Pest Control by C.D. Habecker

Author:C.D. Habecker
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: LGBTQIA+, gay, PNR/wolf shifter, hunters, disabilities, humorous, illness/disease, interspecies, mental illness, rivals to lovers, fisting, knotting, #ownvoices
Publisher: NineStar Press, LLC
Published: 2021-09-21T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

Rhys softly hummed a nameless tune under his breath to the beat of his wooden knitting needles clacking against each other dully. He’d been working on the blanket for a couple of hours now, having not been able to sleep all night. After a while of tossing and turning, he’d given up, instead deciding to use the time productively in a way that wouldn’t risk waking his slumbering love.

The project idea had been sparked a few days ago when Everett complained about the temperature at night. It was still a bit cold, only a month or two into spring, but significantly warmer than winter had been. All of the furs Rhys had stocked were thick and warm, too much so for the season. Remembering that he had a few large skeins of wool yarn, he’d come up with the idea to knit a blanket that would be comfy but wouldn’t trap a lot of heat from their bodies pressed up against each other. He hoped Everett would love it, especially the light-pink hue that matched the little wildflowers that had begun to pop up around the garden beds.

It was also the same soft color of the sky when the sun eventually rose and filled the cabin with warm light filtering in through the linen curtains. The birds awakened with the sun, chirping and trilling a sweet, happy tune that almost harmonized with Rhys’s. He was so glad winter was finally over, the long-awaited spring here to bless them with plentiful prey and the fields with bright-green grass and blooming flowers. Even after all these years, winter was still hard on him—spring could never come fast enough.

Every so often, he glanced up from his work and across the room to where Everett lay so peacefully on his side, his back to Rhys. Only his feet were visible, sticking out from underneath the thin fur blanket draped over his body. Rhys hoped his toes weren’t getting cold from the slight chill in the room, or he wasn’t overheating with his head under the blanket.

Movement from the corner of his eye brought his fond gaze over to the window in the kitchen. A blue jay had landed on the windowsill and peeked through the small opening between the two curtains. It flapped a wing as if in greeting, to which Rhys replied with a wave. Its wings were so pretty, a dazzling, vibrant blue. He’d never seen this species here before, since birds like these usually didn’t stray so far from warmer climates, especially in this season. The old wooden chair groaned as he stood up to hurry across the room, eager to wake Everett to see this beautiful specimen. Though Rhys was hesitant to ruin his sleep, it was morning anyway, so it was only a matter of time before he would’ve woken up naturally from the light shining through the blanket.

“Everett,” Rhys whispered with a smile on his face, hands reaching out to pull the blankets off of him. “Wake

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