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

“I know what happened an hour ago,” he whispered, calming down. “I know everything that happened after I left this morning. I’m not a fool, Shayne. Don’t even think of me as that.”


Sadly, I said, “What are you talking about?”


Wide-eyed, warming up in the truck’s cab, he said, “This morning after I left the cabin. I didn’t really leave. I fell asleep in the woods next to the cabin. It’s what bears do. We find a fern-bed and get comfortable for a snooze. It also comes with the territory of being a bear.”


“Where are you going with this, Timber? Tell me. Get to your point so I can get on my way and head back to the city, where people understand me a little better than the bears in the Deep. End this so we can get on with our lives, without each other.”


“I heard Pihu arrive at the cabin. First, I smelled her, waking me up from my nap. Then I heard her. You offered her to come inside the cabin, and she did. You had a cup of coffee with her and…”


Chapter 22