Taming a Bear: Not Your Average Fox: BBW Shifter Romance (Red Moon Seduction) Read Free Page A

whether gentle or dangerous. Most shifters could control their abilities day to day, and even at night, but full moons and red moons were different. The pull was stronger on a full moon, and almost impossible to overcome on the rare yearly red moon.
    Matt experienced the primal need the first time after hitting puberty. As a cub, he wasn’t affected. He simply growled and snarled and went into bear form, but there was no mating at that young age. But once maturity set in, his body took over and he grew to love his power and magnetic draw. Women loved him…and he loved them all, until Anna. Once Anna came into his life, there was nobody else he could see. She was the one that spoke to him. The one that pulled him so deeply, that he wanted to consume her. After their first night together, he claimed her as his own. He’d have maimed another for touching her…until he had to walk away. Then all he could do was watch from afar. She shut him down. She had no other choice. When his mission was over, he groveled…but she was having none of it. If only he could have told her the truth, but he took an oath to serve in the secret task force, and he was duty bound. More than anything, he was a natural born protector, and the force found a leader in Matt.

Chapter 4
     
    Anna folded the last of the towels and put them away. She dreaded what was coming. She knew what her body and mind would need, and there was no way she was giving in to him. She was stronger than this, right? She could beat this. She was stubborn. The moon had nothing on her.
    It would have been their third anniversary if he didn’t screw up last year. How could it still hurt this badly a year later? She tried to bandage her wound by dabbling around with her buddy, Hawk. She knew he wanted more, but she couldn’t force things. He was a great guy, and emotionally, mentally, they could easily enjoy one another, but physically he couldn’t do to her what Matt could.
    Her heart raced at the thought of their first red moon together. She remembered him chasing her through the woods as she darted back and forth. He was fast and strong . When the chase was over, he tackled her and they rolled playfully. In their human bodies, they bound tightly together and consummated what would become the start of their relations.
    Matt ’s shoulders were broad like a wood beam. His chest was a solid wall of muscle, and the way his biceps curved all massive and strong, he left her flustered and nearly breathless. He was incredibly sexy. His eyes dark brown penetrated her leaving her heady and aroused. His face was shadowed with a day of beard growth. Anna’s body whimpered with pleasure before he even touched her.
    Her ample body wrapped eagerly around him and her thighs locked on tightly. Anna shook her head, trying to push the image of the past from her mind. No, don’t do this to yourself .  She looked at the calendar, three more nights to go. It’s not like she didn’t know before looking at the calendar, it called to her every day. If she could get to the fourth moon and stay away from him, she’d consider it a win. On the third night, it would take every ounce of her being to stay away from Matt. And she knew he’d be coming for her if he wasn’t chasing the rabbit. She had to stay strong. No way. No how. She couldn’t mate with a cheater. The word stung and dug up the old memory. Fucking, Bunny St. James. She hated her with a passion.
    Anna gathered her things and headed out. She was working the overnight shift this week. They rotated in and out of the overnights, and tonight rounded out the last of her week. Her mind circled back to Matt. She hadn’t seen him in a while. He usually honored her request and kept his distance, but with the red moon getting closer, the urgency was drawing nearer.
    It was pointless to expect this year to offer her anything. She knew who her one mate was, but he’d be chasing down a rabbit, or some other creature of the woods. Besides,