Bridge Hollow Shifters: The Complete Collection

by Samantha Leal

“My kind have always lived here, we were a family from back then, we expanded and we bred… And now there is a healthy group of us, packs of bears that mingle with other things that may have come from the time when the veil was broken, and when the mine was sunk deep into the earth. So much history has been buried Amanda, but one thing is certain… this town is what people fear it is. We have done an amazing job keeping it ticking over as a sort of freak show, a place where people come and visit a museum and get caught up in a fantasy land story, but in truth things couldn’t be more accurate.”

  He took a breath and rubbed his jaw.

  “There are families of wolves, families of bears, legends of witches and creatures some have never seen…” he trailed off. “And then, there is something else, something darker, that recently has found its way back… We think…”

  Amanda’s stomach began to churn.

  “In the forest?” she whispered. “Is that what you saved me from?”

  Dean nodded slowly.

  “I don’t know what it is, it is something we are all still trying to figure out… but animals are dying, lots of animals. Hundreds in fact. Men have gone missing and never returned, they have wandered into the forest and never come back out. None of this is normal, and the atmosphere around town has been strange. None of us have been able to explain it, but now we are working together to try and find out what is going on, and how we can stop it.”

  Amanda pulled her knees up to her chest and hugged herself into them.

  “This must all sound crazy,” Dean said. “But I promise you, it’s true.”

  “And I believe you,” she smiled as she reached back for his hand. She lay hers lightly on top of his and felt the heat again.

  Her mind was scrambled, but she still craved him. She still felt his heat and wanted him close to her, she wanted to know it all and even if she was afraid, she knew it would be worth it.

  “You coming here to Bridge Hollow has awakened something in me,” he said. “I didn’t think I was capable of love, and I tried to stay away from you… but I just couldn’t.”

  Amanda smiled.

  “Me too,” she said. “I haven’t entertained the thought of being with someone for almost ten years, but the second I saw you… something just clicked.”

  “Our souls connected,” he said. “You’re here to make life worth living.”

  She felt the tears welling up behind her eyes and she pulled him close to her. She thought of Lilith, of how bonded she felt to her already and of how even now, after only just hearing his truth, how she couldn’t imagine ever being parted from Dean.

  He was right…

  They were each other’s futures and now she was going to fight for it.

  She pulled him to her and climbed up onto his lap. She spread her legs and gripped his waist between them as their lips grazed together and she felt him getting hard and pushing himself against her. The feeling of his cock against her pussy, even through clothing, was enough to almost send her over the edge.

  She hadn’t been touched in so long, and now there she was with a man who was more than anything she ever could have dreamed of.

  She kissed him slowly on the mouth and his tongue searched her, he explored her mouth and then moved down to her neck, kissing her with his hot lips and sending shivers down her spine. She gasped as her nipples hardened and her cunt began to feel hot and engorged. She was already soaking wet for him, slick and juicy and ready to take him, and she pressed herself closer to his groin and he moaned back in return.

  He reached up and pulled his shirt off over his head and threw it behind him and down onto the floor, when his big, expert hands went towards her she let him remove every last piece of her clothing. One by one, he removed her sweater, he peeled off her jeans and threw them away. He rolled her onto her side and kissed the bare skin of her hips, then down her legs as he removed her panties and moved back up to unhook her bra. Amanda writhed beneath him, opening her legs wider and waiting for the moment her touched her there, but he smirked and made her wait.

  She lay there watching him as he reached for the buttons on his jeans and began to pop them open, and when he pulled them and his boxers down and his cock sprang free, she gasped and felt a gush of excitement flow out of her.

  “Wow,” she panted as he held onto his shaft and jacked himself up and down before he moved on top of her and slipped a big, thick finger deep into her pussy.

  She moaned as he worked her, and he growled as he felt how ready to take him she already was.

  He took hold of her wrists and pinned her back into the big bounce of pillows, and with his free hand he grabbed his cock and guided it into her.

  As he penetrated her and filled her with his huge, incredible length Amanda was already full of heat and pleasure. She was riding a wave, hard and fast, working up to a release quickly and without control. She gasped and groaned as Dean pumped his cock in and out of her, growing harder and harder with each thrust.

  He pressed her down hard into the bed and she looked up into his eyes and saw the animal there. He was protecting her and claiming her. He may have imprinted on her when their eyes first met, but from this moment on, there was no going back.

  She was his now.

  Their fate and future were now sealed.

  From this moment on, they would never part.

  Dean’s cock was buried deep inside of her, hitting her g-spot and opening her up in places she didn’t know were there. When she felt him getting harder and his thrusts came more rapid, she gripped him against her with her ankles and gasped as her own orgasm crested and thundered through her.

  Dean exploded, his hot seed filling her and making her his for the rest of time.

  He shuddered on top of her, a growl roaring out from between his lips and she saw the flash in his eyes of the animal within. The bear was trying to escape and win, but the man was keeping her safe. He was protecting his woman… his one true mate.

