Bear it All (6 page)

Leaning over he didn’t feel a pulse. His instincts and training kicked in as he blew into her mouth three short breaths, before starting chest compressions. He had to be careful when he pressed because of her tiny frame, and his bear strength. Soon Tiny came running to him and helped with compressions while he did the breaths.

“Oh fuck.” He didn’t need to know who said that, but he seemed to be calling for a cleanup crew and a witch.

It took some time, but she started coughing and breathing on her own, but she was still unconscious.

“We need to call an ambulance,” Greyson snapped.

“No, we have a witch, or healer of somewhat at our house. She would be able to help more.” Grey remembered that Tiny told him the witch knew a lot. He agreed and helped lift her carefully.

“What the fuck happened to her, Tiny,” one of the other men asked. As they headed out the house, Tiny explained the situation about the prior beating.

“Follow us,” one of the twins said. He didn’t argue, but followed with her in his arms. She looked even smaller than last night. Sam ended up changing back, but covered in blood, and Grey was happy for once that he was there.

Sam jumped into the front seat of the large SUV while Greyson climbed in the back with Cece in his arms. He had never been so scared in all his life when he saw her laying there not breathing and half-naked with some prick trying to rape her. He snapped and his bear took over. He didn’t think they would be able to identify the remains, and he really didn’t give two shits about it either.

“We are almost there. I need you two to try to control your bears around my mate. She is highly emotional and we only told her a little about her friend, oh, and she is pregnant with twins.” Sam didn’t really care, he'd do his best, but he would do anything and everything to protect his mate.

“I will try” is all he said. That seemed to pacify the guy whose name he heard someone say was Dmitri, so that meant the other dude was Nic. Okay, so he knew the twins names.

“We're here. Let’s get her inside.”

He jumped out and held open the door as Grey carried Cece in his arms and into the house. The sounds of gasps and curse words seemed to be heard as he entered.

“Oh my God, Cece, how, who, hell, help her. Damn it, Lily make her wake up.” That must have been Becky.

“Becky, I got it. Bring her to me.” A Lady with dark black hair and bright green eyes stood next to the couch ushering them to lay her down. She seemed to be doing something with herbs and chanting something. He stood guard for almost half an hour while everyone stood in the corner crying, or calling people some very messed up names. But Cece still didn’t wake up.

“She should be fine now. She needs to rest, I can heal the outside, but I cannot change what her mind and soul had been through. I believe she will need you two to help her heal. There is something about her though that is waking. We need to speak with Xandria.” She stood and walked over to the pregnant chick and placed her hand on her stomach and smiled. It seemed to calm her down as well.

“Okay, someone better start talking or heads are gonna roll.” He looked over at a woman who reminded him of a movie star or something.

“Millie, chill, we are trying to find that out now.”

“Oh good, okay first and foremost, who the hell are you two?” She pointed to Greyson and himself.

“I’m Greyson Lewis, and this is Samuel York. We are owners of a bar called Grizzlies.”

“Okay, that’s peachy, but how are you all connected to Cece?”

“Oh, didn’t anyone tell you. We are Cece’s mates,” Sam said.

“Well fuck me, this just gets better and better,” Millie snapped.

“So much better, Amelia. Cece is the Keeper.”

Chapter Seven

Sam sat down on the couch holding Cece’s feet while Greyson sat on the floor by her head. Neither of them intended on leaving. The only people in the room they could trust was Tiny and Cece. Sam’s bear was on edge and finding his mate wasn't helping with the tension in the room. His bear was all about protecting what was his.

“Okay, let’s try this again. You know who we are, but who the hell are you people, and how do you know our mate?” He thought it was a reasonable question, but the one with long brown hair and two growly mates seemed to roll her eyes.

“Seriously, you guys need to chill the fuck out, we have known her longer than you two.”

“That may be, but neither of you knew she had a brother, or supposedly a brother, who was beating the shit out of her regularly.”

“Hey, that’s not fair, we love her, we would have done anything and everything to keep her safe,” the blonde said. As Sam looked around the room he noticed they were shocked and all hurt.

