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Chapter 16

The weeks passed by without event and Paul was glad of it. They had made up and Josie and he were finally comfortable in their relationship. Josie had accepted that he wasn't anything like Michael and that they were together for good. Things were much easier. Kim and Emily had become good friends with Josie and they went on numerous shopping trips and lunch dates. Rosie and Jo's cafe was complete and so was their house. Paul didn't allow them to move back though but eventually Rosie had moved when she had wanted to invite a special friend for a sleepover. Paul and Jo didn't even question her cause they knew she would give them details! Another reason for her moving back was, they were planning to open their cafe with a bang and had invited Bianca and her new husband over. Zack had been untraceable so they weren't able to invite him over. It was fine though. Rosie and Jo knew ever since the divorce, you could only get one of them in the same room.

So with Jo's mom coming over, her new husband couldn't make it due to work commitments, Rosie had decided it was best to move into their own home and it wasn't that far anyways. Josie chose to stay with Paul. She knew Rosie wanted a little space from their loving gestures. And though Jo loved her, she too could use some reprieve from her sarcastic comments.

Jo was worried though. She knew her mom well to know that she wouldn't approve of her relationship with Paul. Bianca had developed a hatred for natives because her husband had cheated on her. She had typecast all natives as being that way. Josie knew that because she had made a comment about how she was grateful Jo had been with Michael and not some stupid cheating native. Of course, Mike had cheated as well but that did not change Bianca's opinion. So Jo was trying to mentally prepare herself for the confrontation she would have with her mom.

Paul caught on to her mood and questioned her but she always attributed it to the nervousness for the success of their cafe. Paul didn't really believe her but didn't press her either. He tried his best to comfort her as much as he could. He had scheduled his work and patrol in such a way that he was free by 6 in the evening so that they could spend time together. Josie loved that Paul was making all this effort. She had been feeling a little off lately. All this work and stress was getting to her. Paul was the sweetest though and he gave her massages and she loved them because his hands were hot as a furnace and felt extremely good on her sore muscles. She made sure to return the favor and would laugh when Paul purred like a cat under her touch.

Tomorrow was the day when Bianca would come over. Jo was especially worried and stressed and both Rosie and Paul tried to distract her as much as they could but eventually had to return to their work. Paul had returned to working while Rosie too attended to the customers while asking Jo to go relax.

Jo decided to do just that. She had begun walking home but then on a whim decided she wanted to walk through the forest. There was still light and she thought it was safe. She had been walking close to the roads but then she saw some wild flowers which were peeking from deeper in the forest and decided she liked them enough to want to take some home.

She moved towards them and was humming as she plucked a few. She heard a noise and looked up but cursed when her finger caught a thorn. She sucked on her finger but froze when she saw a large figure near her from inside the forest. It was a bear. A big, huge, furry bear.

Jo was frozen. She didn't find her limbs nimble enough for movement. The bear growled as it moved towards her. Jo felt she was about to pee her pants when she heard another growl from right behind her.

Holy shit! Was all she could think when she saw a huge wolf towering over her. She couldn't believe it. She couldn't see the wolf completely since it was getting dark but she was scared shitless. It had to be larger than the bear!

Jo screamed as the bear ran towards her but the wolf nudged her out of the way as he charged towards the bear. Jo fell on her butt but was still in a daze and she was shaking so bad, she couldn't even move. The wolf and the bear were fighting it out when Jo saw two more wolves come. They helped the first wolf drive the bear away. The two wolves that came later chased the bear while the first wolf with the silver fur came towards her and before Jo could react she saw the wolf change into...Paul!?

With that sight in mind, she fainted.

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