  And now she had been claimed.

  They collapsed down next to each other in a mess of ecstasy and pleasure, and Amanda rolled into the nook of Dean’s arm and nestled there, feeling more safe and satisfied that she ever had in her whole life.

  “You’re mine baby,” he whispered. “Now and always.”

  “Forever,” she whispered.

  Fated.

  They lay wrapped up in each other’s arms for the rest of the night. Not once breaking away from each other, and not wanting to ever let each other go.

  After all the lonely years and all the denial, she knew that she had found what she needed. Deep down, Amanda had always believed in a love such as this, she had just tried her best not to look for it.

  But in the end… it had found her instead.

  15.

  The last day of Summer was much like you would expect. The trees were still lush and green, the sun still shone brightly, but there was a distinct breeze in the air up on the mountain and around town. The kind of breeze that carried with it a promise of more cold to come.

  Amanda and Dean stood with their arms wrapped around each other, watching as Gwen said her goodbye’s to Ryder and Lilith and got the bus driver to haul her bags into the luggage compartment.

  “I can’t believe our six weeks are up,” Gwen sighed as she turned back to face them and pulled Amanda in for a hug. “Hands off Dean,” she joked. “This is my turn.”

  Amanda felt warm in Gwen’s arms and could never be more grateful for what she had done for her. She had brought her to Bridge Hollow, she had made her open her mind to new experiences, and now there she was about to start a brand new life with the two people who meant the most to her in the world.

  Dean and Lilith.

  Gwen stepped back and wiped away a tear and Dean laughed and pulled her in for a hug too.

  “You don’t need to worry,” he said. “I’m going to look after her.”

  Gwen looked up at Amanda and smiled.

  “I know you will,” she said as she shook Dean’s hand and t
hen took a step towards the coach.

  It was hard to say goodbye, but it’s not like it was for forever.

  The past six weeks had taught Amanda so much about life and love, that she had made the decision there and then not to waste another precious minute.

  She and Dean had spent so long running from love, they had spent so long denying themselves meaningful connections, that when they had found each other their bond had come on fast and true.

  They were fated mates.

  Each other’s true other halves.

  Gwen stepped up onto the step of the coach and took one last look up and down Main Street.

  “It’s been one hell of a ride,” she said as she saluted Amanda, and her new friends.

  “Come back and visit us, won’t you?” Ryder smiled as Gwen cast her eyes down to him.

  “You can count on that,” she laughed. “Do you think I could ever just leave this crazy place and pretend like none of this happened? Hell no!”

  Amanda laughed as she blew her best friend a kiss and watched through the windows as she made her way along the bus to find her seat. Gwen waved out at them and blew kisses back, and when the driver started the engine, Amanda had to hold back the tears as the bus started to pull away.

  Dean wrapped his arm around her and touched the familiar part on her shoulder. The part that was most certainly now his. His hand just seemed to fit there, and whenever it found it, it was like that first night all over again.

  The bus chugged down Main Street and slowly disappeared from view.

  Two girls had arrived in Bridge Hollow six weeks before, but now only one of them was leaving.

  Amanda had called her school two weeks into her stay and told her employer that she wouldn’t be returning in the fall. She told them she had found something much better, something that spoke to her on more levels than teaching.

  She told them she had found her heart.

  Lilith nuzzled in between them, and Amanda rested her hand on her shoulder.

  This little girl had changed her world. Amanda had gone to this little town in the middle of the mountains, not expecting to have such a life changing experience, but there she was, and she was eternally grateful.

  “I’m so glad you’re staying,” Lilith looked up at her with a beaming smile. “I’ve never seen my dad so happy.”

  Dean looked down at his daughter and Amanda could feel the love between the three of them. As a unit, they would be strong, and they would survive.

  “Did he tell you about the teacher’s position that’s available at my school?” Lilith chirped.

  Amanda nodded and rubbed her head.

  “He sure did, do you think I should go for it?”

  Lilith clapped her hands together and jumped up and down on the spot.

  “You have to go for it! Wouldn’t it be amazing if you were my teacher too!”

  They all laughed and Dean rustled in his pocket for the keys to his truck.

  “Come on then girls, we better head home.”

  The chill in the air was getting stronger and he sniffed the wind and Amanda was sure she heard him growl. Lilith skipped off ahead of them and climbed into the back of the truck, and Dean slipped his hand into hers as they walked along.

  “Gwen’s right,” he said. “It has been a wild ride.”

  Amanda smiled and nodded in agreement.

  “And I’ve got the feeling we haven’t even scratched the surface…” she whispered.

  Dean squeezed her hand and then opened the door of the truck so that she could climb inside. When she sat down and buckled up, she turned and watched him get in beside her and she had never been happier. It was still a simple life, if not a little more crazy around the edges. But it was something she knew she could handle.

  Finding her soul mate had made her willing to take on anything.

  She looked over her shoulder at Lilith and felt so much gratitude. Not only had she found a man she would do anything for, she had found a daughter to help guide through her future. Someone she could love and be a friend to at the same time.

