Free Curves for Her Bears (BBW Shifter Erotic Romance) by Harmony Raines

Ted?”
    “Ted? Oh, the guy in the car. The police have arrested him and charged him with kidnapping.”
    “He’s alive?” she let out a sigh, her body relaxing at last.
    “Yes. Cyrus simply frightened him. Luckily, the police have put his bear sighting down to the bang on the head he received when you hit the tree. Sorry about that.” He finished.
    “Don’t be. God knows where I’d have ended up if Cyrus hadn't stopped Ted. Where is he?”
    “Downstairs. He didn’t want to come up. Less people involved the better.”
    “What have you told the police?”
    “The truth, of a kind. We said we found you, and took you to the phone as soon as we could.”
    “Will they come and look at your house?”
    “They might do. But it would be too complicated to try to stick to a different story.”
    “What should I tell them? I don’t want to cause you any trouble.” Maggie wanted to feel his arms around her and to know this was all going to be alright.
    “You can always tell them you don’t remember. It’s pretty much the truth.”
    She smiled. “Yes. I could. But I don’t want to have to lie about you and I don’t want to forget either.”
    “That might be the best thing for you to do, Maggie.” He took her hand and pressed it to his lips.
    “Don’t say that Aiden. Meeting you and Cyrus is the most real thing that's ever happened to me.”
    “Your family are on their way to take you home. It would be best if you go with them and pick up your old life.”
    “My old life is rubbish. I want to be with you,” she said, tears welling up in her eyes.
    “It was a dream, Maggie. A week away from us and you won’t even give us a second thought.”
    “That’s not fair, and it’s not true.”
    He got up. “Goodbye, Maggie.”
    The nurse came back in with the police officer and Aiden slipped out. “Aiden,” she called, but he kept on walking. She tried to get out of the bed but the nurse restrained her.
    “Come on, lie quietly. You've had a bit too much excitement for one day.” She handed Maggie some pills, and she swallowed them down, wanting to feel better so she could get up and find her two bears.
    She lay back and closed her eyes, answering the police officer's questions as simply as possible, then after a few minutes she said she felt unwell and wanted to rest. He went outside and spoke to the nurse, who came back in with more tablets.
    Obediently she swallowed them, not realising they would send her to sleep. Her eyes closed without a fight, and she drifted into a sleep, only to be woken some hours later by a kiss on the forehead. Opening her eyes she expected to see Aiden, instead it was her mom.
    “Oh, Maggie. We have been so worried. What the hell happened?”
    “Hi Mom,” she answered, still groggy from the pills.
    “Hey, honey. We are just glad to see you safe.” Her dad kissed her cheek, smiling at her with a face that had gained significant worry lines.
    “I’m so sorry.”
    “It’s not your fault. But when we got the ransom call, well it turned us all upside down. You've no idea how hard it is dealing with something like that.”
    “Sorry,” she repeated.
    “What about you? You must have been terrified.”
    “I was, but then I got away, and these two guys found me.”
    Her parents exchanged more worried glances. “Two men.”
    “Yes. Did you see them? One of them came in with me. He was here earlier.”
    “Oh, the officer said something about that. It was kind of him to wait until you slept.”
    “How long was I out for?”
    “The nurse gave you some pills; I think she said you slept for a few hours. They moved you up to the ward, and then we had you switched to a private room.”
    Maggie looked around, struggling to keep up with all the things that had happened around her while she had slept.
    “But if you moved me, how will Aiden and Cyrus know where to find me?”
    “They'll find you if they need to. But really, I think it would be better if you severed all contact with