Howling for Cupcakes: A Paranormal Small Town Cozy Shifter Romance Series - with Heat (Whispering Pines Book 6) by Milly Taiden

Author:Milly Taiden [Taiden, Milly]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Latin Goddess Press, Inc.
Published: 2024-08-09T00:00:00+00:00

TWELVE

Arden blinked, mouth curving helplessly at the irrepressible necromancer’s typically irreverent take. “Uh, yeah. I mean, yes. That would be...really helpful actually.”

Daisy laughed. “Cool beans. If you need me to put in a word with my hot fiancé for some help, just say the word.”

Arden laughed at her cheekiness. He glanced at Thorne and Gideon. “You guys sure, though? I know you’re all busy with your own stuff...”

Thorne snorted, brawny arms crossing over his barrel chest. “Please. Like we’d be anywhere else when one of our own is in trouble.” He raised a dark brow. “Mari is pack, Arden. Maybe not officially, but in every way that matters. We take care of our own.”

Gideon adjusted his glasses and nodded, usually dreamy eyes sharp with intent. “Absolutely. And I daresay with my knowledge of the town’s forgotten nooks and crannies, Thorne’s, ah...twitchy nose for ill intent, and Daisy’s affinity for the, er...dearly departed, we might just have an edge Master Sinclair isn’t counting on, hmm?”

“They’re right, Arden,” a soft voice interjected. Ivy poked her head around Thorne’s bulk and smiled, green eyes warm. “We’re all in. For Mari and for you. Whatever you need.”

Something eased in Arden’s chest, a knot of tension he hadn’t even realized he’d been carrying. His wolf rumbled contentedly at the show of solidarity, the unequivocal support of their new clan. Because that’s what it was, he realized with a start. A clan. A family.

One he’d walk through fire for, bleed and break for. The family he wanted to build a forever with, at Mari’s side.

“I... thank you,” he managed gruffly. “All of you. I can’t tell you what this means to me- to us.”

“Oh, I think we have some idea,” Daisy said with a sly grin. She hopped off the desk and clapped her hands briskly. “Right! I’ll put out some feelers with the ghosties, see if they’ve noticed any new shades flitting about. Thorne, I’m thinking you and the pack do some recon around Mari’s place, yeah? Sniff out any hinky magic our baddie might’ve left behind?”

Thorne cracked his neck and flashed a wolfish smile. “That’s a big 10-4, Necro-babe. Me and mine are on it like locusts on a plague-ravaged harvest.”

“Ew,” Ivy muttered, wrinkling her pert nose. Thorne just shrugged.

“Biblical threat calls for a Biblical metaphor, Vines. I don’t make the rules.”

“Mmm, and I’ll delve into the archives,” Gideon interjected smoothly. “See if I can unearth any pertinent information on the Sinclair family history, their magical proclivities, and known strongholds. Know thy enemy and all that.”

“Brilliant.” Arden stood, overcome with gratitude and a heady sense of purpose. “Everyone keep in close contact, yeah? Anything seems off or pings that spidey-sense, you let me know immediately.”

A chorus of affirmatives and the rag-tag band dispersed, moving with the surety and focus of people who knew their purpose. Arden watched them go, marveling at the power of this strange little town. The magic not of spell and potion but of connection, loyalty, and love.

And at the center

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