Her Big Bad Polar Bear (6 page)

Cosmo was back and he was furious.

Chapter 13

Denny dropped his hands immediately and stood up. “What are you doing here, Mr. Vedar?”

“I own this cabin. What are you doing here?”

“I...I...came to get the notes from Andy.”

Cosmo raised his eyebrow. “Then get them and leave.”

Denny bent down, scooped up the notes from the table and rushed to the door. He slowed down and moved past Cosmo gingerly, then fled through the door. A few seconds later Andy could hear the engine to Denny’s borrowed car as it sped away.

Andy got up and made her way slowly toward Cosmo. “You’re okay?”

He turned to close the cabin door, taking in deep breaths. “I’m fine, except for coming back and finding that weasel touching you. Why did you let him in?”

She stopped and stared at him in shock. He was blaming her for Denny? “I thought he was you. He came for the notes and I don’t have to explain myself to you. You can leave now!” She pointed to the door.

“Did you ever date him? Sleep with him?” He stalked closer to her.

She backed up slowly, putting the kitchen table between them. “It’s none of your business, but yes, I went on one date with him. It was months ago and I refused to go out with him again.”

“Well, did you tell him that? He seems to think you two are an item.”

“Again, it’s none of your business.” She crossed her arms over her chest. She underestimated that he had really long arms.

He growled. “I’m making it my business.” He reached over the table and grabbed her arm firmly, gently pulling her over the table to him. He turned her around to face him, but he kept her on the table. He stepped between her legs.

“Whoa. What are you doing?”

“Claiming what’s mine.” He leaned down and took her lips with his.

Andy felt the world tilt on its axis. Should she fight or should she give in? Fuck it! She wanted him more than any other man she had ever known. She wrapped her arms around his neck and pulled him closer, returning his kiss.

*****

Cosmo fought his bear for control. He had to slow down. He didn’t want to scare her with how much he wanted to rip and shred her clothing off her body and fuck her while he bit into her shoulder. When he inhaled deeply, he not only smelled her arousal, but he could taste it, too.
Fuck!

He grabbed the hem of his shirt and ripped it up his torso and over his head, tossing it somewhere behind him. Her hands were on him as soon as his skin was bare. Her small, delicate hands rubbing over his chest and shoulders, then down to his abs felt so good. The lust on her face was obvious—she liked what she was seeing. He wanted the same opportunity to touch her skin on skin.

Cosmo unzipped the jacket that she had never taken off. Then he peeled off each layer of sweater over T-shirt one by one. He kissed her in between each layer being taken off, so she wouldn’t protest. Finally, he got to her lacy white bra cupping her weighty breasts. The bra clasped in the front. How convenient. He unhooked the bra and spread the cups apart.

“So fucking beautiful.” Her mounds filled his large hands nicely. He dropped to his knees to suck a pert nipple into his mouth. He teased and sucked, making her moan. He loved the sounds she made, and wanted her to make the same ones when he was buried deep inside her. He needed that badly and wasn’t sure he could wait much longer.

He unfastened the buttons on her pants, then dragged them past her hips and down her legs. Then he removed the white panties. He lifted the tiny material up to his nose, and inhaled deeply. Ah...the scent of his female. His mate. Nothing was better than that. He quickly tucked them in his back pocket.

“What are you doing with my underwear?” she asked, surprised.

“They’re mine now,” he growled, then lifted her legs up so her pussy was level with his mouth. “This is mine, too.” He leaned closer and licked her seam and the juices that were coating her. “Delicious.” Her taste was nothing like any female he had ever experienced. She was like a drug that seeped into every pore of his body.

“Cosmo,” she moaned, and he felt even more desperate to have her.

He used his fingers to part her folds and slid his tongue inside. He fucked her that way, adding a finger or two until he felt her inner walls convulse and she screamed out in pleasure.

He wasted no time unbuttoning his jeans and shoving them down far enough for his cock to spring forward. He brought his penis up to her entrance, letting her juices coat him. Then in one powerful thrust, he buried himself deep inside her. “Oh my God, you feel so good. So tight.”

“Please, Cosmo.” She tried to make him move.

“Easy, love. I’ll set the pace for us.” He moved in and out of her with powerful strokes. Her nails scraping his back made him pound into her faster and deeper. Just as she screamed his name with another orgasm, his seed shot out and he bit down on her shoulder, leaving his mark and claiming her as his forever.

When he was able, he pulled out of her and lifted her half asleep body in his arms and carried her to bed. He would let her get a little rest before he took her again. He would never get enough of her.

