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have to get back,” she said. “Work.”
    “Your bear is acting up again?” Connor asked.
    “Yeah.” Roxy picked up a small stone and tossed it into the river. “She’s being…difficult.”
    Roxy had always had a very unruly bear. Ever since she was a kid. Her inner brown bear and her were never at peace. They were always fighting. And it was really hard living with a bear that wasn’t on the same page as the human.
    Her bear was in a constant state of agitation. She was always demanding to be released at the most inappropriate times. Roxy always had trouble with her.
    “Why don’t you come move out here?” Connor asked. “It would really help things.”
    “Can you just help me without a lecture?” she asked with a sigh. “I really like my life in Maple Ridge.”
    But her bear must’ve hated it. It was just making the whole situation worse. But it was her life and Connor wasn’t going to tell her how to live it.
    “Alright,” Connor said, slipping off his shirt. “Let’s bring her out.”
    Roxy hid behind a tree and got undressed as Connor did the same. He summoned his bear to the surface and the phase began.
    Connor was Roxy’s older brother and was the only one who could calm down her bear. He was the closest thing to an alpha that her bear ever had. Every now and then she would come to him and they would spend the afternoon in their bear forms. Connor’s grizzly bear and Roxy’s brown bear would speak to each other in grumbles and purrs, and her bear would work out her issues.
    He had a peaceful, soothing effect on her bear that would last a month or two, and then she would come back for more therapy when it got really bad again.
    Roxy’s brown bear emerged from behind the tree, jerking her head from side to side. Her eyes were large and wild, like a meth addict who had been up for days.
    Connor’s bear walked over to her and nuzzled his nose against her shoulder, rumbling softly. Her bear snapped at him and growled.
    Connor’s grizzly placed his muzzle on her back and rumbled harder, trying to calm her. After a few minutes Roxy’s bear lowered her head and walked alongside him. Her eyes were already calmer and her breathing was back to normal.
    It was working.
     
     
     

     
     
     
    Connor walked onto the porch with two lemonades. Roxy was sitting on the porch swing, already looking more relaxed than this morning.
    Their two bears had spent the whole day together in the forest. Roxy’s bear had seemed to work out her issues thanks to the grizzly bear’s dominant and calming presence. But she would be back. This was just a quick fix. Roxy had to move to the forest and deal with her bear properly to be able to be at true peace with her inner animal.
    “Thanks bro,” Roxy said, taking the lemonade. She drank it down in one gulp. “I already feel much better.”
    But it wasn’t over. Part of her ‘treatment’ had to be done in her human form. Connor also had to calm and soothe her bear when she was in her inner, dormant stage.
    Connor took a sip of his lemonade and placed the glass on the table. He sat down beside her on the swing and breathed in, long and slow.
    Roxy closed her eyes and took several deep breaths. Connor closed his eyes and placed his hands on her head. Her inner bear growled and jerked around angrily inside her.
    Connor could sense her, could smell her and could talk to her. He cleared his mind and let his dominant bear do all of the work.
    His bear purred and rumbled softly, sending tiny vibrations through his fingertips into her head.
    Roxy’s bear resisted at first but after a while she calmed down, settling into a peaceful state. The grizzly bear purred as Connor stroked his sister’s hair.
    Connor’s eyes flew open and he got jerked out of the calming mental state when he got a whiff of her. His hands dropped down to his sides. It couldn’t be. She’s only supposed to be here tomorrow.
    Roxy peeled open her eyes like someone being woken up after a massage.