Tarquin (Were Zoo Book 16) by R. E. Butler

Author:R. E. Butler [Butler, R. E.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: shifter romance, bear shifter romance, shifter zoo, were zoo
Published: 2023-08-31T18:30:00+00:00

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“We can come back another time and pack everything else,” Tarquin said as he grabbed Lucy and Luna’s bags and carried them to the SUV. “We don’t have to spend all day packing.”

“That would be nice,” Lucy said. She turned back into the house and grabbed her favorite pillow and fluffy blanket from the bed. As she came back outside, she said, “I want to make sure we don’t leave anything behind, and I feel like rushing to get it all done today would mean surely we’d forget something.”

“It’s no problem at all,” he said, giving her a sweet smile. “We can come back as many times as we need to.”

Luna skipped from the house, hopping down to the yard from the porch. “I’m ready.”

She stopped next to Lucy, and the two put their arms around each other and looked at the cabin. “It’s hard to believe this isn’t home anymore,” Lucy said.

“But it’s time,” Luna said. “We were both ready for something more; we just didn’t know what it was.”

Lucy nodded, feeling a little wave of sadness wash over her.

Tarquin joined them and put his arm around Lucy’s shoulders. “It’s a cute house. I’m sure you made tons of great memories here.”

“We did,” Lucy said. “But I’m ready to make new memories. With you.” She tipped her face up to his and he kissed her.

August carried a box from the cabin. “This is the last one that’s packed up. Do you want to keep packing?”

“Nah, we’ll come back. Maybe this weekend and finish up,” Tarquin said.

Mercer clapped his hands. “I’m ready when y’all are. I promised I’d be there for the security office before lunch and I desperately need to get laundry done.”

Lucy gave Luna a final squeeze and then said, “I’m ready too.”

Tarquin kissed her cheek and opened both her passenger door and Luna’s.

“I should’ve said shotgun,” Luna said, climbing into the second row.

“The mate always gets shotgun,” Tarquin said. “Make sure you remember that for when you find your soulmate. After you’re thirty, of course.”

He shut the doors as Luna screeched, “Thirty? I hope I’m not that old when I find my soulmate.”

“Don’t worry, I’m sure you’ll find your soulmate before then. But Tarquin just meant you’re not dating until thirty, so it doesn’t matter when you meet him.”

“Uncool.”

Tarquin started the SUV. “I had a thought.”

“A good one?”

“Definitely. How’d you like to be in the paddock in your shifts on Friday for the VIP tour?”

“Could we? That would be awesome,” Luna said. “I got screwed with my shift this weekend; it was too stressful.”

“Which paddock?” Lucy asked.

“The one with Tank the moose and the non-shifting animals.”

“I’d love that. What will you do, though? There couldn’t be a bear in with those non-shifters, right?”

“No, that would definitely not work,” he said, chuckling. “I’ll dress as one of the workers and clean up the paddock and hang out with you while the tours are going on.” It was something they often let mates who couldn’t shift do, to allow them to be part of the tour and spend time with their mate in their shift.

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