Chapter TWENTY-THREE-DANTE

There wasn’t much in this world that should scare a grown ass Grizzly Shifter but put me in a room with one tiny, curvy woman who just might be about to tell me to fuck off, and I was a trembling mess of a man.

“Fuck,” I growled, rubbing my hand over my face.

It had been a good half hour since all the others left and, in that time, I showered off the dirt and blood that had streaked my skin.

Most of the scratches and bites were healed by now, but I figured it would be easier for Avery to take if she didn’t have to see me with all that.

It wasn’t Rosie’s fault. She had no knowledge that she was a Shifter, and the precautions others would have taken with their young had not been taught to her.

Her first Change happened as a result of heightened emotions and that could be pretty fucking traumatic. Lucky for Rosie, her mother was who she was. Avery wouldn’t reject or subject her daughter to abuse or harm because of her dual nature.