Bear-ly Yule by M. L Briers

Author:M. L Briers [Briers, M. L]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-11-01T16:00:00+00:00

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Stacey sat on the booster seat in the back of her mother’s car and eyed the big man in the front seat next to her mother. Mummy had a new friend — and that was okay — because Stacey was making new friends of her own at school.

He was kind of big, probably the biggest person that she had ever seen before, and she liked his eyes. They were smiley.

“Can we get ice cream?” Stacey asked.

It was always good to ask her mother for something when someone else was there because she was more than likely to get it.

“It’s winter…” Donna started, but her daughter cut her off.

“And so we won’t notice how cold the ice cream is,” Stacey offered back with a small smile that Donna caught in the rearview mirror.

“She has a point,” Malachi said. Donna tossed him a curious look, and he shrugged his large shoulders. “Just saying.”

“See — Malachi wants ice cream too,” Stacey announced.

“There’s always room for ice cream,” Malachi grinned.

“Not helping,” Donna muttered, but he caught it.

“You, or her?” Malachi asked and heard the giggles that came from the back of the car. His bear-like the sound of that as much as he did.

“We already have a surprise for you back at the cabin,” Donna tossed back over her shoulder and knew that her daughter would be occupied trying to work that one out. Hopefully, that would stop all talk of ice cream.

“What is it?” Stacey asked.

“If we told you that then it wouldn’t be a surprise, would it?” Malachi tossed a happy chuckle back over his shoulder.

“Can we hurry to get home?” Stacey demanded.

“Don’t speed with her in the car,” Malachi’s smile had turned into a scowl.

“I wouldn’t!” Donna gave him a quick look that questioned his sanity.

“Just saying,” Malachi scowled even more at the thought that he might have miffed off his mate once again. That wasn’t his intention. He just wanted to keep them both safe.

“Well, thank you. But I think I know how to drive,” Donna said, but when Malachi snuck a look at her to see just how miffed she was, he found that her lips were turned up at the corners in a small smile.

He breathed a sigh of relief.

“Mummy’s a very good driver,” Stacey announced from the back.

“Well, thank you, Stacey.” Donna lifted her chin with pride.

“It wasn’t her fault that the hedgehog was in the middle of the road and didn’t move fast enough,” Stacey announced.

Donna grimaced inwardly as she snuck a look at Malachi. Malachi allowed his eyebrows to rise slowly up his forehead as his lips pulled back in a grin.

“Mummy says hedgehogs are nature’s little speed bumps,” Stacey offered from the back seat, and Malachi watched his mate deflate a little and grimace. He couldn’t help but chuckle.

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