Mated to the Wilde Bear
Chapter 23: Laurel
“I figured when you knew, it would change things,” he said.
“It does,” she admitted and rushed on when she saw the uncertainty flash in his eyes. “It makes me even more determined to be myself. To stop hiding who I am. From you and everyone else, because maybe then you’ll do the same. We’re both living in hiding. Hiding from people in my life who are anti-shifter is one thing. The world will always be full of people who don’t like me for some reason or another. I’m learning to accept that. But you. You’re hiding from yourself, Xavier. From your future. I don’t know how to fix that.”
She thought he’d push her away. Storm off or tell her to leave it alone, something an alpha would do. Instead, Xavier reached for her and pulled her into his lap, smoothing her hair and pressing kisses to her temple. She was too shocked to do more than let him.
“You’re right about me but not about the differences in us,” he said.
“What do you mean?”
“The reasons we each have for hiding. The ones we are hiding from. They’re the same thing, love. We can fix each other.”
clean about her animal to the rest of the world. That thought still terrified her. Humans weren’t nice after that. Hell, neither were shifters. She didn’t know if she could be fixed, or if she wanted to. But here was her
arms around Xavier’s neck and held on tight as he deepened the kiss. Desire flooded her like a warm spray of water. When he parted her lips with his tongue, she rolled her hips reflexively against him. He growled into her mouth, and she prayed for the liquid heat to turn to fire, burning their clothes away. She
wildly at the hem of
touch you,”
as his fingers dipped inside her bra and brushed over her taut nipple. One and then the other and back again. With his other
against him
her head to the side and offering her neck without
her collarbone. She tried not to acknowledge the disappointment as he ignored her offering. She’d let him claim her right now
fingers inside, sliding them against her clit until
make you come for me,” Xavier said, his hot
didn’t even know. For
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Read Chapter 23: Laurel with many climactic and unique details. The series Mated to the Wilde Bear one of the top-selling novels by Heather Hildenbrand. Chapter content chapter Chapter 23: Laurel - The heroine seems to fall into the abyss of despair, heartache, empty-handed, But unexpectedly this happened a big event. So what was that event? Read Mated to the Wilde Bear Chapter 23: Laurel for more details