Bite Deeper (Keepers of the Swamp Book 3) by T. S. Joyce

Author:T. S. Joyce [Joyce, T. S.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Wicked Willow Press
Published: 2019-10-18T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

The rain was singing on the old tin roof of Tabby’s house…er…Mae’s house now. She had a pile of paperwork to sign that Uncle Jeb, Aunt Adelaide, and Tabby’s lawyer had brought by. That and a few work emails to catch up on. She’d gotten her clients covered by her assistant for the week, but she was still getting questions about showings in Baton Rouge.

She was sitting crisscross-applesauce on the rug by the coffee table, and Cole was sitting on the couch right behind her, his knees on either side of her, touching her shoulders in reassurance that he was still there as he watched a football game on TV. He was so freaking cute, wearing a backward baseball cap and holding an old football. Old Cole had loved watching football games, and apparently New Cole still liked to when he was Changed. Hell, he probably watched them in dog form, too, just at Holt’s place.

Her stomach growled softly, and he tensed. “Are you hungry? I’m hungry.”

“Do you hear everything?” she asked, twisting to look at him from her place on the floor.

“Yup. I’ll get you fed.” He leaned forward and kissed her. Just, like it was nothing, like they did it all the time, kissed her on the lips, then stood and stepped over her. He paused to see a play on the TV and then made his way to the kitchen, slapping the football from hand to hand.

“I like that,” she said.

“What? Me being hungry for the tenth time today. I feel like I never get full on Changes.”

She giggled and sat up on the couch so she could curl her legs up and watch him in the kitchen easier. “No, I mean when you just kissed me. Like we’re normal. It was this utterly common moment, but I guess I appreciate it more because we don’t get those like other couples. Er…like other people. Not couples. I didn’t mean to call us that.”

He glanced up from where he’d been rooting around in the fridge. “Say whatever you want, Mae. No one’s going to get you in trouble for messing up words here.”

He was acting weird. He’d set the football on the counter, but as he moved around the kitchen, he was purposefully avoided a spot right in the middle. Over and over, he did that.

“Are you okay?” she asked.

He scooped some sort of casserole onto a pair of plates and didn’t look up as he said, “Of course. Today is the best day I’ve had in a long time.”

“Okay,” she drawled as he turned and walked around that spot again to return the casserole dish to the fridge. “Cole?”

He grabbed a couple of soft drinks from the beer fridge. “Mmm hmmm?”

She unfolded her legs and stood, then made her way to the bar stools by the kitchen island, where she sat down. “What’s in the middle of the kitchen?”

Cole paused and slowly set down the pair of Cokes. He locked his arms against the counter and stared at the tile there.

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