Hired Bear (Bears of Pinerock County Book 5) by Zoe Chant

Author:Zoe Chant [Chant, Zoe]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-08-04T18:30:00+00:00

9. Crystal

Crystal relaxed into Cody's kiss, sinking into the heat of the passion that his touch never failed to arouse in her.

It was such a vast relief that he wasn't ashamed of his relationship with her. She'd just assumed, when she drove up and he was acting so much cooler than usual—but no, there was something else. Something that was making him act strange; something he hadn't told her yet.

"So what's really wrong?" she asked, stroking her hand down his sweat-damp neck.

"C'mon." He curled his hand in hers. "Let's make sure we aren't going to have any interruptions."

They walked through the yard. The sounds of the creek and the voices of Cody's family had faded; now there was only birdsong.

"That's a robin!" Crystal said, cocking her head to the side. "I identified that one in the book yesterday."

Cody chuckled. "You're getting good at that."

They rounded the corner of the barn and he paused. She could have kicked herself. There were several plots of dirt where she'd been metal-detecting earlier and had dug up things which had turned out to be nails and, in one case, a silver button off a coat or dress. She'd forgotten to fill them back in.

"What are those for?" he asked, curious.

"We can talk about that later." With the barn between them and any chance of being observed or interrupted by his family, she turned him around and rested her hands at his waist, looking into his eyes. "You're here to answer my questions right now. What did she mean, claim?"

Cody sighed. "Yeah. So. I'm sorry for not talking about this earlier; I just couldn't figure out how to bring it up. How do you feel about ... shifters?"

"Shifters?" she asked, looking up into his face with his arms laced gently around her waist. "Why? Oh ..." Suddenly a bunch of different puzzle pieces snapped into place. "Are you a shifter?"

Cody dropped his gaze away from hers.

"Really? Oh my gosh! That's amazing!" She bounced on tiptoe and kissed him. "Really? Why didn't you tell me?"

"I'm starting to wonder myself," he murmured. His blue-gray eyes searched hers as if looking for condemnation, but found none. "You're okay with that?"

"I'm more than okay with it! Cody, my mom's a shifter. I didn't inherit the tendency, but I grew up knowing it might have been a possibility for me. I've just never gotten to be around any shifters other than Mom and her parents. She doesn't have a lot of close family, so I didn't grow up in the culture."

Cody broke into a slow grin, like the sun coming up. "I can't believe it. I never guessed. What's her animal type?"

"Garter snake. She doesn't shift much. She and my grandparents love to garden, though. They always say it's the shifter in them that makes them want to spend time outdoors, with grass and plants all around them, burrowing in the dirt."

Cody glanced over at the holes beside the barn. "Is that what you were doing there? Getting in touch with your shifter side?"

"No .

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