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.

water. The only good thing to come of accidentally

I

it was my turn to enjoy the cool

my disgusting clothes, I waded into the water. The chill in the stream sent a shiver along my spine as I bent my knees and sank down. My hands fisted into the sand, and I rubbed it over my top first. It had been the easiest way for

have learned my lesson by now and switched

the end of the day. Somehow, it managed to be more pungent after a day of working around camp than when we were

I appreciated my family of misfits and

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

the uneven stones beneath me bruised my tailbone, and I kicked the fabric free from around

bother to lay them out. They deserved their punishment of sitting tangled up

and my cheeks burned brightly as I looked up. 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 thick

to shirtless, muscular men walking around. But he put

amusement, with his eyebrows 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 for a moment as the breeze shifted and his delicious scent wafted over to me. I had

Goddess with open arms and thank her for

Him. My mate.

looked entertained but not as excited as I felt.

position. His eyes roamed over me greedily,

it, the less fabric to clean and dry, the better. But now I was second-guessing everything. Nudity wasn’t uncommon

muscles tensing. I may not interact with their kind often, but I recognized them when I

A bear shifter.

his eyes on me. I wanted to know that my mate liked what he saw… even if I was propped up like

Classy.

black hair, clearing the strands back

could make something that simple look so sexy,

couldn’t do that covered in slime. I dove back into the water, arching my back slightly and straightening my legs. Maybe he would

needed to regain my composure. So far, I

surface, I noticed he was now standing, and giddiness filled me at the prospect of him joining me.

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