Cat Scratch Fever by Redford Jodi

Author:Redford, Jodi [Redford, Jodi]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Samhain Publishing, Ltd.
Published: 2012-04-10T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

Twenty minutes later, Dante rounded the bend in his drive and stared at the four vehicles blocking his way. He shifted his scrutiny to the front porch. Sure enough, Shane, Theo, Jamie and Tess were huddled near the door, clouds of cold air puffing from their mouths. More than likely, the only reason the rest of the Morgan clan wasn’t here was because they hadn’t been able to duck out of work.

Thank Christ for small miracles.

On the one hand, he was happy the scene back at the Bowl ’N’ Brew had done the trick, but he wasn’t such a glutton for punishment to welcome the idea of fielding all of his relatives’ incredulous demands at once.

Drawing a deep breath, he pulled next to the shed and killed the engine. Every eye was trained on him as he climbed from the vehicle and stepped aside, allowing Chevy to leap from the cab. Rather than going to greet their visitors in his typical enthusiastic fashion, the dog skulked around the corner of the house, presumably to stash his bone someplace safe before someone might steal it. Left to deal with the gang on his own, Dante approached the porch.

“What the hell, dude?” Theo demanded before anyone else had a chance to speak up.

Jamie offered Dante an accusing stare. “So you adopted a cat, huh?” She grimaced. “Oh man, I don’t even want to know what you’re planning to do with those cat toys.”

Tess’s eyebrows lifted. She opened her mouth, only to snap it shut as the crunch of tires sounded. Dante turned and watched the approach of Lilly’s SUV. Even with the distance separating them, he could clearly see the wide-eyed apprehension overtaking her face as she took in the amount of Morgans camped on his porch. He had to give her credit for not flooring it in reverse and hightailing it the fuck out of there.

Hell, it was probably what he would have done.

A weighty silence descended on the group as Lilly parked her vehicle and made the slow trek toward the porch. Dante’s gaze dipped toward her neckline, where the tag for her sweater was hanging out in plain view. She’d jumped into her clothes so fast earlier, he hadn’t noticed she’d put the sweater on backwards.

His mouth quirked, and Lilly glanced down. A groan fell from her. “Aw crap.” Her motions swift, she tugged her scarf in place to cover up her wardrobe malfunction.

Something about her obvious embarrassment stoked his protective instincts. Cupping her elbow, he pulled her close and dropped a kiss on her forehead.

The collective spell of silence that’d gripped his cousins shattered as they all began talking at once. In his typical fashion, Theo outshouted everyone else. “Holy shit, Shane wasn’t talking out of his ass.”

Shane’s eyebrows snapped low as he glared at his brother. “Why would I have been talking out of my ass?”

“’Cause you’re good at it.”

Ignoring Theo’s smartass crack, Shane transferred his scowl to Dante. “Not two days ago, you were bitching about Lilly swinging by your place.

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