Of Mistletoe and Mating: a Claws Clause holiday short by Jessica Lynch

Author:Jessica Lynch [Lynch, Jessica]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-12-17T16:00:00+00:00

Evangeline chased after Maddox’s mother. For such a petite, gentle-looking woman, Sarah Wolfe could move when she wanted to. Good thing for Evangeline’s long legs because she just managed to catch up to Sarah as the blonde tornado burst out into the backyard.

She followed after her mother-in-law, coming to a dead stop when she caught sight of the scene in front of her: two wolves snarling at each other, their fangs bared, and their hinds raised as if ready to attack.

What the—

Evangeline turned to Sarah, worry written all over her face. “What’s going on?”

Sarah lifted her hand, patting each strand of dark blonde hair back into place. Unlike Evangeline, she didn’t seem the least bit surprised—or concerned with—what they discovered out back.

“It’ll be fine,” she told Evangeline. “This is how they’ve always worked out their problems. Hasn’t Maddox told you about his squabbles with Colton when they were younger?”

Well, sure. When they were first dating, Maddox went to great lengths to hide his Para status. He got this crazy idea in his head that Evangeline would never want to be a shifter’s mate so he pretended to be human. It didn’t take long for her to see through his act—not that she ever cared anyway since she loved him for him—and after he revealed that he was a wolf shifter, he didn’t shy away from what he was ever again.

Except for when the witch stole her memories and she didn’t know he was a shifter, that was. But even then, even after Evangeline worked out that she was dealing with a Para—though she hadn’t learned he was her husband just yet—she’d been interested in his wolfish nature.

So, yeah, she knew all about what it was like for him growing up as a Para. He used to love telling her stories about fights with Colt, not to mention the trouble the pups got into, especially when Dodge ghosted along with them.

One problem, though.

That wasn’t Colt.

Evangeline had seen both brothers in their wolf shape countless times before. She didn’t need Sarah to spell out that Maddox was facing off against her mate—Maddox’s father—to recognize that the brindled wolf wasn’t Colt. Colt shifted into a white wolf with arctic blue eyes while Maddox… she’d know that big grey wolf anywhere.

Paranormal shifters were bigger than their animal counterparts. Alphas? Double the size, easy. As a born alpha, all of Maddox’s muscle and bulk shifted into one hell of a massive wolf with fangs that stretched longer than one of her fingers.

The two wolves were currently circling each other. They weren’t fighting—but they had been.

Evangeline focused on her mate. Mud covered his side. Snow and dirt kicked up the ground. Dots of red sprayed against the white—blood. Someone had gotten in a lucky swipe with their teeth or their claws, though neither wolf appeared hurt.

Maddox’s muzzle lifted in the air. The grey wolf’s lips peeled back as it snarled a warning at the large brindled wolf.

One second. That’s all it took. Maddox’s ears twitched, his

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