The Blessed And The Beast

Chapter 177

The Bear and The Beauty – One: Charlie

The Bear and The Beauty

Chapter One: Charlie

Charlie’s P.O.V.

I could hearthem laughing from here. There were a hundred yards of thick trees between us, and I could still hear them laughing at me.

The corner of my lips pulled up at the sound. Even if I was the butt of the joke, it felt amazing. Before them, I never had someone willing to treat me as an equal. Let alone to be so bold as to laugh at me to my face.

But as I grabbed a large glob of the thick green slime from my chest, I let a chuckle slip out too. It dripped through my fingers, stringing through them to the ground just as I reached the river’s edge.

I deserved this. I knew better.

Yet, I still ended up covered in troll snot because I was careless. There were worse ways to end up after a battle with a rogue troll, but being drenched in their mucus was not my favorite.

Flicking my fingers to the side, the slime smacked loudly against the leaves of the overgrown bush next to me.

He would bring in a nice payday, but getting his remnants from my clothes and memory would take forever.

Oh, if my brother could see me now. He would be furious. Risking my life to chase monsters and sleeping in the forest with five men. Of course, they were in separate bed rolls and tents, but just thinking about him seeing how I lived now… I could picture the vein in Killian’s forehead threatening to burst.

He hated having his heir so far away and out from under his thumb. It was part of the reason why I left. Whenever he vocalized his dislike for my occupation, he always said it wasn’t suitable for ‘the heir’ to be putting herself in danger. Not once had he said he was worried about ‘his sister.’

There was a big difference. One I resented.

As soon as I had the opportunity, I fled home like the hounds of hell were on my heels.

To be fair, they technically were. An angry Lycan was one thing, but the Lycan king? Forget about it.

of accidentally puncturing the pocket of mucus

woman here, I

seemed unreasonable, even though they argued otherwise, but now it was my turn to enjoy the cool water

fisted into the sand, and I rubbed it over my top first. It had been the easiest way for a quick clean, and when the small pebbles washed away through my fingers, I reached down

learned my lesson by now and switched to leather. The men had offered to make me some so I could sew it into a functional top, something easier to clean, but the idea

those men smelled like by the end of the day. Somehow, it managed to be more pungent after a day of working around camp than when we

had no idea. While I appreciated my family of

would still go to bed with it at least damp and would have to hang it up around camp, but it was better than it crusting with mucus. My pants were next, and as I pulled them over my thighs with a

lips as the uneven stones beneath me bruised my tailbone, and I kicked

lay them out. They deserved their punishment of sitting

A beast of a man was bent over the bank of the river almost 20 yards downstream, rinsing what looked like blood from his hands. His

shirtless, muscular men walking around. But he put them to shame. I was sure if one wanted to, a

raised as he held my stare and continued to clean himself. I couldn’t tell if they were a deep brown or black from the distance, but I wanted to find out. I felt stuck in place

Goddess with open arms and thank her for creating such a perfect man and smell

Him. My mate.

I felt. My hands were still

chest as I realized my position. His eyes roamed over me greedily, stopping to examine the thin see-through

But now I was

I may not interact with their kind often, but I

A bear shifter.

than when he was staring. I wanted his eyes on me.

Classy.

through his black hair, clearing

that simple look so sexy, I

to make the most out of meeting my mate, but I couldn’t do that covered in slime. I dove back into the water, arching my back

in the hot summer heat was exactly what I needed to regain my composure. So far,

and giddiness filled me at the prospect of him joining me.

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