A Lion, A Tiger and Her Bear...Oh My!: A Howls Romance (The Mates of Bear Paw River Book 4) by Everleigh Clark

Author:Everleigh Clark [Clark, Everleigh]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-07-20T23:00:00+00:00

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Trae

Trae accepted the cup of hot tea from the nice elderly shifter and smiled. “You know, we’re happy to help you, Miss Henrietta. You don’t have to serve us.”

“Pish posh,” she said, her eyelids wrinkling as she handed Noah his cup and sat down in her big easy chair. “I’m already walking without a limp, and my bruises are fading fast. Not as fast as when I was your age, but, hey, ya can’t fight the years too much.”

“Well, thank you. It smells just like when we were kids.” Trae inhaled, the scent of the peppermint and lemon bringing back memories of better days, when things were easier.

“I would have baked you some cookies, too, but my oven’s busted.”

“I’ll look at it after we talk, but you don’t have to bake us any cookies, ma’am. You should be resting.” Noah leaned forward with a smile and set his cup down.

This was bringing back so many amazing memories for Trae. How many times had he and Noah sat in these very spots, drinking Miss H’s tea while trying to see who could scarf down the plate of cookies faster. He could still visualize Granny Elias with her yarn and hooks chatting a million miles a minute with Miss H while pretending to ignore both boys practically choking on the cookies they inhaled.

“You do know I gave her that recipe, right?”

“The molasses cookies?” Trae asked and set his cup on the coffee table.

“Yeah, the one you fool boys always fought over. But, hey, where I was a champ in the kitchen, no one could beat her in her knitting department.”

Trae smiled, remembering all the socks and sweaters still piled in a box in the back of his closet because he didn’t have the heart to give any of it away. Too many memories, scents, textures. Those were the days when Mom was still alive, and when Granny Elias and Miss H were just loud, , lovable older women who fed them tea and cookies. He shook himself out of the nostalgic moment and got serious.

“Miss Henrietta, we’re glad you’re okay. But, now, you’ve got to help us figure out what happened. We need to see if this was an isolated event or something related to your capture.”

“How are you recovering from the prison time?” Noah broke in, giving Trae a meaningful glare.

“I’m fine. I was only at that dreadful place for a month or so, and honestly, I think they were afraid I was so old I might keel over from a heart attack or something. I may have played up the little old helpless woman bit, so they mostly left me alone.” She gave an impish grin that had both Noah and him laughing.

“Helpless my ass,” Trae chuckled.

“You watch your language in my house, son. I still use soap for dirty mouths.”

That straightened him and Noah quick. “Yes, ma’am, we remember.”

“So, back to the attack yesterday. Do you remember anything? Human or shifter? Male or female? Any weird scents or sounds?” Noah asked.

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