“Okay, how about a truce. We all care for her. Let’s just start at the beginning and go from there.”

“Sure that’s sounds good. I’m Dmitri, this is my brother, Nikolai, and our mate, Becky. Over there is Gage and Axel and their mate, Millie. You know Tiny, and our healer, which is Lily. Oh, and the woman over there who floated in, is Millie’s mother, Xandria, who is the Fairy Queen. We are just full of surprises today. So now the introductions are over, let’s get down to business and discuss how she seems to be a piece of the puzzle we didn’t expect.” Sam and Grey nodded as they went into a tale about how Becky was a dreamwalker and so on.

An hour had passed and his head was swimming with all the information, but then he remembered why Cece was giggling when she found out she was mated to a bear.

“What’s so funny?” Grey asked.

“Remember what Cece said when we told her we were bears.”

“Yeah, she laughed and then said, “Wolves, panthers, and bears, oh my”. Oh, I get it now. That’s funny,” he chuckled and everyone once again looked at them like they had lost their minds

“Okay, so now that we have the basics with you being a weird fairy princess with the ability of persuasion, and the dreamwalker who is half witch, how does Cece play out to be this Keeper as the queen said?” Sam asked as he looked around the room. No one had any answers, but then the queen herself started to walk to them, he held his breath.

“It is best if we discuss this when Cecelia is awake and healed. She will need you, all of you in this room. She was affected more than I had thought. It wasn’t until I discovered tonight that she had a brother, or supposed brother, that it rang true with the deceit that had been played out. It seemed she was discovered at a young age and they didn’t want her to come into her powers, or in her case, ability. I do have to let you know she is still in great danger and I fear this once again is going to start a war. So much has happened to this poor child, and I am truly sorry for not discovering this information sooner. However, there is more than even I foretold. She will wake soon, and when she does, do not scare her off, and just remain silent. She is going to have to process her fate, if she does not, then I don’t know what the future will hold for us all.” When she was finished speaking, she turned to each of the women and smiled before sitting down. That seemed to calm various people in the room as food was being made, and someone shouted the microwave was blown up and to leave it alone.
Who had the power to do that, or did someone leave a metal lid on top of a jar?

“Why do you two take her to the spare room, so you can rest as well. I’m sure she doesn’t want people staring at her when she wakes. She is big on helping others, and I’m not sure what she would do if you tried to help her right now. Both he and Greyson agreed and carefully lifted her, keeping the blanket Lily had put on her tight against her body. They both found the room and laid her down. He was shocked the room held a king size bed, but even with his large frame and Grey’s, he was happy that Cece was a tiny thing because the room was scarce.

“You think she is going to be okay?” Sam asked Grey.

“I don’t know, man, but I will do anything to make this right with her. I can’t believe I left like I did. I should have just stayed in the parking lot or hell, even the building to make sure she was safe and not have gone home. It’s my fault. I don’t know how she can forgive me. I let her down, I promised her that I wouldn’t let him touch her again. I know it wasn’t him, but still. What if I hadn’t gotten there in time? She could have died, or been raped. I have never felt this way before. Yes, I know we just met her, and the pull to her because of the mating urge is there, but it’s something else. When we talked at lunch, it was so easy. I didn’t have to pretend to be something I’m not, and the same with her. It’s rare to feel like that. You know?” Grey knew he was laying it out for Sam, if they both were fated to mate the same woman, he needed to be honest as well.

“I hate to say it as well, but I know what you mean. I can’t say its love, because it’s too soon, but I can honestly say I have never loved a woman before, and that thought excites and scares me at the same time.”

“Do you think she will accept all this crap going on?”

“I don’t know, Grey, it’s a lot to take in, and she seems to have dealt with this all better than I would have, but then again, she has had a longer time to process it as well. Maybe she can help calm our bear down because right now he is on edge,” Sam answered back. Grey laid there in silence on his side staring down at his red-haired mate. He noticed her glasses were off, and wondered if they were for show, or if she needed them. He thought they were cute, but with them off, he could see her grey eyes better. Moving a piece of hair off her face, he heard a quieted snore and saw that Sam was asleep. His hand rested protectively on her stomach and he could only smile. For a big bad bear that Sam pretended to be sometimes, he had a soft heart for woman. Then again most bears did. Women in their shifter breed were rare, and harder to come by than the declining wolf population.

