A Shifter for New Years by T. S. Joyce

Author:T. S. Joyce [Joyce, T. S.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Wicked Willow Press
Published: 2021-01-20T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

What’s the worst that could happen?

Tonight was the first party as the new her, and as Burke drove them to Mom and Dad’s mansion, she repeated it in her head to get rid of her nerves. What was the worst that could happen? People didn’t like the new her? Okay, that would sting, but she would be okay.

Burke was driving with one hand and slid his other to her thigh, squeezed it as he cast her a quick smile, then his attention back to the road. They were in her parents’ neighborhood now.

When Kimberly slipped her hand over his, he turned his palm up and linked their fingers. And there they were again—the butterflies.

“There’s Leslie and Kieran,” she said, pointing out her window to the driveway where they stood waiting.

Burke slowed, and Kimberly rolled down her window. “Did Mom kick you out already?”

“Har, har,” Leslie called. “We’re waiting for you two. Hurry up, I’m freezing my tits off out here.” She was wearing a short blue dress and sky-high heels and was enwrapped in Kieran’s suit jacket.

Burke drove forward and found a parking spot a few spaces down on the curb.

“Never did I ever think Leslie would be the sister waiting out front for me,” she murmured. Life was weird now, but in a good way.

Burke jogged around and opened her door, then helped her down so she didn’t fall face-first into the snow. The tires on his Bronco were huge!

But when she stepped right onto an icy patch, Burke picked her up and threw her over his shoulder like she was a sack of potatoes. She yelped and wiggled, but he steadied her with a hand on her ass.

“My boobs are coming out of my dress!” she squealed, struggling to cover them.

“Good,” he said with a laugh, the brute.

The second he set her down near Leslie, the front door of her parents’ mansion swung open, and out of it came a tornado.

“What are you doing?” Mom yelled. “The windows are open, and all of our guests just witnessed you carrying my daughter around like a caveman! This is not how we behave here.”

Kimberly was shamed into silence. Sure enough, the guests were crowded around the front window. Their looks ranged from curious, to amused, to downright judgmental. The mayor’s wife was wearing her most dour frown.

Burke leaned forward and offered his hand to Mom for a shake. “Glad to see you again, Mrs. Wilson.”

Mom just glared at him, and just as Kimberly stepped forward to start a war, Leslie pressed something into Burke’s outstretched hand and then into Kimberly’s.

She stared down at the little shot glass in confusion.

“Mom, we made you one, too.” Leslie then muttered something under her breath that Kimberly could’ve sworn was “so you can chill the fuck out,” but her hearing wasn’t as good as the two giant shifters on either side of her, who snorted and coughed to mask their laughs.

Mom’s eyes squinted to slits. “I’ve put a lot of effort into this party, and you’re already causing a scene.

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