*****

Cosmo got up carefully, trying to not wake her, and walked over to the phone. He dialed his brother.

“Why do people keep calling me at God awful hours of the day?” Ivan grouched.

“I need you to cover for me today.”

“Why? You spending it between the sweet thighs of a hot brunette?” he teased.

“You talk about my mate’s thighs again, you won’t be walking straight for two weeks,” Cosmo growled.

“Easy brother. It was a joke. So you claimed her?”

“I did. I couldn’t hold my bear back.”

“You sound like this is a problem.”

“I didn’t tell her what I was first. That’s why I need you to cover for me today.”

“Ah, hell, you’re supposed to take those nosy humans out to Berkin Lake today. I don’t want to deal with them all day.”

“It will only be until I arrive with Andy. I need time this morning to tell her everything.”

“Fine. Good luck and congrats. You are lucky to have found her.”

“Thanks, Ivan. One day you’ll meet your mate.”

“I have.”

“What?”

“I have to go. Nature’s calling.” Ivan changed his tone.

“See you later.” Cosmo hung up and headed back to the bedroom. Seeing her there naked against the sheets; nothing was better than this. He hoped she didn’t freak out.

Chapter 14

Andy felt his mouth on her first. He was suckling her breasts while one of his hands was playing with her clit. He strummed her with such sureness, she wondered how many women he had been with to learn that technique. Of course, she would never ask him that. The past should be left in the past. He was with her now, and that was all that mattered.

She groaned when he removed his fingers. “Don’t stop.”

“Oh, I won’t.”

She watched him move over her and settle in the cradle of her thighs. It felt so right—this was where he was meant to be, and this was where she was supposed to be, welcoming him into her body, her heart, and her soul. They had more than shared sex, they shared a part of themselves so completely that she felt like a different person; she felt like a part of Cosmo. It was a little scary.

All thoughts left her when he entered her with slow deliberateness. She looked up into his
black eyes and was entranced. No one looked at her the way he did—as if she were the most precious thing to him. She loved that. She felt her heart flutter as she realized that she was falling in love with him.

She stopped thinking and just let herself feel what he was doing to her. She wasn’t sure how long this would last, but she wasn’t going to miss out on one single moment.

****

Four hours later

“Where are we going?” Andy sat in the passenger side of Cosmo’s truck and looked at the unfamiliar landscape getting increasingly icy and with a heavier snow cover. He was acting very strange. They had a wonderful morning of loving and then he turned to her, telling her to dress warmly because he was taking her somewhere special.

“We’re here.” He pulled the truck off the main road onto what looked like a small path through the trees.

“Where?” She looked at him, confused, when he parked the truck and got out. He walked around to her side and opened the door.

“You came to research and try to discover the secrets of the North Pole. I’m going to show you the biggest secret here.” He gave her his hand to take to get out of the truck.

“What secret?”

“It was never an abominable snowman. Hell, there’s no such thing as an abominable snowman.”

“Oh, you’re talking about the rumors. What was it then?”

He took her hand and led her a few feet down the path. “Shifters. The hunters that stumbled down the wrong path came across shifters.”

She stopped walking and looked up at him, confused. “As in werewolves?”

“Werewolves are only one type of shifter. What those hunters witnessed was much bigger than werewolves.”

“What were they?” She was having a hard time believing what he was saying. It was crazy talk. The kind of that landed people in the insane asylum.

“Polar bear shifters.”

She laughed. She couldn’t help it. It was the most ridiculous thing she had ever heard of. “Polar bear shifters? That is not…” She watched in shock as Cosmo began to take off his clothes. “What are you doing? You’re going to freeze to death.” She was scared now. He was acting so bizarre. “I think we should head back…” She froze, watching as Cosmo seemed to be growing in height and weight.

“Don’t be frightened of me. I would never hurt you, Andy,” he said with a much deeper voice.

She heard popping sounds as his joints moved and his muscles grew larger. Fur started to come out of his skin. He threw his head back and his nose and mouth stretched out, forming a muzzle. That’s when she screamed and started to run. She could hear him chasing her. He was getting closer. Had he brought her out here to kill her? Eat her? She almost felt his breath on the back of her neck. The next thing she knew she was shoved from behind and she fell into the deep snow.

She turned over and saw a huge white polar bear with black eyes sitting on his backside, watching her. She crawled backward a few feet before she realized that he wasn’t following her. She was having another panic attack. She made herself breathe in and out slowly. He wasn’t trying to hurt her. He was just watching and waiting.

