Furever Mated (BBW Paranormal Shifter Romance) Read Free Page A

hell do you mean, you can’t go unless I do?” Kurt asked.
    “Well…” Frank hesitated. Kurt glared at him, and Frank awkwardly cleared his throat again. “You are the leader of our clan, and Bear Ridge Resort prides itself in connecting women with the most influential shifters. When we received the invite, it was addressed to only you, not the rest of the clan. Brendan called the owner, Ursula, and pretended to be you. He told Ursula that the only way he would come to the resort was if the rest of his clan was able to as well.”
    Anger bubbled up inside Kurt and he shot a glare in Brendan’s direction. Brendan immediately looked down under Kurt’s hard-set eyes.
    “What the hell, Brendan?” Kurt asked.
    “Man, relax,” Frank said cutting in. “It was the only way for us to score on the free vacation as well. You of all people should know that we have all been going a bit stir-crazy lately.”
    It was true. The clan had been experiencing some issues with control over their grizzlies lately. Several of the guys that had seemed to be in full control of their bear would suddenly shift when they got angry. Kurt had hoped it was just a phase, and deep down he agreed that a vacation or some form of relaxation would benefit the clan as a whole, but why the hell did they have to drag him into something like this?
    While Kurt was not always the sharing type, most of the clan knew that he had lost Callie and was not the same since. Hell, Frank even knew that Callie’s death was the reason why Kurt was turned into a bear.
    Kurt’s brown eyes shifted to an amber glow as he started to lose control of his bear. His hands gripped the edge of the couch he was sitting on and his strength snapped off a chunk of the armrest. Frank and the rest of the clan quickly backed away from the couch and lowered their eyes to give Kurt some space. Kurt let out a growl and stormed out of the common room and went straight to his room, almost pulling off the doorframe from its hinges.
    He let out a loud growl and fell down onto the bed. He needed to get a grip on his anger and his bear. He knew his clan was just trying to help him and themselves, but he couldn’t stand the thought of having to interact with any of those idiotic girls. Not one of them would be able to hold a candle to Callie. Kurt dropped his head into his hands as memories of Callie rushed into his thoughts.
    Why can’t I just let her go? Kurt thought. It had been so many years since her death, he should have been able to move on, but his heart wouldn’t let him. Every girl he saw was compared to her, and none of them stood a chance. Kurt let out a long sigh. Callie would not have wanted him to be like this. He let out a small laugh at how she would have reacted if she saw him now. She would be dragging his ass to the plane and telling him to let someone else in. She would have wanted him to be happy. But how could he be without her?

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    Scarlett
    A loud banging on Scarlett’s door jolted her awake. What the hell? Her eyes snapped open and she quickly looked around herself. She let out an audible sigh of relief when she realized she was just on her couch in her living room. She slowly sat up and pushed her tangled mess of hair away her face. The TV was still on, with the menu of the Blu-ray she had been watching frozen on the screen. She looked down at her watch and saw that it was ten in the morning. Awesome , she thought. The loud banging on her door started again, causing Scarlett to jump off the couch. She rushed to the door and looked through the peephole. She let out a sigh of relief when saw it was her best friend Blair.
    Scarlett opened the door and Blair rushed at her with a big hug.
    “Do you know that I have been trying to get ahold of you for the last hour?” Blair asked. “I must have called your cell like twenty times.”
    Scarlett loosened her arms around Blair and looked at her friend’s face. She had beautiful blue eyes and long, wavy brown hair. She