Grey kept his eyes on his mate as voices could be heard outside the door, and a lot of muffled,
how did we not know, what type of friends are we, is she really going to be okay,
and one he knew belonged to Becky was,
why does she get coffee and I can't.
Trying to keep his focus on his mate, he closed his eyes and listened to the soothing sounds of her deep breaths and steady heartbeat, giving him comfort she was going to be okay, at least until she woke.

*****

She hurt, a lot and all over, but surprisingly not in places she would have thought. She carefully opened her eyes and focused on what was going on around her, but it was dark. Sadly, she was lost and confused. Her throat hurt and suddenly all thoughts about what happened came flooding back and she cried out sitting up.

“Shhh, baby girl, it’s okay, we got you, your fine, your safe.” That voice, she knew that voice, that voice meant safe. Looking around a small light clicked on and she looked into deep chocolate brown eyes that were staring down at her.
Samuel.
He was here.

“There you go, deep breaths, that’s it, love, calm, deep breaths.” Looking to the other side, she looked at Greyson and he smiled, but his smile held some concern, was she really hurt, did they not get there in time? As she let her eyes drift from side to side she noticed she was in Becky’s house.
Shit.

“Does everyone know,” she tried to speak louder, but it hurt, coming out as barely a whisper. Putting her hands to her throat, she could remember the feeling.

“Yes they do, and they are not mad at you, but themselves. Your throat will be sore, but your friend, Lily, said you will be fine. And just so you know, Cece, I am so sorry. I should have been there, you shouldn't have gone through that.” Greyson turned from her and she could hear the sadness and regret in his voice. It wasn’t his fault she was attacked, again. She left early to try to see if she could calm Billy down and she had even thought about leaving and trusting her friends, but before she could even think about it, she was attacked.

“Greyson, look at me please.” He turned and faced her. She knew she looked like shit, but right now she needed him to look her in the eyes. “You saved me, yes I may look like dog shit, but at least nothing else happened. I’m alive and just a little black and blue.” She smiled and he seemed to relax some, but not by much.

“I will take what you say and think about it, however, my love, you have never looked more beautiful than you do right now.” Cece’s heart was pounding at his words. “You're awake and so trusting of us, and forgiving, I can only hope you will give us a chance to win your heart too. But seeing you awake and talking is simply breathtaking to me.” She lowered her head as she felt a blush creep across her face, but Grey grabbed her chin with his thumb and forefinger making her look at him. “I mean it.” Then suddenly his lips were brushing against hers. His hot breath smelled sweet and the soft touch of his lips made her quiver inside. She had been kissed, but the slightest touch from him, and not even a full kiss made her melt. She leaned up and pressed her lips more fully on his. Grey released her chin and moved it to her cheek as he kissed her sweetly. He ran his tongue along the contours of her mouth and she opened for him. She would have guessed he would have been demanding, but he was slow and steady as he ran his tongue in her mouth exploring her, caressing her. With her eyes closed, she surrendered herself to the man who showed such tenderness and compassion and had already stolen a part of her heart. He pulled away from her, resting his forehead against her.

“That was amazing, love, simply amazing.” He kissed her nose before Sam cleared his throat. She turned and looked at him and saw something she had never really seen before, lust, lust for her.

“Sam, I’m sorry.”

“Oh, baby girl, don’t be sorry. I can be patient, and now it’s my turn.” She smiled and shifted to face him. She could see why Millie and Becky went on and on about having two men, and she had only kissed one of them.

This time Sam grabbed her hair and held her still while he kissed her. He was softer than she would have thought, but when he pushed in her mouth it was like a dam broke and he wrapped an arm around her waist, pulling her closer to him. She went willingly and was shocked her ribs didn’t hurt as before.
Thank you, Lily.
Wrapping her arms around him, she succumbed to the passion he was giving her.