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nerves. “I felt you too.” She lifted her eyes to his, smiling shyly. “I’m Melanie.”
    “Nice to finally meet you, Melanie.” He grinned, despite the cold snow settling on his face. “I am Taylor.”
    “This should be the best day of my life, meeting you. But I can’t be happy. What if I’ve hurt Alli or the baby?”
    “It’s not your fault.” He tried to reassure her.
    “Yes, it was. I lost control of the car. It’s my fault we ended up in the ditch.”
    “She’ll be OK,” he said.
    She looked down at her phone. “I have a single bar; let me see if I can call an ambulance.”
     

Chapter Four – Taylor
    “Listen, it’s fine. You go in the ambulance, and I’ll go and get Kian. Tell me how to find the house.” He hated the thought of being apart from his newly found mate, but he knew she wanted to stay with her pregnant friend, who was now being treated in the back of an ambulance.
    “You follow the road; it’s the first farmhouse you come to. There’s nothing else along this road, you can’t miss it.” Her eyes told him she wanted to stay with him, her hand outstretched to touch him, but not daring too.
    He leaned forward and kissed her cheek softly. “After Alli wakes up and this is over, we need to spend some serious time together.”
    “I know,” she said, looking at him, her desire barely covered by the concern for Alli. “I just hope Kian forgives me.”
    “He will,” Taylor said, and then pulled back from her. “I’ll bring Kian to the hospital.”
    “Thank you,” she said, dragging herself away from him. Could she feel the pull too, the part of her that wanted to stay with him forever? The bond between them so great, it felt unnatural for them to be apart even though they were strangers who had only just met.
    “She’ll be OK,” the paramedic said, helping Melanie into the ambulance. He wanted to rip the guy’s arm off for touching his mate, but he knew that was his bear talking. The paramedics needed to get Alli to hospital; he had no claim to Taylor’s mate. Anyway, Melanie would never give herself to another man, not now.
    Watching the tail lights disappear into the distance, he let his heart calm down; it beat erratically in his chest for her. Then he turned and began to jog slowly back along the road. Once he had his emotions under control, he let his bear loose, changing in mid-air to run faster in the deepening snow. He let his bear senses tell him where the road finished and the ditch began as the snow fell down, settling on his coat, and covering everything and obscuring all landmarks.
    The miles disappeared and then he smelt wood smoke, he could see it ahead, a soft plume rising up against the snowy trees. Picking up the pace, he ran up the tree-lined track leading to the farmhouse, changing as he approached, hidden under the canopy of trees. However, he didn’t need to knock on the farmhouse door, because there in the drive, was a man, his face filled with worry and mistrust.
    “Kian?” Taylor asked, although he knew there was no need. The man in front of him bore a great resemblance to Melanie; they had to be siblings.
    “Yes.” A thread of mistrust laced the word.
    “There was an accident. Alli is on her way to the hospital.”
    “An accident. I was worried when they were so late. Is she OK?” Pain and fear crossed his face.
    “Yes, I think so, she was unconscious. But the paramedics treating her say they can’t see any damage to her or the baby. Just a possible concussion.”
    “And Melanie?” Kian searched Taylor’s face for information.
    “She’s gone in the ambulance too, but she’s unharmed. A little shook up, but not injured. She tried to phone you, but she couldn’t get through. So I said I would come and fetch you.”
    “And you are?”
    “Taylor. Taylor Munroe.”
    “Are you from Bear Creek? I don’t think I’ve seen you before.” Kian was understandably suspicious, but he was moving back to the house to get his keys.
    “No,