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lightly on her nipple. Soothing warmth spread with his gentle touch, easing the ache while his focused attention started another one lower down.
    “Rock—”
    “Does it feel good?”
    “Yes.” Her answer was a breathless whisper as he caressed her abused nipple, sending energy pulsing through her entire body.
    “Shifters are more used to nudity than humans,” he observed almost conversationally. His touch was that of a caregiver, not a lover, but it still caused thoughts to race through her mind. “We have to get naked to shift, so most of us are used to seeing others in the buff from the time we start shifting.”
    “But the boys are already shifting,” she realized aloud.
    “Yeah, it’s a little different for bears. Most of the others don’t go through their first change until they’re in puberty, but bears are more magical than most. Especially these two.”
    “Because Tony was a shaman?” she asked quietly. Rocky’s hand still rubbed the cream on her nipple, but his eyes were focused on hers. They held the soft expression that he reserved for her alone, it seemed.
    “A grizzly shaman. That’s something special. They say only a snowcat has more magic, and that kind of big cat is even rarer than us grizzlies.”
    His hand dropped to rest on the fabric covering her thigh and their eyes held for a long, private moment. He seemed to want to say something but was holding back. Maggie broke the connection, looking down to find the second baby asleep in her arms.
    Rocky sighed and stood, taking the sleeping baby to settle him in the crib next to his brother. As Rocky turned back toward her, she tried to pull the edges of the robe together, but his soft words stopped her.
    “We’re not done, Mags.” He picked up the tub of cream and repeated the process of dipping his finger inside, then warming the cream between his fingers. He knelt in front of her this time, pushing her thighs wide to settle between them as he rubbed the cream onto her other breast. “Do you know how beautiful you are? Do you know what the sight of you nurturing these babes does to me? Do you know how much I wish I’d been the one to plant them in your womb?” His other hand swept down to cover her stomach, flatter now but not yet back to normal. “I witnessed a miracle last night I will take with me to my grave. Someday, Maggie, I want to see that miracle again, only next time I want the baby coming from your body to be my flesh and blood.”
    “Oh, Rocky.” Her voice trembled, barely heard in the silence of the dark night.
    He leaned forward, pressing her back into the chair as his lips covered hers for the first time. But it didn’t feel new. It felt right and good, like something she’d been missing all her life she’d finally found. His mouth seduced hers, opening wide and demanding all she had to give, and she gave freely.
    She’d loved this man from afar for too long to deny those feelings now.
    She yelped when he stood, sweeping her up into his arms. She drew back, her eyes widening as he stepped over to the bed and held her over it.
    “I know it’s too soon, but I want to sleep with you in my arms. Just sleep.”
    Swallowing hard, she nodded. He placed her gently on the bed, shocking her as he unzipped her robe the rest of the way and tugged it off her shoulders. Aside from her panties, she was completely naked as he climbed into bed next to her, wearing nothing but his jeans. He pulled the blanket up over them and drew her into his arms.
    The heat of him was exciting and comforting. His skin burned hot, just the way Tony’s had, but Rocky was bigger, more solid and a much more commanding presence than Tony had been. Tony had seemed to always hold back with her a little , and she’d realized just before he died it was because she didn’t know what he truly was. That last week before his death, he’d let her have all of him for the first time, and she learned what she’d been missing during their marriage.
    Tony had