Getting It On With Gargoyles: A Sweet Small-Town Gargoyle Romance (Haven Ever After Book 1) by Hazel Mack
Author:Hazel Mack [Mack, Hazel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-07-16T23:00:00+00:00
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
THEA
Iâm naturally a joker. Any kind of joke is good. A sexy joke, a dad joke, I love them all. But Iâm not usually comfortable enough with new people to be myself right away. It takes me a minute or two to warm up, and I blame that on being a triplet. Wren and Morgan are my girl gang.
Sisters before . . . everybody else.
God knows whatâs come over me with Shepherd. Well, I suppose I do know.
Iâm comfortable around him in a way Iâve never been around someone new. And that might mean something. Could I be somebodyâs mate? And is it even fair to him to pursue this if we donât intend to stay in Ever?
A pang aches deep in my chest when I think about leaving him behind and going back to my job. It hasnât been the same since Dad died, and I donât know if Iâll ever be able to work in that office with his ghost.
My mood goes somber, and I pick at the watch around my wrist.
Shepherdâs long fingers wrap through mine and bring me back to the present. When I look up, his eyes dip to the watch and back to mine. âWhereâd you go, Thea? Wanna talk about it?â
I squeeze his fingers but raise the watch so he can see it better. Its scratched, worn surface is a comfort to me.
âMy dad gave me this watch when I made detective. It was given to him when he made detective a million years before. Itâs almost a comfort blanket to me at this point, like a little piece of him is still with me even though he and Mom are gone.â
Shepherd pulls my hand to his chest and strokes the back of it. âYouâve mentioned him a few times. It sounds like you were very close.â
âI am a total daddyâs girl,â I admit. âI loved my mother fiercely, but she and Wren were two peas in a pod. Neither of my parents would ever admit to having favorites, but Morgan got the shit end of the stick if Iâm honest.â
âThat explains a lot, actually,â Shepherd murmurs, looking toward the Annabelle, which is across the street from the garden. âMorgan seems to wear her emotions and confidence almost like a set of armor to protect herself. Maybe she finds it easier that way.â
It hurts my heart a little that he can tell that from just a few days around us, but heâs not wrong. My parents loved all of us, and I know Morgan felt loved, but sheâs always joked about not being anyoneâs favorite. Except I donât think it was much of a joke. At least, not a funny one.
âMaybe sheâll find her place here,â Shepherd says. âMaybe all along, she was just waiting to get here to fit in perfectly.â
âWith the Keeper?â I snort. âAnd her âBite Meâ shirt?â
âOh, I give him a couple of months before heâs losing his mind,â Shepherd says. âNobodyâs meant to be alone, Keepers least of all.
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