold on her head. She reached up pulled off a cool washcloth. “What happened?”
Bern looked at her with a cocky grin. “You fainted.”
She tried to sit up and he pushed her back on the bed. “Seriously?”
“Seriously.”
“Oh, crap. You’re really gonna have a swelled head now aren’t you?”
Bern only smiled and tucked her into his side. Jenna tossed the washcloth over the side of the bed and snuggled up with her bear. Things could be worse, so she was stuck with a cocky bear. She had an orgasm so hot she passed out. Wait until she told Alice!
Chapter Seven
Jenna dozed a bit snuggled deep in the arms of her big bear, drifting in that wonderful state between real sleep and wakefulness. She was as content as a girl could possibly be, sated beyond belief, happy, relaxed and secure. A loud rumbling from the direction of Bern’s stomach broke the serene quiet.
Jenna lifted her head from his shoulder and smiled down at him. “Another country heard from. Is somebody hungry?”
“I could eat a moose,” he teased, rolling her over and tickling her neck with his beard. “Let’s grab a quick shower and go out for pizza.”
“Mmm, pizza, my favorite. You’re on, mister.”
Jenna made to crawl over Bern to exit the bed, but he snagged her on the way. Playfully biting her butt and then giving it a smack. She yelped and ran toward the bathroom, attempting to shut the door before he could follow.
Bern gave chase and pinned her up against the wall. “What did I tell you about running from me, little one? My bear likes it when its prey runs.”
“Oh yeah? And what does your bear do when it catches its prey?” Jenna asked with a saucy wink.
“Why it eats it, my dear,” he said with a menacing leer as he backed her into the shower stall. Good God, the shower was as big as her whole bathroom and had six shower heads, Bern hit a control on the wall and they all sprang to life. There was a built in bench along one wall of the shower, and he continued backing her up until her legs hit the edge of the bench.
Steam began to fill the room, and Bern reached down, hooking his hands below her buttocks and lifting her onto the bench. It was the perfect height to put them face to face and he began to kiss her as the gentle cascade of the water wet her hair and slid down her over-sensitive body.
He followed a water droplet down her neck, sipping the moisture from her skin. Jenna leaned back against the wall, the cold tile making her shiver and her already erect nipples peak further. Bern turned his attention to the straining nubs. Licking and sucking, swirling his tongue around the tips and then biting just to the point of pain. Jenna closed her eyes and arched her back, thrusting her chest toward her lover in offering.
Bern brought his hands up to cup her breasts as his mouth continued its downward journey, kissing along her ribcage, the indentation of her waist, dipping into her bellybutton to lap at the water that had pooled in the depression. Her blonde curls were moist from both the shower and her arousal.
Bern continued to massage her breasts while he nuzzled her mound, his nose and lips teasing the small center of her desire. His tongue slipped out and flicked her clit at the same time his fingers pinched her nipples and a cry left her lips.
One hand slid down her body and spread her nether lips, opening them for his exploration. He teased and tormented, licking and sucking her labia and then fucking her with his tongue. All the while his other hand roamed her upper body, massaging and caressing, making her crazy with desire.
He replaced his tongue with his fingers, and moved his mouth back to her clit, circling the outside. Pumping his fingers in and out, she was riding his hand now, right on the edge of coming. “Come for me, little one,” he growled, as he bit down on her clit, and she exploded. Clutching his head to her creaming cunt and riding his face to her climax as she screamed his name.
Before she had completely come down from her orgasm Bern was over her, thrusting inside. My, this bench was a convenient accessory. How many times had he used it before? No, she wasn’t going to think about things like that. It didn’t matter, he was hers now. Forever. That was all that mattered.
She threw her arms around his neck and stroked her hand up and down his broad back. She could feel every muscle contract as he thrust inside her. God her man was sexy. Her hands cupped his ass and what an ass it was, hard and sculpted, like a Greek god. She pulled him impossibly closer, tightening her internal muscles and milking the thick cock inside her.
She ground her hips against him on each upward thrust, matching his pace. Her clit rubbed against his pelvic bone with each movement. Her nails dug into his ass, and her bear seemed to like that as a growl escaped his lips. He leaned forward and his mouth latched onto the place he had bitten her.
They came together, his hot seed filling her
pulsing channel as she panted his name, and he sucked a love bite on top of his mating bite on her shoulder.
Bern kissed her lovingly and gently pulled out. “I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have done that. Are you sore?”
Jenna was mildly tender, but she wouldn’t change anything for the world. “I’m fine,” she said, punctuating the statement with a kiss to his lips. She dropped from the bench and reached for the soap and washcloth. She generously lathered the washcloth and began washing her big bear.
He took the soap and washcloth from her and returned the favor. Then reached for the shampoo. “Turn around and let me wash your hair.”
Jenna turned and he shampooed her hair, being a man he didn’t have any conditioner in the shower and she didn’t relish the thought of trying to get a comb through her mass of curls when they got out. Oh, well, she’d have to bring some of her hair care products over. Now wasn’t that a thought? She was moving in already.
Bern quickly washed his own hair while she rinsed off and shut off the water. He opened the glass shower door and pulled a heated towel off the rack to pat her dry. Heated towel racks, wow a girl could really get used to this. Jenna now had the chance to finally take a look at the bathroom. It was decadent.
Aside from the huge shower stall they were currently occupying, there was also a black marble Jacuzzi tub big enough for two in the opposite corner. A granite double sink with gold faucets and a black commode. The floor and walls were white marble, giving the room a modern, but fabulous look. Once again it could grace the cover of a magazine.
Jenna wandered back into the bedroom, taking her time to check out the décor, now that urgent matters had been taken care of. Bern’s bedroom was the size of her living room. Thick deep, blue carpeting covered the floor. A fireplace took up one whole wall of the room. Set up in front of the fireplace was small sitting area, a loveseat, a big reclining chair, a lamp and end table. A book lay open on the end table and Jenna sauntered over to see what Bern was reading, Dan Brown, interesting.