Boarlander Bash Bear (Boarlander Bears Book 2) by T. S. Joyce

Author:T. S. Joyce [Joyce, T. S.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Wicked Willow Press
Published: 2016-02-11T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

Gooseflesh rippled across Emerson’s arms as she stepped through the front door of 1010. Maybe it was just because Bash had been so adamant about there being magic here. The old singlewide looked clean, from the sagging white ceiling to the white walls to the dark, cheap laminate wood floors. It was swept and smelled of kitchen cleaner. The furniture was sparse but went well. There was a green couch to match a green loveseat. A tiny eat-in area with a dark table and two chairs sat adjacent to the white cabinet kitchen with faux wood countertops. So what if there were stains on the ceiling where leaks had been patched, and the floors were a little rotted and squishy as she made her way through the kitchen to the bedroom? This place was downright homey.

“I can ask Willa to paint a picture of us,” Bash said. “She’s real good. Audrey had her picture with Harrison hung right there.” He pointed to the long wall on the back of the trailer. “That way it’ll break up all that white paint. Or I can ask Riley to make you something to hang on a nail there. She and those Ashe Crew girls are real creative. Shabby chic stuff, or so they call it. The ladies at the flea market go mad for it.” Bash shrugged and dropped his gaze. “Or something.”

“I like that you went to so much effort to make this place good for me.”

“Well, someday I want you to stay. Here. With me. I know you have your own place in Saratoga, and your work is there, too, but I like the idea of getting to sleep next to you, wake up with you, and kiss your forehead before I go to work in the mornings.”

He’d painted such a beautiful picture that she hugged his waist as a thank you. Every man she’d ever met had been aloof and had kept her at arm’s length, but Bash had no qualms with saying exactly how he felt.

“Knock, knock.” A brunette with glossed lips, a high ponytail, and dancing brown eyes came in the front door. She clasped her hands in front of her pink T-shirt that read Moosey’s Bait and Barbecue, and then rushed forward and held out her hand for a shake. “I’m Audrey, proud mate to Harrison Lang, Second in the Boarlanders, tiger shifter, and I’m really, really glad you’re here.”

Emerson grinned and shook her hand. “I’m Emerson Elliot. Uuuh, human, really glad to be here and…” She looked shyly at Bash and shrugged her shoulders as she murmured, “Proud mate to Sebastian Kane.”

“Oh my stars, are you serious?” Audrey’s voice had pitched to a decibel that was just under a dog whistle and Bash covered his ears. “Bash!” She shook his shoulders. “You picked!”

Bash chuckled and pulled both Emerson and Audrey in for a bear hug. “I picked a while ago, but I had to wait for her to catch up.”

“Wait, wait, wait,” Audrey said, going soft beside Emerson.

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