Professional nature photographer Shayne Law has made a few mistakes in his life, like any other middle-aged gay man. One of those mistakes occurred eight months before on a photography shoot: breaking sexy and alluring Timber Skenandoa's heart, a bear shifter living among the Skenandoa Clan.<br><br>When Shayne is given a photography job in Skenandoa Deep again, near Lake Erie, he may have a second chance at love with the Iroquois Indian, Timber. As Halloween nears, the two men learn each other's ins and outs, and the specifics of why Shayne broke Timber's heart the previous winter. Also, Shayne sees Timber as the Alpha bear shifter he is, and the proud and strong bear leader of his Skenandoa Clan.<br><br>Will Timber take Shayne back as his human lover, coveting Shayne's heart and soul? Or will the man and bear be enemies, at each other's throats, for the rest of their lives?

Timber

He rushed towards me at a deliberate gait and lunged at me with his muzzle wide open, baring his jaws and razor sharp teeth. He snapped at the camera, missing its lens by millimeters. And then, gently, rather eloquently, and with heavy motion that could have easily been mistaken as simplistic, he fell into me and the camera.


I fell backwards, losing my balance, and clutched the camera to my chest. He landed on top of me. I closed my eyes, shaking, unsure of what had just transpired. I stayed conscious for a second…two seconds…three seconds, and then blacked out from fear, shock, something, possibly believing in death for maybe the first time in my life. Darkness surrounded me.


Chapter 9