Scarlet's Dilemma by Zenina Masters

Author:Zenina Masters [Masters, Zenina]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, pdf
Tags: Adult, Erotic romance, Paranormal, Shapeshifter
ISBN: 9781487417383
Publisher: eXtasy Books
Published: 2017-12-01T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter Six

Washing your hair with soap left it squeaky. Scarlet took up a seat along the edge of the warmest pool where Hiro was standing, and she let him drag his comb through her hair.

She sat and swayed as he worked out the tangles, inch by inch. He didn’t tug; he eased the comb through.

“Has your hair always been this long?” Hiro asked the question quietly.

“It has. I tried to cut it once, but it grew back the next day, so I just left it alone.”

He grinned. “So, you have three forms. One of which you rarely use.”

“What?”

“Your small beast, your sasquatch hybrid—which is the one you rarely use—and your human form. Your hair is magical, which is not a usual situation for a shifter.”

She snorted. “Everything is magical on a shifter. My father regularly donates his sasquatch toenails for stealth potions. It is how he put me through college.”

Hiro paused. “Toenails?”

“Sure. Folks can see the footprints, but they can never see the sasquatch if they are not meant to. The magic is in the toenails. The fur is used for insulation spells in cold climates.”

He chuckled. “What about the fur of your red panda?”

“Digestion aids. My fur can be used to help folks transition between omnivore and vegetarian. A pinch of the fur can even make insects palatable.”

“Wow. That is interesting. So, you have sold bits of yourself?”

She snorted. “No, my mother brushes me with a cat comb. The fur that comes loose is sold to a broker. It is how I paid for my first car. It was a crappy car, but it ran.” She grinned.

He resumed his combing. “That is astonishing. Do you know what tiger parts are used for?”

“Fur is used for camouflage, nails are used for confidence.” She ticked them off on her fingers.

“How do you know that?”

“I research stuff like that. I find it interesting. Hasn’t your mother ever sold fur or nails?”

He paused. “No. It isn’t really her thing. She isn’t quite a tiger.”

“What do you mean?”

He finished combing her hair and began to braid it. “My mother is not a shapeshifter as we are; she is a fey who has a tiger form.”

“I don’t understand.”

“My mother’s people are the Ainu, but her ancestry is Koro-pok-guru. She is of the little people of Hokkaido who are known for their beauty.”

She stared at him. “How can you be here? The binding spells weren’t developed here until this decade.”

He chuckled, “My mother’s people have methods of binding to their mates. Once they agreed to the marriage, her community came together to make it happen.”

“So, you are not a shifter.”

He paused while wrapping her braid around her head. “I am a shifter; I am just not pure shifter. Nor are you.”

“Oh, you mean the theory that it was the wild men of the woods who died and possessed a married man to beget the first sasquatch. The woman would bear the hairy baby, and it would be taken to the woods.”

“Yes, that. Born of the spirits of the mad.

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