Free Bearly Healed: Pacific Northwest Bears: (Shifter Romance) by Moxie North Page B

I’m seriously partial to my boys. Cash is just as good as one of my sons. That boy is as straight and true as they come. Even better, he never says anything he doesn’t mean. His heart is made of solid gold.”
    “Hmm, he’s pricey then,” Cassie remarked.
    “No…” Connie pondered. “He’s that kinda of valuable that only can be measured by those that have the privilege of knowing him. If he wanted to be friends with you, then honey you couldn’t get a better one. Effie is a great girlfriend, but it never hurts to have a big strong man on your side too.”
    Cassie thought about that. She’d never had a guy friend before. Boyfriends sure. Lovers even. Oh who was she kidding, she’d never had a lover in her life. Fuck buddies yes, not lovers.
    “I think I’m ready to hobble into the light,” Cassie declared.
    Connie helped her up, and she made it to the couch. It was a huge oversized worn brown leather sofa. The cushions so wide, she could have easily used it as a bed. While she settled in, Edward came out of her bedroom with an armful of pillows.
    “Gonna make sure you’re so comfy that you won’t want to abandon us today. After so many years, Connie and I don’t have one thing to talk about anymore,” he groused. Edward started arranging pillows around Cassie and under her legs.
    “Hah, you just don’t like my topics of conversation. Usually, I’m bitching at him,” Connie said to Cass with a wink.
    Edward gave a snort. “Fucking true.”
    Cassie laughed at the two. She couldn’t imagine being together as long as they had and still getting along. She’d never had visits with her grandparents where she baked cookies and they read her stories and told her about the good old days. The Rochon babies were lucky.
    Connie came over once Cassie was settled and handed her a plate full of fluffy pancakes and a big glass of orange juice. “You don’t have to eat it all, but I want to see that juice glass empty young lady. You need the vitamins.”
    “Yes ma’am,” Cassie said, her eyes big on the plate of enormous pancakes. There were three, and they were golden fluffy and drenched in syrup. They were starting to get to know her, she mused.
    Tucking into her food, she enjoyed watching them putter around the kitchen. Edward would give his wife’s butt a tap as he walked by, or Connie would just tip her head to the side to get a kiss on the cheek or better on her neck that made her squeal. When Edward’s back was turned, Connie would slide glances at him, a twinkle in her eye.
    They were still in love, Cassie realized with astonishment. Like truly, madly, deeply, in love. Amazing.
    Cass finished her breakfast, well not finished it exactly. She’d only made a dent about halfway into the plate. This would have been an impressive fete for even a sumo wrestler, there had been so much food piled on it. She was still sipping her juice when Edward retrieved her plate.
    Leaning back against the pillows, she felt her eyes drift closed then it was quiet. A little while later she cracked an eye open and saw someone had put a blanket over her. Her meds were on the table by her orange juice. She took stock of her pain level and decided it was manageable. She fell back into a comfy slumber.

Chapter 13
    S he slowly became aware of quiet voices. Cassie peeled her eyes open and saw the back of someone’s head talking to Connie. She figured they were trying to be quiet since they thought she was asleep.
    Tossing off the blanket, she drew their attention. “I’m up, I’m up,” she called out.
    The pretty woman talking to Connie whipped around, and Cassie sucked in a breath at the amazing golden eyes the woman had. She’d been just as struck by Kenzi Rochon’s eyes the first time they met. They weren’t brown; they were almost a golden yellow. Shockingly beautiful.
    “Sorry, did we wake you?” the beautiful woman asked. Cassie shook her head, but she was still a little tongue-tied. The woman was a golden tan