“Cosmo? Is that really you?” The bear nodded but didn’t move. She slowly crawled toward him and stopped about a foot away. She lifted her hand slowly up to touch his fur. He licked her hand but didn’t do anything else. She gasped, then erupted into hysterical giggles.

“Oh my God. You’re a bear. A real polar bear shifter.” She continued to pet his fur on his shoulder then his side. She felt the fur recede and then she was touching nothing but skin. He was human again.

“I think I’m going to faint.”

Chapter 15

She didn’t faint, thank goodness. She listened to him talk about his people, his clan. It was simply incredible and if she hadn’t seen it with her own eyes, she wouldn’t have believed it. He sat next to her in the truck. He was worried that she would freeze in the cold so he brought her back to his truck and turned up the heat. She sat next to him, staring at him.

“You’re a polar bear shifter.”

“Yes. Are you okay with this?”

“I’m just trying to adjust. Do you shift during full moons?”

He laughed. “Not really. For one...that’s a werewolf that shifts at a full moon, not polar bears. Secondly...the full moon has no effect on shifters. It’s a myth made up by scared or confused humans.”

“How did this all come to be? Were you bitten?”

“I was born a shifter. As far as how shifters came to exist, my grandmother would be the best person to explain that to you.”

“You said something about a mate.”

He nodded. “Shifters can choose to mate and have children but there are a few lucky shifters that find their true mate. A true mate is the other half of your soul; the one person that completes you.”

“How do you know if you find your true mate?”

“A combination of things, like scent, taste, and intimacy.”

“You said that I was your mate.”

“You are. The moment I scented you, I wanted you. My bear wanted to claim you right away. I have never reacted so strongly to anyone in my entire life. Then we touched, kissed, and made love; there was no denying that you belong to me as I belong to you.”

She felt that they belonged. She reached up and touched the love bite that he had given her last night. It was a little uncomfortable, but it didn’t hurt.

“I’m sorry if my mark hurts. I tried to be gentle.” He looked sorry.

“You bit me to mark me as yours?”

He nodded and waited for her. “What does this mean? What happens now?”

“I would like for you to stay here in Miracle with me.”

“Stay here? I don’t know. I mean, we barely know each other.” She said it, but she didn’t really mean it. She felt like she had known him her whole life.

“If you will stay, we’ll get to know one another. We have something very precious and I don’t want to lose it.”

“I’m here for my job and will have to go back.”

“It will take you a while to research. Promise you will let me see you.” He moved closer and held her small hand in his. “I’m falling for you, Andy. I want to see where this leads.” He chose his words carefully since she was struggling with their mating status.

“I want to see where this leads, too,” she admitted.

He sighed with relief. “Good.”

“You worked hard to keep your secret.”

“My family and clan have, yes. It’s imperative that we keep attention away from Miracle Lake.”

She looked at him, startled. “Oh, shit!”

“What is it?”

“I...added my findings about Miracle Lake on the notes that Denny took.”

“What findings?”

“On my way back to the cabin I found polar bear tracks. I took a picture and I wrote it down. We need to get those notes back.”

Cosmo looked concern. “Ivan took the group over to Berkin Lake.”

“Take me to the bed and breakfast and I’ll check Denny’s room for the notes. You head to Berkin Lake and see if Denny has the notes on him.”

She watched as Cosmo started the truck. She hoped that they could recover the notes.

*****

Cosmo didn’t like the idea of leaving Andy alone at the bed and breakfast, but they needed to find those notes and destroy them. He tried calling Ivan, but he didn’t answer his phone. His mate felt horrible for possibly jeopardizing his clan. Cosmo reassured her that he was equally at fault. He had been thoroughly distracted by his feelings for Andy.

He pulled up to the lake and got out. He could see his brother with two other humans. Neither of the humans was Vega. He walked up and asked his brother, “Where’s Denny Vega?”

“The blonde, Rhonda, wasn’t feeling good. These two were investigating the old cave and weren’t out yet. So Vega offered to drive her back to the bed and breakfast, then return to get us.”

“Fuck!” He had a bad feeling. Cosmo reached for his cell phone and dialed Andy’s number. It rang and rang.

“What’s going on?” Ivan asked, concerned.

“We need to get back to the bed and breakfast now.” He motioned for the two remaining humans to go to his truck. When they were out of earshot, he explained the issue with Andy having written down stuff about Miracle Lake.

“Let’s go, then.” Ivan rushed toward the truck.

