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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 second 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.

Bookshelves
lined the left of the fireplace and they were overflowing, Jenna smiled.
Another thing they had in common, a love of reading. She wandered over to see
what books he liked. There was an eclectic mix, everything from dystopian and
sci-fi, to murder mysteries and oh my
goodness,
she
saw a few paranormal and erotic romance novels, who would have guessed. Strong
arms wrapped around her from behind. “What ya doing?”

“Checking
out your books.”

“See
anything you like?”

“Yeah,
actually.
I
see a few authors I like to read there. I’m a reader too. Glad we have that in
common.”

“See I
told you, the goddess knows.”

“Yes,
you did.” Jenna laughed.

Bern
dropped the towel he had been drying with on the chair and Jenna swatted his
butt. “Hey,” he exclaimed over his shoulder as he walked to the closet and
grabbed some jeans, pulling them on commando as usual.

Jenna
began to redress in her clothes from the day, while Bern pulled on
a polo
. As she sat on the bed and slipped on her shoes she
asked. “So, I won’t change until the full moon right?”

“That’s
right.”

“Will I
feel any different between now and then?
Because I feel a
little weird right now.
Like…I can smell you.”

Bern
laughed. “Yes, that is normal. Your senses will be enhanced a bit, not as much
as after the change, but more than you’re used to. What do I smell like?” he
asked, coming up and taking her in his arms.

Jenna
snuggled close. “Yummy,” she said.

Bern
kissed her nose. “I like yummy,” he said.

“So do
I
.” Jenna stood on tiptoe and kissed him tenderly on the
mouth.

Bern’s
stomach growled. “Hold that thought. We need to eat.”

“Well,
one of us surely does.” Jenna laughed.

Bern
kept one arm around her shoulders and led her though the house, but not to the
front door as they had come in. “I thought we’d drive tonight.” They exited
into a huge garage. Well the question of whether or not Bern had a car had
certainly been answered. There were five cars and three motorcycles in the
garage. Jenna was no car expert, in fact she wouldn’t know a Maserati from a
Mustang, but knew expensive, and there were definitely some expensive cars in
this garage.

Everything
from a top of the line SUV to a low slung two-seater sports car, wow.
Wonder what he was going to
pick for their outing tonight? He walked up to the little sports car and opened
the passenger door. Jenna slipped into the leather interior and sighed as Bern
walked around to the driver’s side. It still had that new car smell and the
dash gleamed with gadgets and dials.

Bern pressed
a button and the garage door behind them opened, he pushed another button on
the dash and the car started, no key, man she was way out of her league. “Off
we go.”

Bern
hit the button to close the garage door after they pulled out and they headed
downtown to the pizza parlor. There was only one in town, but it was really
good, family owned and operated. Of course, Bern knew the owners and they were
treated like royalty when they walked in.

 
“
Sippe
Leiter
, how good to see you tonight,” Maria said.

“Good
to see you too, Maria, and how are Gina and Mario?”

“They
are good, sir. Thank you so much for asking. I have a table right over here for
you and the lovely lady,” Maria said leading them to a table away from most of
the others in the restaurant.

As they
sat Bern turned to Jenna. “Have you met Jenna yet, Maria?”

“No,
Sippe
.”

“Jenna
Raynes, my mate. This is Maria Forticola, owner of Roma’s Pizza.”

Maria
looked shocked for a
moment,
she was one of the clan
members who hadn’t made it to the impromptu meeting the other night. Then she
bowed. “So pleased to meet you, Miss Jenna,
Sippe
,
I am so happy for you.” She leaned forward and kissed both his cheeks.

“Thank
you, Maria. I am a very lucky man.”

“Wine!
I must bring you some wine to
celebrate. I wish I had some champagne, but wine will do. I
be
right back.” Maria scurried away.

Jenna
laughed and Bern reached across the table to grasp her hands. “She is so
sweet.”

“Yes,
she is,” Bern replied.

“I
can’t believe she kissed your cheeks like that. Just like an Italian grandma!”

“That’s
what she is, not mine of course, but of the clan. Maria is over five hundred
years old and thinks of herself as grandma to everyone in the clan. She is a
good sow.”

“Bern!
That’s not nice.”

Bern
looked shocked. “What do mean that’s not nice?”

“To
call her a sow!”

Bern
laughed a rich full sound that had everyone in the restaurant turning to look
at them. Jenna wanted to crawl under her seat and hide. “A sow is a female
bear, Jenna. It is not an insult.”

“Oh,”
Jenna said felling sheepish.
“My bad.
I knew that.
Just testing you.”

Bern
laughed again.

Maria
returned with a bottle of red wine, two glasses and their menus. As she poured
the wine Bern said. “I don’t think we need menus, unless you want to look
Jenna?”

“No, if
you know what you want that’s fine.”

“We’ll
take two deep dish pies with everything,” Bern said.

Maria
nodded and slipped away.

“Two?”
Jenna asked.

“I’m
hungry,” Bern replied.

“I
guess.” Jenna laughed.

Bern
rubbed his thumb over the skin on her hands and Jenna heard a voice in her head
say “mine” she jumped.

“What
is it?” Bern asked.

“Um,
you’re gonna think I’m crazy, but I just heard a voice in my head.”

“You
did?”

“Yeah.”