Having His Cake: A New Orleans Shifter Romance (Her Big Easy Wedding Book 2) by Abby Knox

Author:Abby Knox [Knox, Abby]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-01-24T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

Vann

GiGi’s eyes were sparkling. “So, can I come out and run with the pack sometime?”

The two of them were enjoying enormous steaks—hers with wine, his with whiskey—at a little chophouse on the river. They were the only people in there in jeans and sneakers. To top it off, there was the bandage on Vann’s neck and more bandages on his back, giving his ratty hoodie a sort of humpback look. But one nice thing about dining with Vann was, nobody questioned his attire at an upscale eatery.

He had just got done telling her all about the curse that had been laid on the Boudreaux, centuries ago.

“If you go back far enough in the family tree, Ash and I and the rest of the wolves are related. It’s a very old curse.” He told her everything — that they were shapeshifters, that they turned to wolves and hunted every full moon. And that once in a while, when things get out of hand, the beast can get out.

And then it was GiGi’s turn. The panthers had only been cursed a bit more than 100 years ago, she told Vann, by a business rival that had apparently found a half-assed voodoo practitioner who tried to have Beauregard DuChamp killed by wild animals. When it didn’t work, the dark magic and the injuries left behind also left a mark on the whole clan. GiGi’s parents had been shapeshifters, too. It was not a hiking accident that killed them. It was a couple of drunk hunters in the swamp who had spotted two panthers, and shot them both dead. GiGi, not yet knowing who she really was as a young girl, was taken in to the protective bosom of the DuChamp clan. Like Rosemary, she’d had a coming out party, but being a deb and all that that entailed was of little interest to GiGi. Given the circumstances, Betsy and Lionel didn’t push.

“It’s funny,” Vann said. “The DuChamps like to talk about their old-money status, but the wolves have actually been shifters way longer than y’all.”

GiGi grinned. “And now with Rosie and Ash getting together, who knows what that will mean.”

Vann added, “And don’t forget you and me.”

With most everything out in the open, and GiGi assured that he wasn’t angry with her, she seemed almost giddy with excitement over this new knowledge.

“You have no idea how hard it is to make friends with people. And this whole time you’ve been visiting me and I didn’t even know it. I can’t believe you are Buster. My Buster dog. I’ve been feeding you hog intestines!”

“It’s OK, I kind of liked it,” he said. “Wolves aren’t picky, except when it comes to mating.”

GiGi blushed and bit her lip. He was never going to get tired of watching her do that.

“Fine,” he said. “You can come along on a hunt.”

“I can?” She clapped her hands. “Yay!”

“Next full moon, it’s a date. In the meantime I’d like you to get used to being on a boat without getting seasick.

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