It worried Cosmo that Andy wasn’t answering her phone. Mrs. Fielding wasn’t answering either. What was going on over there?

*****

Mrs. Fielding was one of the few humans in town who knew about shifters. She agreed to help Andy search for the notes. They couldn’t find anything. Denny must have taken the notes with him.

“I’m going to call Cosmo and see if he found them.” She reached for her phone but was startled when the door to Denny’s room banged open. She dropped her phone on the floor.

“What the hell are you doing in my room?”

“I...was going to make an addition to the notes. Where are they?”

He opened his jacket and showed a rolled up stack of paper in the inside pocket of his jacket. “Tell me what you want to add and I will put it there for you.”

She felt really uncomfortable. She started to walk to the door. “Never mind. It wasn’t that important.”

“It wouldn’t happen to have something to do with Miracle Lake, does it?” he asked.

She stopped walking. “What?”

“I saw your notes and was curious so…” He opened the backpack he was wearing and pulled out a laptop. Her laptop.

“You stole my laptop!” she accused as she tried to grab for it. He pulled it out of her reach.

“After I read your notes I went out to the cabin and waited until I saw the two of you leave this morning. I went inside and found that your computer program had finished. It identified the tracks as polar bear. I took it with me and headed back to the bed and breakfast to go out with the others. I hoped the lake we were going to would also had tracks, but it didn’t. I knew I would have to go out to Miracle Lake and investigate on my own, but now you’re here. You’re going to show me exactly where you found those tracks.”

“No. I won’t.” She shook her head.

Denny reached into his book bag again and pulled out a gun. “Yes you will.” He grabbed her arm and shoved her to walk in front of him.

“Denny, this is crazy. Nothing is worth all this.”

“I’m not crazy. I’m going to be rich and famous with this finding. I deserve it after all the years I spent working for a company that didn’t utilize my talents. Maybe I’ll share it with you, Andy. We could be a very powerful couple together.”

“Never!” The thought of being with Denny almost made her puke. They were at the bottom of the stairs in the boarding house. “Help! Call for help!” she yelled, hoping that Mrs. Fielding or Rhonda would hear and send for the sheriff.

Mrs. Fielding came up behind Denny and starting hitting him with her broom. Denny threw his arm back and hit the old lady on the side of her head and she fell, not moving.

Andy shoved him out of the way and knelt on the floor. “Oh God. Mrs. Fielding, can you hear me?” She checked for her pulse, and was relieved to find it steady and strong. She sighed with relief when Mrs. Fielding moaned. “Don’t move, okay? I’ll get help.”

Denny grabbed her arm, pulling her away from Mrs. Fielding. “Come with me now or I’ll shoot her.”

She looked back at Mrs. Fielding and saw that she was moving some. She had to get Denny away from there before he killed someone. She allowed him to maneuver her out the door. They walked toward the SUV that belonged to the Scout and Tour shop. She didn’t know what Denny would do to her, but she wasn’t going with him without a fight. She turned and grabbed the hand holding the gun and tried to knock it out of his hand. The gun went off and she froze.

“Damn it, Andy! You made me shoot the tire!”

Thank God she wasn’t shot. She turned to look at the tire on the SUV. It was deflating fast. Good.

“Come on. Mrs. Fielding leaves the keys to her truck in the glove compartment.” He pulled her with him toward the detached garage and opened the door. Sitting in the driver’s seat of the truck was Rhonda.

“What are you doing?” Denny demanded opening the driver’s door.

“I’m not feeling well and Mrs. Fielding said I could take the truck to the pharmacy to get something. What are you doing, Denny?” She watched as Rhonda looked at how Denny had a gun in one hand and a firm hold on Andy’s arm.

“None of your fucking business,” Denny told her, waving a gun in her direction.

Andy may not have liked Rhonda, but she didn’t want her to get shot either. “Easy, Denny. Rhonda, go inside and check on Mrs. Fielding. She...fell down and needs help.”

Rhonda tried to get out, but Denny shoved the gun in her face. “You’re not going anywhere. You’re going to drive us where I tell you to.” He pulled Andy with him around the side of the truck and shoved her inside the small cab.

Rhonda looked at Denny then at Andy. “Are you okay?”

Andy nodded. “Mrs. Fielding is hurt, though. Just do what he says. I don’t want you hurt too. He’s not thinking straight.”

“I’m thinking just fine, sweetie. Drive, bitch.” He glared at Rhonda.

“Where to?”

“Miracle Lake.”