  Together, the three of them worked. They were a strong bonded unit and it was clear the love was big between them.

  The future of Bridge Hollow was still uncertain. Shifter packs were feeling the change, and the ice in the air was coming for all of them, but they would stay strong and they would fight whatever was coming their way.

  For Amanda and Dean, they knew that together they could do anything.

  Now they had found each other, anything was possible.

  The End

  Forbidden Alpha Bear

  Bridge Hollow Shifters 2

  Samantha Leal

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  1.

  Scottsdale, Arizona

  The sun was setting over the hills and casting a pink and gold glow over the valley that sprawled out in front of him. The desert was dry and arid, but the colors that oozed from the ground were nothing short of spectacular. The purples and the oranges clashed together and produced something totally out of this world. Something that made Ernest stop and take notice, it truly made him appreciate all he had.

  He sat and watched from the vista of his terrace, sat proudly in the large egg chair as he steepled his index fingers underneath his chin. Ernest would never get tired of this view, but the heat of the desert night, before the sun fully fell and plunged him into a familiar chill, wasn’t doing anything to distract him from the rumors that had been heading out west to find him.

  He had heard whispers of terrible things happening, things people couldn’t explain, and it was making him anxious and afraid.

  He breathed in sharply and exhaled as his heart thumped away in his chest and his anxiety started to rise.

  Ernest had been waiting for almost two weeks, but he knew he couldn’t leave it much longer. Since he had heard what was happening in that little mountain town, it had done nothing but play on his mind.

  He rose to his feet slowly and wiped his sweaty palms down the sides of his jeans, before he leaned over the balcony and looked out at the desert sand. He looked at the spindly trees and remembered still how lush and green a forest could be. He remembered the beautiful canopy of branches and leaves that surrounded Bridge Hollow, and for a brief moment, a smile flickered across his lips.

  His stomach dipped and he shook his head before he turned away and headed back to the house. The bifold doors which extended the entire length of the backside were all open, letting in air and light but that meant he had to turn off the air conditioner, so when he stepped in, he felt the heat more than he had outside. He turned and began to close them one by one, and when he locked them, he slipped the key in his pocket and found himself looking around for anything out of place.

  Ernest didn’t know what could be lurking out there in the wilderness, and he didn’t know if anything or anyone was coming for him, but he had to be mentally prepared.

  He jumped as the hiss of the air conditioner started to blast from the vents that ran all along the top half of the room, and he felt the icy blast on his moist, hot skin, a welcome feeling.

  He turned and walked down the crisp, immaculate, white tile and felt how cool it was underfoot. He passed by the rooms on each side of the hallway and marveled at the modern cleanliness of what was inside. Spotless living areas, black and white leather, modern artwork his assistant had furiously bid on for him at auction−which didn’t serve much purpose now, but what would hopefully be a great investment and inheritance for his children sometime in the future.

  Ernest had created himself a stunning oasis there in the middle of the desert, but lately, it had begun to feel more like a prison. He could feel what was coming, he knew a storm was brewing and he
wanted to fight it before it had a chance to reach him first.

  He peered through the pane of glass at the top of the front door and looked out across the driveway. His vast collection of cars was all in their own individual ports, already covered with protective blankets and put to bed for the night. Nothing stirred outside, but he still felt apprehensive, as if he could tell that he wasn’t safe.

  He checked the locks and then he lifted the receiver next to the main doorway which connected him to the security at the entry gate.

  “Hello,” he said as the guard answered. “I’m just checking we still have people patrolling the perimeter?”

  “Yes, sir, we have a rotation and we’ve just switched, nothing to report so far.”

  The guard was stern and reassuring, and he hung up the receiver feeling better than before. He checked the locks once more and then he turned back and headed into the main body of the house again. The splendor rising around him, cocooning him and keeping him safe.

  After the sun had set, and the night truly came in, he heard the howling of the coyotes out on the mountains. The valley was sprawling and wide, and he was perched right up at the top of it, a king surveying his own kingdom. But this time, he couldn’t be present. All he could think about was Bridge Hollow, of what he was hearing, of what could potentially be happening there.

  He swallowed his nerves down and scratched the back of his neck, before he opened his drinks cabinet and reached for a crystal decanter that had long been hidden away but he could no longer ignore. He reached for a tumbler and poured in the whiskey, sloshing it around in the glass before he held it up to his lips and drank it down in one. The sensation of warmth and calm washed over him for a moment, but then his heart continued to race, and he poured himself another.

  As he moved toward his desk, gripping the glass and raising it to his lips with shaking hands, he paused for a moment as he looked down at his computer.

  He knew if he opened it, there would be no going back. All he would have to do was type the name of the town into a search engine and within seconds, he would have every conspiracy theory and latest news update known to man. With so much technology and information available at the touch of a button, there wasn’t a place on Earth that Ernest could hide from this truth. And apart from that…