His Christmas Magic by Drea Roman

Author:Drea Roman [Roman, Drea]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Drea Roman Publishing
Published: 2019-12-20T16:00:00+00:00

8

Darren

It is hours before Tuck recovers his usual mirth after meeting Ren and the little witch who believed he was one of Santa’s elves. A theory which seems both ridiculous and likely, causing my concern to build over the course of the day as his own worry seems to fade out.

Eddie manages to step away me from Colt as the other horse and my mate peruse handmade arts and crafts at a nearby booth. “So tell me, what happened before we came along? It wasn’t just meeting Ren that threw Tuck for a loop, was it?”

I shake my head and check to make sure we are far enough away from Colt and my mate. Shifter hearing is quite sensitive, even in a crowd. I cringe at the thought. Tuck isn’t a shifter.

“Spill, you mangy old wolf, or I will ask your mate myself.”

When I growl at his impatience, Eddie laughs, like he always does. “You know, I will find out one way or another. Just giving you the opportunity to tell me first.”

I glower at him another minute before relenting. “Tell me again why you’re my best friend?”

Eddie laughs again, but doesn’t say anything else, knowing the silence will annoy me as much as his chattering.

With one more glance at Tuck and Colt to make sure they are out of earshot, I relay the story of the little witch. “She ran right up to Tuck, called him a Christmas elf, knocked his hat off, and touched his ear. And that is not the craziest part. He snapped right into the role and promised her Santa would remember her name should be on the nice list. I didn’t get a chance to see his ears before he pulled his hat back on to cover them. So I can’t say if they looked pointed or not. They didn’t this morning. The whole event unsettled him, and meeting Ren just knocked out all of the calm he has developed since he came to live with me.”

Eddie grins saucily. “And since you mated him.”

“This is why I want to strangle you half the time. What my mate and I do, or do not do, is none of your business.”

Eddie shrugs, then rolls his eyes. “Dude, your scents have changed. You’re mated. Just because I do not have,” he pulls up his hands to make ridiculous air quotes around the next four words, “‘superior wolf scenting capabilities,’ does not mean I am nose-less.”

I can’t help laughing at his summation of the situation, but then Eddie adds, “I told you he is a Christmas elf.”

Before I can stop him, Eddie starts ticking off reasons on his fingers: “He magicked up Colt’s favorite candy, he crashed a sleigh on your property which then disappeared, he recognizes reindeer shifters, and a little witch identified him as one of Santa’s elves. How much more proof do you need, Darren? A birth certificate from the North Pole?”

By this point, our conversation has drawn the attention of Colt and Tuck, both of whom look intrigued.

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