Chapter SIX-DANTE

Mine.

My Bear chuffed inside of me, pawing at the ground in the metaphysical realm where he waited until we swapped skins.

My entire being seemed to buzz with awareness, and I knew it was all because of her. Avery Brown was everything I ever wanted in a woman, but I didn’t know how to tell her. It wasn’t even that I couldn’t find the words, and God knew I wasn’t a poet.

It was more that I couldn’t get close enough to even try. She kept throwing up roadblocks every time I drew near. Mixed signals were confusing in the best of times, but I was a Shifter.

With her mouth saying one thing and her scent another, I didn’t know whether I was coming or going.

Definitely not coming.

As if I wasn’t keenly aware of the fact my cock ached for her day in and out, it gave a hefty thump beneath my jeans at that precise moment.

Grrr.

“What was that?” she asked.

“Nothing,” I murmured, forcing my Bear to shut the fuck up.

Mine.