Bearly Breathing (Werebears of New Hampshire #1)(4)

“That’s a deal,” Sidney said, with a look of outrage. “You don’t understand. You’ve never been a celebrity.”

“Either have you,” Connor said. “You played two NFL games and got kicked out of the league. If you’re famous for anything it’s being the player who had the shortest career ever.”

Edwin laughed and smacked Sidney’s shoulder.

“And you,” Connor said, turning on him. “Can you please stay in your human form for forty eight hours? That’s all I’m asking. I know it’s hard for you but these are city girls. They won’t know what a werebear is and I really don’t feel like explaining it to them as they’re running away screaming.”

Edwin nodded while he scratched himself inappropriately.

Connor stepped forward and pulled his arm away. “Remember what I taught you about the scratching?”

Connor exhaled. How could he have thought that hiring a feral werebear was a good idea? He should have asked some of his cousins from the Hudson Crew in Montana if they had wanted a job. Ellis or Finch would’ve been great. Even Keene or Quint would’ve been better than these two jokers.

Sidney turned to Edwin. “If you have to change to a bear just go behind the cabin and phase. I’ll distract the girls for you.”

“No, no, no,” Connor said, waving his hands. “There’s no phasing. And that’s all there is to it.”

Edwin nodded his head. “I won’t let you down boss.”

The crunching sound of tires on gravel came in from outside. Connor took a deep breath and exhaled slowly. “Alright, they’re here.” He walked to the window and peered through the curtains.

His breath caught in his throat when he saw the driver of the car. She was perfect. She had bouncy brown hair that stopped just before her shoulders, as if her body was too intimidating to touch. Connor’s stomach tightened as he imagined what it smelled like. Her lips were thick and full, curled up in a delicious smile. She had a trail of freckles along her upper cheeks, just under her light brown eyes.

She stepped out of the car and looked up at the tall trees and smiled. Connor grabbed the windowsill to brace himself. His knees weren’t strong enough to hold him up all of a sudden.

The two other girls exited the vehicle but he couldn’t take his eyes off the driver. She was wearing shorts that showed off her thick legs. They were nice and full, just the way he liked them. Her breasts were small and perky under her light blue tank top. Go out there. Introduce yourself. But he couldn’t move. His feet were frozen to the floor.

“Look at that redhead,” Sidney gasped over his shoulder. Connor finally pried his eyes off the driver and looked at the other two girls. A cute redhead stepped out of the passenger’s side and stretched out her arms. She was short and petite with a thin, pretty face. She was holding a thick textbook under her arm.


“I’m going to mate with that blond,” Edwin said, creeping up behind Connor’s other shoulder.

Connor was still too taken in with the driver to correct him. A tall, skinny, blond girl with a tight gold dress on climbed out of the back seat. She was covered in gold and diamonds. Her face was beautifully set up with makeup and her hair looked like she just got out of the salon.

Connor stared as the girls popped the trunk. The girls were laughing as they tried to pull out a heavy suitcase from the old car.

All of the three, strong werebears could have lifted that suitcase with two fingers but they just stood there in shock instead of going out and helping.

Loud popping and snapping sounds followed by a crash jerked Connor out of his daze. He whipped his head around and there was a brown bear behind him in the cabin. Edwin’s clothes laid on the floor in ripped shreds next to the potted plant that he just knocked over.

“You just promised!” Connor yelled, his hands flying to the top of his head.

“Boss they’re coming in,” Sidney said, staring out the window. “She’s beautiful,” he muttered.

Connor ran over to the docile bear and slapped him hard across the face. The bear looked at him with sad, confused eyes.

Connor grabbed the bear’s ear in his fist and yelled into his ear canal. “Phase back right now!”

The ear pulled away from his fingers as it shrank back into his head and the bear curled in on itself. Connor ran to the window and glanced out in a panic as Edwin phased into a human behind him.

“Shit,” he cursed as the girls walked in.





This place is perfect. Rebecca smiled as she turned down the windy forest road and the cute, little log cabins appeared in front of her. There were small guest houses on the right where she guessed they would be staying and she could hear the babbling river somewhere off to the left. This was just what she needed. Peace and serenity in the middle of the mountains.

“That’s the cabin?” Grace asked from the back.

“Oh it’s cute,” Angie said. “Good job Becca. This is going to be fun.”

“Easy for you to say,” Grace said to Angie. “You’ll have your nose in a book the entire time. You don’t care where we go.”

Angie held up her thick book for Grace to see. “I’ll let you borrow it after I’m done.”

Grace squinted her eyes and read the title. “Advanced string theory and particle physics. Ugh. Thanks, I can use it as a doorstop.”