Free Santa Paws: BBW Holiday Bear Shifter Romance (Christmas Bear Brothers Book 1) by Harmony Raines Page A

ho Merry Christmas.”
    Vicky looked around at all the people who she hoped would be her friends. She had decided there was no better place to live than Bear Bluff, and then she saw Marla, standing next to Sorcha in her wheelchair.
    “There is someone we need to speak to,” Vicky said, taking Dermot’s hand. They all followed her across the slope to where Sorcha sat, looking dazed but happy.
    “I never knew. I never knew reindeers were real. Not really real.”
    “We thought you should know about the magic of Christmas, Sorcha,” Dermot said, touching Marla comfortingly on the arm. “I wanted you to both know that good things can still happen.”
    “Thank you,” Marla said tearfully. “And thank you, Vicky, for the doll. It was the exact one Sorcha wanted.”
    “Oh. That wasn’t me,” Vicky said. “That was Santa himself.”
    “Well, next time you see him, say thanks from us.”
    “I will.” She smiled and hugged Dermot. “You know, I don’t think I’ll have any trouble finding my Christmas spirit next year.”
    “Good. Because I have had enough excitement to last a lifetime. Now, we need to organise Christmas lunch.”
    “There’s plenty at our cabin. You are all welcome,” Marla said.
    “That is so kind of you, Marla. Although part of me thinks as the sheriff on duty, I should be organising a search party for Damon,” Declan said.
    “He’s big enough to take care of himself,” Dermot said. “Right now, food is the only thing I can think of.”
    “Except me.” Vicky prodded him in the stomach.
    “Except you,” he said, and held her close, taking her breath away with his kiss, but not her Christmas spirit, which was full to overflowing.
     

The End
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Chapter One – Declan
     
    “Here we are again. Another Christmas is here and we are all still bachelors.” Declan looked at his two brothers. They were having their traditional family get-together before they all took off to work their Christmas shifts. It was three solid days of duty for which they always volunteered, because the Holidays were a time for being with mates and cubs. Something none of them had.
    “Come on, it’s not that bad. You get to spend the Holidays with other sad, lonely people,” Damon said, taking a sip of his beer.
    “Speak for yourselves—I love Christmas at work. Between calls, I get to spend time with all the people stuck on the wards. The nurses work hard to make it special, particularly for the kids who are in over the Holidays.” Dermot grinned. “I bet I could rustle up some lonely nurses for a bit of fun.”
    “I might take you up on that. I’m stuck with my crew at the fire station. And although there are the delightfully curvy figures of Kirsty and Sonia to gaze at, they are firmly off-limits. Work and relationships don’t mix,” Damon stated.
    “Unless you are bonded,” Declan said evenly.
    “Which we’re not.” Damon had that far off-look in his eyes, and Declan wondered how much his brother longed for a mate. A lot. Both his brothers did. While Declan, on the other hand, wasn’t interested ... oh, who was he kidding? He longed to have a woman in his bed and a cub running around. Sometimes he even dreamed of what it would be like. Getting up at stupid o’clock on Christmas morning with an overexcited child. To Declan it was the perfect dream. How sad was that?
    He was longing for something unattainable. Waiting for his bonded mate to come along was taking more patience than he possibly possessed. It was why Christmas was particularly difficult for him, usually turning him into a bear with a sore head. God help anyone who decided to break the law over this Holiday period. They would feel the very strong arm of the