Embracing Ehrin by R. E. Butler

Author:R. E. Butler [Butler, R. E.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: mountain lion shifter, panther shifter, shifter romance, bird shifter, hawk shifter
Published: 2018-06-04T05:00:00+00:00

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Dom turned off the Dremel tool and set it on the stand, running his hands over the wooden jewelry box he’d been commissioned to make. He’d made the box, and was now using the Dremel to create the relief work on the top. What had been a simple box was now quite beautiful, with delicate scrollwork at each corner and a center carving of a howling wolf and a full moon.

Although he was working, his mind strayed constantly to Ehrin. She was in her office on the first floor working on a sewing project. After her parents had shown up, she’d wanted to do something to keep her mind off the situation and had opted to work. Although it rankled his beast to be away from her, Dom had work to do. He’d be at the school for art class the following day, and then his beast would really be aggravated.

There was a knock on the open door. “How’s it going?” his mom asked.

“Not bad. You?”

She came into the room and stopped next to his chair, peering at the jewelry box. “That’s beautiful. And my day is going well. I was just getting ready to head out to the bar for my shift and wanted to check in with you. How’s Ehrin?”

“Throwing herself into work. I wish she had some orders from customers, but all she really has is the free apron she offered to make for Cherie, and a suggestion from Melody that she’d like something made. I think she’s floundering a little.”

“Of course. She had to start from scratch. Not to mention her parents coming here and suddenly wanting her back after their terrible behavior. That would throw anyone for a loop.”

“That’s what I figure.”

“I’ll leave you alone to work,” she said, kissing the top of his head.

“Have a good night.”

“I always do,” she said, giving him a finger wave before leaving.

He leaned back in the chair and stared at the empty doorway. His mom’s and Ehrin’s stories were quite similar. Like Ehrin, his mom had been banished for something she couldn’t control. Her family’s black panther clan had been just as deadly and devoid of emotion as the hawk nest appeared to be. She’d spent half her life living with the burden of being unwanted, with a death sentence hanging over her head to boot. But she’d gotten her life back on track after mating James and John. The road to her redemption hadn’t been easy, but it had come about eventually, and it was the love of her mates and pride that had changed things for her.

That and the former clan leader’s death.

He wouldn’t wish anyone dead, but he did wish that her parents hadn’t come to Ashland. That they’d just stayed in the past so Ehrin could move forward with her life.

Turning his attention to the jewelry box, he turned on the Dremel and began to work, clearing away the excess wood until the image he’d drawn appeared. By the time he’d finished

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