WereHuman 1 - The Witch's Daughter: A Wyrdos Universe Novel by Gwendolyn Druyor

Author:Gwendolyn Druyor [Druyor, Gwendolyn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: A Wyrdos Novel
Published: 2016-07-11T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Five

Summer 2031 - Foothills, OR

“Shhh, Lee. I’m sleeping.” Bailey dragged a hand up and draped it over Laylea’s muzzle, stopping her kisses in his ear.

But it was Bailey’s birthday and Laylea was not easily put off. She wriggled under his palm. To reach his chest, she used his face as a ladder. A paw in the ear was a tried and true method of waking her brother up. Once she pushed off his Adam’s apple she sat crushing his lungs and focusing her thousand-yard stare on his face until he gave in.

Bailey peeked at her with one eye. When he shut it again, she growled. Bailey exploded in giggles. He grabbed her close as he sat up but she wriggled out of his arms, leaped to the bed, and bounced down to the floor. Her paws pounded across the books strewn over his carpet as she ran out the door. Bailey lay down again. Laylea raced back into his room and up onto the bed. She licked his nose. Gave him a second to decide to give in. And then jumped on his bladder.

He got up.

Laylea waited for him outside the bathroom door with his Bugs Bunny slippers. She ran up and down the stairs until he put the slippers on and followed her. Downstairs the family room was decorated with streamers and balloons. Two backpacks leaned against the coffee table. One was his Dad’s familiar red pack. The other was a horribly clashing neon orange backpack with a bow on it. And it was stuffed full.

Clark and Sher yelled from the kitchen doorway, “Surprise.”

Bailey danced around the kitchen as they sang happy birthday with Woodford and Laylea barking in counterpoint. Sher held out a spoon and a pan of bread pudding with thirteen candles in it. Bailey blew out the flames and grabbed the spoon from Sher.

“Hold on, beast.” Clark shooed his son away long enough to remove the candles. “As you were.”

Bailey buried his spoon in the steaming dish and promptly burned his tongue.

“Better go change,” Sher suggested. “You can’t wear bunny slippers in the woods.”

Bailey whooped and blasted off, leaving the door flapping behind him.

Clark pulled a spoon from his pocket. “Get some bread pudding while you can. When the walking stomach gets back, it’s gonna be gone.”

“I’ll get some after you leave. You eat.” She kissed him and handed him the pan. “You’re gonna need your strength.”

Sher laughed at her husband as she poured herself a cup of coffee. Clark ate a few spoonfuls as he scooped kibble for the fur babies. They sat at the counter while the dogs ate listening to the whirlwind named Bailey upstairs. When he came down, he grabbed the bread pudding pan out of his father’s hands and flapped back through the door to kneel with it at the family room coffee table. He unzipped the front of his new pack and started rifling through.

“Nope!” Clark launched into the room. He grabbed the bag and zipped it up. “The deal is, you have to have the Talk with me first.

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