Truce by Tia Fielding

Author:Tia Fielding [Fielding, Tia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-12-10T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 14

Theo

As soon as we went back outside, Jules shot me this smirk behind Lake’s back and started to flirt with him.

I knew what they were doing of course. The quip about Lake and I flirting had been a test. When neither of us had denied it, they decided to start stirring. But this wasn’t the place for that, so I decided to ignore it.

“So, the cats are in the cattery,” they started, and walked us to the other end of the building with the toilet.

“How many are there?” Lake asked, walking next to Jules.

Something about him screamed a mental image of him pushing up his sleeves. He was preparing to deal with whatever we’d find here.

“Total of three kittens, about five weeks old, and two adults, neither of which is the mom. Nobody knows what happened to her.”

“You need us to take the kittens?” I asked, holding the cattery door open for them to walk through.

“If you can, yeah. I’ll have my hands full with everyone else and they need a lot more socializing than I can offer.”

“Well we have a kid who will love this task.” I chuckled at the thought. “And we didn’t tell him we were likely bringing him company.”

Jules grinned. “In my opinion, foster kittens are the best kind of surprise.”

There were two black kittens and one calico. They hissed a little, but calmed down when Lake carefully gave them some lickable treat stuff from a tube.

“Okay, we’ll scoop them up once we’re ready to leave.” Lake sounded happy, and I smiled at him.

Jules caught my expression while Lake didn’t. They smirked at me again.

The problem with having old friends with mischief in their blood meant I had to be on my toes if I didn’t want to be ribbed about my apparently obvious crush. Because on the way there, I’d realized that was what I was feeling.

Lake was funny and sweet, and sarcastic. He was protective and loving, and he had a snarky, witty side a mile wide. Apparently that was my thing and I hadn’t known.

“So, here are the newbies,” Jules was saying as I followed them to the smaller stable where they liked to put the newcomers for a quarantine of sorts.

I winced. Lake wouldn’t take this well.

I saw him stop by the closest stall and peer in. The horse inside was young. It was clearly malnourished and had hooves that hadn’t been trimmed in a very long time.

“Oh God,” Lake whispered.

I instantly went and embraced him from behind, and he leaned back to me for strength.

I glanced at Jules, who suddenly smiled, their face all soft and understanding. They cleared their throat. “This is an approximately three-year-old bigger pony mare. Rough condition, needs a lot of love and patience. She’s the usual case. Theo knows what I mean.” Jules moved to the next stall. “This guy…I don’t know what to do with him.”

Lake and I moved to peer into the stall as one.

Lake gasped. “Oh my God, he’s so cute.”

The donkey was small, probably the smallest I’d ever seen, but it also seemed fully grown.

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