Who knew that so much of our mated life would be spent running together? It’s okay because that’s what we love. We love running wild in the woods that surround Claw Valley. We love running and swimming and jumping and just being.
Being together is wonderfully fantastic.
In fact, I’ve never done anything like this before. I’ve never been with someone who makes me feel the way that Robert makes me feel. I’ve never had a connection even half as deep as our mating claim.
After I claimed Robert as my mate, I cancelled our meeting with the dragon. It’s quite incredible that he’s able to reverse one-sided mating claims, and I suppose it’s one of those magical dragon things I’ll never really understand. Even though we’re all shifters here, there are a lot of things I still don’t know about our magical world.
That’s okay because I have the rest of my life to explore it and to figure out what’s going to happen next.
And I have the rest of my life to spend with Robert.
Making him happy, loving him, and enjoying his company sounds like a wonderful way to spend a lifetime, and I’m all in. We had a rough start, but his patience coupled with my tenacity means that we have a fighting chance, and this time, I’m not going to quit.
Besides, I can’t.
Because it’s not just about us anymore.
Today, I’m going to tell Robert that he’s going to be a dad. He’s going to have a child of his very own and he’s going to get to raise a shifter cub that will grow up to be so very loved and so very adored. I miss my own mother every day, but I know that her legacy is going to live on in me as I raise my own child right here in Claw Valley.
But for now, I run.
I chase my bear, and I run, because when it comes to Robert, I’ll spend forever running with him.
He is my everything.
He is my bear.
THE END
Author
Sophie Stern loves cowboys, soldiers, and shifters. When she’s not busy writing, she’s got her nose buried in a book. Sophie lives with her husband and two little boys who are always keeping her on her toes.
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